Megan Carroll

Volunteer Coordinator
Email
831.454.2709

Becoming a Volunteer at the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter

New Volunteers Sign Up HERE!

Volunteer Opportunties

Dog TLC – Our dog volunteers walk our dogs, hang out with (some of them) in their kennels, take them out on SPOTT, take them out on sleepovers, and do shows!

Cat TLC – Our cat volunteers play with the cats in the kennel, take them to the GAR and hang out with them, and do shows!

Rabbit TLC – Our rabbit volunteers give our rabbits some much needed treats and put them into the xpens and let them hop around for a bit.

Our green team does all of our landscaping including but not limited to – tending to our plants, laying new mulch in the yards, watering our grass, and much much more! (please email Megan if interested!)

Our fosters help out our shelter by taking in our animals while they wait to go to their furever home!

Enrichment volunteers provide daily fun activities to keep the animals engaged and entertained. These include but aren’t limited to: kongs, lick mats, puzzle toys, kibble rolls, boxes and more!

Volunteer Training

To volunteer with SCCAS the first step is to register with Get Connected and make a Volunteer profile- you can do this HERE.

After you fill in your profile and initial information visit the Classes/Orientations tab on the left of the screen and sign up for an upcoming Volunteer Orientation. This Orientation will talk about the mission of SCCAS, Open Admission Sheltering model, different departments in the Shelter and what Volunteers do at SCCAS.

After Orientation you will be asked to pick a species and then fulfill the requirements for that species. All volunteers are also required to download a VIP Program Application, fill it out and upload it in your Qualifications portion of your profile. If you have questions or concerns about this (or just want to email this application in) please email megan.carroll@santacruzcounty.us

Dogs
Sign up for a Dog TLC Class in the Classes/Orientations section. After you have attended the class you can sign up for a one on one mentoring session which will be in the Volunteer Shifts section. Once the class and mentoring session are finished then you can start signing up for shifts on our Volunteer Shifts site!

Cats
Please watch the Cat TLC video and then sign up for a Cat TLC mentoring session on our Volunteer Shifts site. Once you have filled out all paperwork you are then read to sign up for shifts using out Volunteer Shifts site!

Rabbits
Please sign up for a Rabbit Mentoring session on the Volunteer Shifts site. After your mentoring session you can sign up for shifts!