According to the Corporation for National & Community Service, more than 26% of adult Americans contributed more than 8.1 billion hours of service in 2008. People volunteer for many reasons – to help out the community and people in need, to give something back, to make a difference, to learn new skills, or to make new friends.
Volunteer Activities
Whatever your reason for volunteering, even if you have just a little time per month, please consider joining us. AniMeals is an all-volunteer program, so your time really does make a difference. Our volunteers:
- Pick-up and deliver food donations to a distribution site or homebound clients.
- Assist on distribution days.
- Serve as a Neuter Commuter – transporting pets to clinics for neuter/spay, wellness, or veterinary appointments.
- Plan and assist with neuter/spay or wellness days for clients’ pets at local clinics.
- Plan and assist with the annual Blessing of Animals and Pets (held in October).
- Plan and assist with the annual Pet Memorial Service, a liturgy of thanksgiving and remembrance for our departed animals and pets (held in May).
- Assist supporters in planning collection drives.
- Update AniMeals’ blog, Web site, and other on-line resources.
- Assist with phone calls to clients, supporters, and volunteers.
- Assist with thank-you notes and mailings.
- Plan and assist with holiday gift packages for clients and their pets.
Volunteer Application
CLICK HERE to complete a volunteer application on-line.
Please feel free to contact us at animealspantry@gmail.com or (773) 547-2500 to request a copy of the volunteer application by email or U.S. mail.
You can CLICK HERE to be directed to a PDF of the volunteer application, which is available at Docstoc. Docstoc is a free on-line service for document storage. Docstoc requires you to register to download documents.
Note: Our use of this service does not mean our endorsement of the products or services advertised on Docstoc’s Web site.
Find other volunteer opportunities at:
- Serve.gov, your online resource for not only finding volunteer opportunities in your community, but also creating your own opportunities.
- Idealist, an interactive site where you can find groups, volunteer opportunities, events, and more.
- VolunteerMatch, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help everyone find a great place to volunteer.
Page last updated March 17, 2010.