The Humane Society of Uvalde is a volunteer ran and operated program. We rely on volunteers to work on our behalf to help distribute low cost spay/neuter vouchers, work in our office, educate in the community and work with our rescued pets. There are many avenues available to get involved with the Humane Society of Uvalde. Please contact us for more information.
WE LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS!
Please complete the volunteer form and email to hsuvolunteers@yahoo.com. Our volunteer coordinator will contact you with training dates and sign up information.
1. All new volunteers are required to complete a new volunteer orientation before beginning.
2. Volunteers must be at least 16 years of age. Junior Volunteers under the age of 16, must be accompanied by an adult or guardian 18 years or older.
3. Any person volunteering who is 18 or older or accompanying a junior volunteer must submit to a background check.
Volunteer Form PDF Volunteer Form Word
Rescue Row Volunteer Only
1. Clean Kennels
2. Release Pets into play groups
3. Feed/freshen water
4. Provide medication as needed
5. Help maintain the facility (sweep outside play areas and overall tidying up)
6. Walk Dogs (optional)
7. Maintain Cat Kennels
8. Limited public interaction
Time Commitment: approximately one hour, weekly or monthly
Available Shifts: 7 days a week, 2pm and 8pm (times are somewhat flexible, but this is our basic schedule for potty breaks. If you are interested in this area of volunteerism, but the shifts are not possible for you, please contact us as we can definitely use your help and we can work with you!
Office Volunteer Only
1. Distribute Low Cost Spay/neuter Vouchers
2. Update Paper Work
3. Customer Service and Information Distribution
4. Assist with Adoptions
5. Limited animal interaction
Time Commitment: 2-4 hours (or longer if you choose!), weekly or monthly
Available Shifts: 7 days a week between 10a-6pm
Our office is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10am-2pm to distribute spay/neuter vouchers which reduce the cost of having an animal spayed/neutered. Eventually we would like to extend our hours pending more volunteers. Volunteers man the office and distribute the coupons as well as answer basic questions about our program and services. If you are interested in more information regarding volunteering in the office-even if it is outside of the current hours, please contact hsuvolunteers@yahoo.com
I CAN DO IT ALL!!!
Cross-Over Volunteer
Between the hours of 10-6pm, 7 days a week, we are looking for volunteers to:
1. Help distribute low cost spay/neuter vouchers
2. Manage the Kennels (feeding, cleaning kennels, providing medication to pets)
3. Assist with Adoptions
4. Customer Service and Information Distribution
Time Commitment: 2-4 hours (or longer if you choose!), weekly or monthly
Available Shifts: 7 days a week between 10a-6pm
HSU is searching for more cross-over volunteers who are able to be office volunteer and Rescue Row volunteer at the same time. This will allow our office to be open a greater number of hours per week. Our goal is to train volunteers to be knowledgeable in the office as well as Rescue Row in hopes of increasing adoptions as well as increasing the number of low cost coupons we are able to distribute. Our current office hours are very limited, as such we are seeking volunteers who are able to not only volunteer within the current hours, but help us extend those hours. Please see the volunteer form for more information or contact hsuadoption@yahoo.com See below for more information on the two areas of volunteerism individually.
Event Volunteer
The Humane Society of Uvalde typically goes into the community to provide community awareness regarding the need to spay/neuter pets and education regarding animal abuse and the appropriate ways to care for a pets. We also attend different events such as the Uvalde Ranch Rodeo in April, the Rabies drive in As March, The Oasis Outdoor round-up and so many other events. If you are looking for volunteer opportunities and would like to be contacted regarding how you can help, please contact hsuvolunteers@yahoo.com.
Time Commitment: 4-6 hours per month (or as available)
Available Shifts: Varies according to community events
Education Program
Our Humane Society has created an education program in an effort to reach out to the youngest of the community and plant the seed of humaneness in them. This program has a curriculum developed by teachers that is easy for any adult to relay to a class of any age. We have programs for Dalton through the High School. Our early childhood curriculum focuses on basic humaneness and animal care and the junior high and high school program focuses on more in depth and age appropriate issues such as chaining, dog fighting and animal abuse. Whether you are a retired teacher or someone who enjoys being around children, we can use your help. The commitment in this program can be as little as once a month to as frequent as you are free. Please contact hsuvolunteers@yahoo.com for more information.
There is also a need for community education for all ages. We are asked to speak to different organizations such as Lions Club and Garden Club, so if your skills are better on an adult level, there is an educational need there as well.
Time Commitment: 4-6 hours monthly
Available Shifts: During the school year/school hours and by invitation
Rescue Row Dog Walker/Trainer
Forget that gym Membership! Lets Walk the Dogs!
As pets are rescued they are placed on "Rescue Row", at the HSU office. The pets are housed in traditional kennels while waiting to enter a foster home or be adopted, whichever comes first. Volunteers are needed to walk and interact with the pets on a daily basis, providing them with basic social skills, interaction, leash walking and basic skills such as sitting for a treat or coming when called. The more "family ready" the pets are, the faster they are adopted. Dog Walker hours may vary according to office hours and events, so please contact hsuvolunteers@yahoo.com if you are interested in helping walk dogs as much as once a week to once a month. Every bit helps and the dogs LOVE IT!
