The big one
Fostering
Giving a dog a home while it waits for its own. It decides how many dogs we can take in, so it gets its own page.
How fostering worksVolunteer
There is nobody on payroll here.
That is not a slogan, it is the accounting. Every dog we have ever placed got there because somebody gave up an evening to drive it to the vet, answer an adopter’s email, or stand behind a folding table on a Saturday.
A few hours a month is enough to matter, and there is no minimum commitment. Email admin@abcanimalrescues.org and tell us what you are good at.
The work
What volunteering actually looks like.
Most of it needs no experience with dogs at all. If you can drive, type, talk to strangers or hold a camera still, there is a job.
On the road
Vet and transport runs
Getting a dog from a foster home to an appointment and back, or to a meeting with an adopter. If you have a car and a free morning, this is the help we are shortest of.
Weekends
Adoption events
Setting up the table, walking dogs, and talking to the people who stop by. Events like Curtis Lumber’s Pet-A-Palooza are where a lot of first meetings happen.
Behind a lens
Photos and write-ups
A good photograph gets a dog noticed; a bad one gets it scrolled past. So does a write-up that says who the dog really is instead of “loves walks”.
At a keyboard
Applications and email
Reading adoption applications, calling references, answering questions. The faster an adopter hears back, the less likely they go elsewhere.
Anytime
Fundraising
Organizing a collection at work, a birthday fundraiser, a supply drive at your school or gym. Every one of those is a vet bill paid.
Getting started
Email us, then come along once and see.
There is no interview. Tell us roughly where you live, when you are free and what you would like to do, and we will match you with whatever is coming up.
Every dog we save is paid for by donations and cared for by volunteers. ABC Animal Rescue Incorporated is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — gifts are tax-deductible.