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When would you be available to volunteer? 
  Mostly Weekdays    Mostly Weeknights    Mostly Weekends    Whenever, just call

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Please check the volunteer opportunities that interest you:

  Fostering a Pet: This item is at the top of our volunteer opportunity list because we believe very strongly that fostering is the best way to help our animals become more adoptable. Bringing an animal into your home will give that animal the opportunity to learn how to be a member of a person’s family to include socialization with children and other animals, learning “house” manners, house training, etc. It also gives SFAR the opportunity to learn, from you, details about how the animal behaves in an environment away from the Ranch. Is the pet good with children, cats, other dogs? Is the animal house trained? What is this animal’s personality like? What adoption situation would best suit this animal? All that we ask is that you provide food, water, shelter, and lots of loving care. SFAR will pay for heartworm prevention and veterinary care. If you would like to cover these costs, just let us know!

  Daily Animal Care and Maintenance: Cleaning dog runs, feeding, and watering are daily tasks that are essential to ensure a quality living environment for all animals residing at the Ranch. Annamaria and her family would welcome a break from time to time, so come on down!

  Fundraising: Fundraising is crucial to SFAR’s existence! (As we all know, veterinarians don’t work for free! In 2000, we spent more than $8,500 on veterinary expenses.) We are always looking for individuals interested in organizing and/or participating in fundraising activities. Activities that SFAR has been involved with in the past include photos with Santa at PetsMart, Christmas Angel Tree, yard sales, bakes sales, car washes, etc.

  Animal Health: Administering vaccinations and heartworm prevention, applying medications, removing ticks, etc.

  Bathing and Grooming: Bathing, grooming, removing matted fur, cutting nails, cleaning ears, etc. Unsurprisingly, most animals are not clean and well-groomed when they are rescued. 

  Emergency/Rescue Assistance: SFAR is looking to form a solid, organized group of volunteers that are willing, with the proper training, to do emergency cases in the Clarksville-Montgomery County area. These would include investigating animal abuse reports, picking up animals in need, etc.

  Canine Socialization and Training: One-on-one time with SFAR animals (e.g. walking, training (basic commands), bringing the animal to your home or to another location for exposure to sights and sounds other than those at the Ranch).

  Canine Behavior Counseling: Being a resource/counselor to volunteers, adoptive pet owners, and other individuals that look to SFAR for support in dealing with a canine behavior issues.

  SFAR Newsletter: SFAR’s newsletter, Pause for Paws, is always looking for individuals to contribute poems, articles, references, sketches, pictures, etc. Approximately 350 copies of the newsletter are mailed quarterly. Assistance with copying, folding, labeling, and stamping is always appreciated!

  Transportation: The need to transport animals to and from the Ranch, the veterinarian, PetsMart, etc. is a regular occurrence. On occasion there may also be a need to transport to a “meeting place” when animals are being adopted out-of-town, out-of-state, or when they are relinquished to another no-kill rescue organization. How far you want to drive is completely up to you!

  Construction and Maintenance: Installing chain link fencing, constructing covers for the dog runs, repairing doghouses…. you name it!

  Administrative Tasks: Filing, phone calls, mailings, Internet research, computer work, etc.

  Public Relations: Soliciting donations from businesses, seeking advertising information, staying in contact with the Clarksville Volunteer Center, posting flyers, keeping abreast on animal-related legislation, etc.

  Education: Giving animal-related presentations to small groups (e.g. elementary, intermediate or high school students, boy/girl scout troops, daycare classes, etc.), preparing educational literature for distribution, etc.

If you would like to volunteer in a way that is not listed above or if you have additional comments, please list here:

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with St. Francis Animal Rescue!