Time Commitment: 1 hour (or longer if you choose!), daily, weekly or monthly
Available Shifts: During Office Hours-contact hsuvolunteers@yahoo.com for current hours.
Cats Need Love Too!
If cats are more your style, we have some Rescue Row felines that always need social interaction and play time! String Provided!
Time Commitment: 30 minutes-1 hour (or longer if you choose!), daily, weekly or monthly
Available Shifts: During Office Hours-contact hsuvolunteers@yahoo.com for current hours and during Rescue Row Shifts.
Open Postions
We are searching for...
Photographer-(training provided)
Qualifications: Camera, Email, prefer Facebook as well but not required
Special training not required! We are searching for someone to update pictures of our available pets and email them to our adoption team and post to facebook. If you love to take pictures or want to practice your skills, please consider helping HSU pets be shown in their best light!
Time Commitment: As needed-new pets added approximately every 1-2 weeks.
Available Shifts: Your availability
Event/Fundraising Coordinator-(training provided)
Qualifications: Organizational Skills, Amazing People and Social Interaction Skills, Email and preferably Facebook, physical ability to take tables, chairs, information to events, reliable, dependable, honest.
HSU is in need of someone to help represent our program at the different events throughout the community. Many times we are offered free or reduced booths at events such as Hunters Round Up. A volunteer is needed to coordinate having a table representing HSU, where items such as our hilarious koozies and AMAZING calendars can be made available to the public for donations. This volunteer will also disseminate information about our program at the public events and work with our adoption team to have fliers of available pets and adoption promotions.
The Coordinator will help promote and facilitate current fundraising efforts such as the HSU calendar. This coordinator will not be responsible for Furball or Bark in the Park.
The event/fundraising coordinator will be expected to represent our program within the community and to help train/retain volunteers who are interested in this program so a team can be built over time! WE WILL TRAIN YOU!
Time Commitment: 4-6 hours monthly (may vary, some months there are no events and some months there are several. Your time commitment will be at your convenience, however a monthly commitment is needed to ensure HSU is being represented at events)
Available Shifts: Varies according to community events
Basic Public Relations- (training provided)
Qualifications: Computer/internet, Email, Organization, Prefer Facebook as well
1. Send featured pets to Uvalde Leader News with picture and information of a select pet on Sundays for the following week
2. Update Classified ad in Uvalde Leader News with current adoption specials, events and promotions
3. Coordinate with Radio PR volunteer to ensure matching information disseminated
Time Commitment: 30 minutes per week or less
Available Shifts: Needs to be submitted every Sunday
Purebred Pet Liaison (training provided)
Qualifications: Computer/internet access, email, camera, good communication and relation skills, able to coordinate between multiple groups/people
Description: HSU rescues pets from the Uvalde City Pound and from within the community. Research shows that 25% off all dogs in shelters/pounds are purebred. As such, HSU rescues many purebred dogs and cats. Within the state of Texas, there are numerous organizations committed solely to the plight of different breeds and many times will either courtesy list an HSU pet on their website or if we are lucky, they will accept the pet into their program. We are in need of a person committed to contacting purebred pet organizations, sending them information on purebred pets in need or that are in the HSU program.
HSU will provide you with a standard email and basic training on contacting other rescues. To locate a purebred rescue is very simple, google example, "Labrador Rescue Texas" and many times there are rescues available as close as San Antonio and Austin.
1. Identifying purebred dogs within the HSU program or city pound
2. Email pictures, videos and information to purebred rescues
3. Coordinate transport of pets accepted into other rescues
4. Provide purebred rescue information to citizens of Uvalde seeking to re-home a purebred pet
Time Commitment: 4-6 hours a month at your leisure
Available Shifts: At your leisure and in coordination with the Rescue Row Director
Volunteer Coordinator-(training provided)
Qualifications: Computer/internet access, email, good communication and relation skills, able to coordinate between multiple groups/people, FACEBOOK acct required, texting, organization, public speaking abilities, knowledge of HSUs programs
Description: HSU is primarily a volunteer ran organization. Volunteers are needed in every aspect of the group and as such, a coordinator is needed to train, retain and find new volunteers. The volunteer coordinator introduces the HSU program to interested parties at a monthly orientation. After the orientation, the volunteer is passed on for formal training by the appropriate coordinator in whichever area of the program they are interested in volunteering.
The volunteer coordinator is responsible for DATA INPUT of volunteer information into a spreadsheet, the volunteer email account and online.
Time Commitment: 4-10 hours a month
Available Shifts: Monthly Orientation held at your convenience
This organization relies on Facebook as our primary means of group communication and information dissemination. Email is used within smaller subcommittees and groups to coordinate. We require any volunteer for HSU to have email and prefer all to have Facebook. Some volunteer positions will be required to be active on facebook due to the level of group communication and coordination needed.