Become a volunteer. Save lives.

Lost and abandoned animals are often brought into TCAS in pretty rough shape, both physically and emotionally. Yet proper care for these animals is often cost-prohibitive, requiring shelter staff to routinely assess the extent of medical and behavioral care an animal can receive – sometimes it's good enough, but sometimes it's just not enough.

Our goal is to assure that all resident TCAS animals receive full and proper care. We are 100% volunteer-based, 100% dedicated to supporting the TCAS animals, and rely 100% on public donations and motivated volunteers to help fundraise.

Do you have a fundraising idea? If so, let’s put it to work for the love of rescue pets!

Becoming a volunteer with Friends of TCAS is a simple click away. If you’d like to work with a group of motivated volunteers whose mission is to raise funds on behalf of the animals of the Tri-Cities Animal Shelter, please fill out a volunteer application below. If you are interested in finding out what dogs and cats are available for fostering or adopting, please visit the Tri-Cities Animal Shelter.

The animals of TCAS need you. Please donate, volunteer, foster, or adopt – your life will never be the same.

Instructions

To be considered for a volunteer position with Friends of TCAS, please either:

1) click on the Online Volunteer Application button below, complete the form, and click SUBMIT at the bottom of the application:

Online Volunteer Application

General Information

Name

First Name

Last Name

Email

Date of Birth

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Street Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Mailing Address

(if different than street address)

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Home Phone

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Cell Phone

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May we contact you via text message?

Yes

No

Employer

Skills/Interests:

Do you have skills, special interests, or experience you would like us to consider when placing you into a volunteer position with Friends of TCAS?

I'm interested in helping with:

Office Help (writing thank-you notes, tracking donations, inventory, etc.)

Event Participation

Fundraising Planning & Coordination

Grant Writing

Website Development & Maintenance

Socia Media Development & Maintenance

Other

Other:

If you checked "other" above, let us know what else you'd like to help with.

Do you have a preference which days you'd like to volunteer?

Approximately how many hours per week would you like to volunteer?

Emergency Contact Information

Name

First Name

Last Name

Phone

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Relationship

Please provide the names and telephone numbers of two character references that we may contact:

Reference #1

Name

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Last Name

Phone

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Reference #2

Name

First Name

Last Name

Phone

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Liability Release

As a volunteer of Friends of TCAS, I agree to abide by all policies and procedures set forth by the Tri-Cities Animal Shelter when on shelter premises. I understand that I volunteer at my own risk and neither the organization nor its employees assume any liability for any accidental injury of health problem arising from volunteer work I perform for the organization. I agree that all work I do is on a volunteer basis and I am not eligible to receive any monetary payment or reward.

Today's Date:

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Signature

By signing my name below, I understand that the electronic signature below is the legal equivalent of my manual/handwritten signature.

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2) download and print the Volunteer Application (pdf), complete in ink, and return the completed form to us by attaching it to an email addressed to
friendsoftricitiesshelter@gmail.com.