Facilitator: Lou When: Wednesday 12:45PM - 3PM Where: Meet at SkillWise Extra Fees: N/A
Description: Sign up to be a volunteer at the SPCA, helping to wash, dry, fold and store cat and dog bedding. There may be other tasks, such as washing dog/cat bowls or filling heavy bags of pet food.
Contact with animals is limited.
You will learn: • The importance of hygiene: how clean bedding directly affect animals’ health, comfort and stress levels. • Teamwork: volunteers learn they are part of a team and how every task, no matter how unglamorous, keeps the whole system running. • Compassion through care: even without direct animal handling volunteers are contributing to their wellbeing.
What to bring: • Warm jacket (volunteers will be working outdoors).
Other Info: New participants MUST attend the first week session to attend orientation.