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people helping
animals
Rescue Village relies on hundreds of volunteers
every year to keep our life-saving programs running strong.
URGENT NEED FOR FOSTER FAMILIES! to learn more, click here
age requirements
Individuals 16 and over may apply to train for an animal care volunteer position.
Students ages 8-15
can volunteer with an adult partner through our JR TLC Teams. These student/adult teams focus on animal enrichment (ages 8-11) and socialization of cats, dogs, and/or small animals like rabbits, ferrets, and guinea pigs (ages 12-15).
Community service positions in housekeeping and shelter maintenance are reserved for individuals age 21 and older who have court-ordered service hours to complete.
training requirements
The first step to becoming an animal care volunteer is to attend a Volunteer Fair. See "Training" page for more information and the current schedule.
Animal care
volunteers have the following training requirements:
- Volunteer Fair
- Beginning Animal Care Class
- On the job training with a mentor volunteer (typically two shifts
at two hours each)
Shelter volunteers are asked to commit to a regular
weekly shift of two hours. If there are no openings
that match your schedule, you will be placed on a waiting list.
A-CERT
The
Geauga County Dept. of Emergency Services, Geauga County Dog Warden's Dept. and Geauga Humane Society have partnered to
form the A-CERT program.
Animal Community
Emergency Response Team is a team of volunteers, through
training prepares you to help yourself, family, and your neighbors and the
animals in the community in the event of a disaster.
A-CERT
may help by:
- Giving
immediate assistance in animal resources
- Providing
animal needs assessment info
- Organizing
and coordinate A-CERT response teams
- Establish
and staff emergency animal evacuation shelters
- Assist
with and coordinate animal & owner evacuations
- Reunite
lost animals with their owners
- Promote
animal emergency preparedness
By
becoming a trained A-CERT volunteer you will acquire the skills necessary to
rescue, capture, shelter & save the lives of animals in the event of a
disaster. Click here for the current A-CERT Training Agenda and Standard Operating Guidelines.
For
more information, or if you are interested in becoming an
A-CERT member, please
call Ken Folson of the EMA at 440-279-2173.
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