THANK YOU for your interest in volunteering at Baypath Humane Society.

Baypath’s volunteers are the heart of our organization. Baypath provides shelter for dogs and cats 365 days a year. Our staff and volunteers work together, forming a vital team that is essential to carrying out our mission….. “to establish and maintain an animal shelter and associated procedures which promote the health, care and adoption of these animals”…..
Note:  Baypath has a new volunteer coordinator as of Oct. 1, Pam Crowe. She is in the process of assessing the needs of the shelter to fill all volunteer shifts. We will do our best to match your availability with the needs of Baypath. If you have filled out an application in the past few months and not been contacted by someone at Baypath, please fill out one of the updated versions and submit it. Thank you for your understanding.

VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS

Age Requirement: The required minimum age for volunteers is 17. Please Note: At this time we can not accept volunteers under 17 even if accompanied by a parent.

Scheduling & Commitment: Applicants must be available a minimum of one 2-hour shift per week, the same day and time each week and can commit to this shift for a minimum of 3 months. Volunteer shifts start at 8:00am and go to 6:00pm in 2-hour increments.
Baypath has a dog trainer on staff who rececently began a required dog handling/clicker training class for volunteers who want to walk our dogs. We ask those volunteers to seriously consider a minimum of a 6 month commitment.

Paperwork & Orientation: A completed Volunteer Application must be submitted for review. All new volunteers are required to attend Volunteer Orientation. Anyone interested in dog walking and socializing must complete the Dog Handling Seminar.

Volunteer Roles: Prior experience is not required to volunteer. Some of our volunteering opportunities require moderate physical exercise, so please be sure you understand and are comfortable with the physical aspects of the role you select.  Our volunteers work everyday of the year, in all weather conditions. Please understand this is an expectation of your commitment. 

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Our volunteer positions accommodate a broad diversity of interests, skills and schedules. Below is a list of current opportunities and the shifts available. Please be sure to indicate the day, time and task you are interested in on your application.

Cleaning Dog Kennels:  All Days, All Shifts - This position will work with our Staff to help provide overall care of the dogs. You will be paired directly with one of the staff or seasoned volunteers to get up to speed on taking care of the needs of our dogs and learning how to clean and set up the dog kennels and cages.

Cleaning Cat Cages:  All Days, All Shifts - This position will work with our Staff to help provide overall care of the cats. You will be paired directly with one of the staff or seasoned volunteers to get up to speed on taking care of the needs of our cats and learning how to clean and set up the cat cages in one of 3 cat rooms (General Population and two other Isolation Rooms).

Dog Walking: All Days, All Shifts- Dogs Lovers can take a leisurely walk with one of our dogs down our tree lined street. Besides walking the dogs you will be asked to scoop poop in the outdoor pens and make sure the water buckets are full. If you are on the 8am shift you will be asked to set up the outdoor pens with blankets, toys and water prior to walking your first dog. If you are the 4pm shift you will be asked to help breakdown the outdoor pens. We do ask that all dog walkers pitch in on the laundry.

Cat Socializing: All days, All shifts - Cats Lovers can engage a kitten in some frisky play exercise with our basket of toys let an older cat enjoy your lap or groom a cat of any age. While enjoying the company of our cats we ask that you help to keep the room clean throughout the day by cleaning up spilled food and water on the floor and in the cages. We do ask that all cat socializers pitch in on the laundry.

General Cleaning & Laundry: All days, All shifts - Sweeping, mopping and dusting of all the general areas of the shelter. Clean laundry is an essential part of a clean and healthy shelter. Laundry is done all day long every day it is a job that you can integrate into your other tasks. If you have allergies to cleaning products this might not be the job for you.

Transporter : All days, All shifts - We always need transport Volunteers who are willing to help us with our animal transports on an as-needed basis. Transporting may involve bringing/retrieving our dogs or cats to/from the Vet, picking up animals at other facilities or Shelter supply pick-ups.

Foster Care: Our Foster Care Volunteers are so important to the dogs and cats. We need Volunteers who can open their home to Baypath animals who may require special care (health reasons), are too young (kittens and puppies) or who may become too stressed to be in a shelter environment. Please email Sue at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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