Volunteer
About Our Volunteer Program
Welcome! When you volunteer with the SPCA of Wake County, you are giving the pets and people one of the greatest gifts someone can give by giving your time and lending us your talents! As part of the SPCA of Wake County Volunteer Program, you are just one of several teams working together to accomplish our mission. We work hard and have a lot of fun supporting the each other and the pets that are waiting for their forever homes!
We're excited to announce that we are now accepting Volunteer Applications!
Volunteer Requirements
Here are the key requirements:
- Age Requirement: Be at least 18 years old.
- Team Spirit: Be a Team Player! Collaboration is key, and our volunteers should thrive in both team and independent settings.
- Commitment: Dedicate to at least one shift per month for the next 12 months.
- Onboarding: Complete all New Volunteer requirements online.
- Training: Fulfill all volunteer task training requirements.
- Safety First: Understand and adhere to all SPCA Wake and volunteer task safety guidelines.
- Adhere to instructions: Ability to follow written and verbal instructions provided by staff.
- Internet accessibility: Have consistent access to the internet and email for seamless communication and online training.
Please Note: We will be accepting Youth Co-Volunteers and Community Service Volunteers in Late Spring/Early Summer. We appreciate your patience during this transition!
Are you a New or Returning Volunteer? Click on the button below to complete the onboarding process!
Please complete the Volunteer Onboarding Process by reviewing the all of Volunteer Orientation slides, completing the Volunteer Application and the DocuSign Waiver.
Thank you for your patience and bearing with us during this transition.
Current SPCA Volunteer? Click the button to access your Volunteer Account!
- Your Time, Love, and Dedication Make the World a Better Place for Pets and People.
- Your ongoing commitment brings us so much joy and makes a such difference.
- Thank you for all that you do!
Please Note: We are requiring all returning volunteers who have been inactive for 6 months or more to complete the onboarding process including the orientation, application, and DocuSign Waiver and any required task training for the area or areas that you are interested in.
Volunteer Program Tasks Available
- General Cleaning Volunteer: As a General Cleaning Volunteer, you are assisting SPCA Staff with providing a clean, safe, and healthy environment for all our pets that call our facility home while they wait to be adopted! Without our General Cleaning Butlers, we wouldn’t be able to take such great care of our pets!
- Shifts: Days: Monday through Sunday (including Holidays) Times: 8AM-11AM | 11AM-2PM | 2PM -5PM | 5PM-8PM
- Super Scrubbers: Super scrubber volunteers come to the Pet Adoption Center twice a month to do a deep clean of different areas of our facility! This is an essential task to help keep each area sparkling clean, safe, and healthy for all pets that call the SPCA home. If you love seeing results and love immediate gratification from your hard work, then this is a task that you can sign up for right away!
- Shifts: Days: Second and Fourth Saturdays of Every Month. Time: 9am-11am
- Cat Butler-As a Cat Butler, you play an important role ensuring our cats and kittens have a clean and healthy environment to live in while they wait for their new families. While you clean, you will be providing important enrichment and playtime for the cats and kittens on the adoption floor and in the grooming room.
- Shifts: Days: Monday through Sunday (including Holidays) Times: 8AM - 11AM
- Cat Matchmaker- Cat Matchmakers are here to help our visitors meet our cats and kittens. You’ll have the amazing opportunity to engage with visitors and pets, and gather information about the personalities of the cats you’re spending time with. You're not just a matchmaker; you're spreading joy and inspiring others to join our mission. And while you're at it, you'll sprinkle a little cleaning magic to keep our kiddos' bedrooms and condos tidy and fresh during your shift. Our cats can’t wait to meet you!
- Shifts: Days: Monday through Sunday (except when we are closed to the public)
- Times: 10:45 AM- 1:15 PM | 1:15 PM- 3:45 PM | 3:30 PM- 6 PM
- Dog Butler- We have an awesome team of Dog Butlers that not only clean our dog bedrooms, play yards, and puppy tubs, they also provide enrichment and socialization to our canine friends! Our dogs and puppies cannot wait to meet you!
- Shifts: Days: Monday through Sunday (including Holidays) Times: 7AM - 9AM | 12PM-2PM | 6PM-8PM
- Dog Matchmaker- As a Dog matchmaker, you're bringing together eager visitors and lovable canines for cuddles, connections, and potential adoptions! You're not just a matchmaker; you're spreading joy and inspiring others to join our mission. And while you're at it, you'll sprinkle a little cleaning magic to keep our kiddos' bedrooms tidy and fresh during your shift. Our dogs can’t wait to meet you!
- Shifts: Days: Monday through Sunday (except when we are closed to the public)
- Times: 10:45 AM- 1:15 PM | 1:15 PM- 3:45 PM | 3:30 PM- 6 PM
- Small Pets Butler- Small Pets Butlers provide cleaning, exercise, socialization and a loving environment for rabbits, guinea pigs, and other small animals. This attention and care prepare them for their forever homes, ensuring they are happy and ready for adoption.
- Shifts: Days: Monday through Sunday (including Holidays) Times: 8 AM-11 AM |5:30 PM-8 PM
- Meds: Being a Meds volunteer is a great way to help our dogs in a different way, doing this task requires volunteers to have great attention to detail and time management skills. This task must be completed promptly and accurately twice daily to ensure all dogs receive their medication safely and effectively. Meds volunteers must be familiar with common dog behavior signs and our Star Dog program and designations.
- Shifts: Days: Monday through Sunday (including Holidays) Times: AM: 7AM-9AM | PM: 5PM- 7PM
- Envelope Stuffer : You’ll be stuffing envelopes for important mailings that we send out monthly, for special events, or important updates that our supporters need to know!
- Shifts: Day: Last Friday of every month. Time: 1pm-4pm. *Subject to change.
- Friendship Cafe Meals on Wheels’ Friendship Café program exists to provide seniors with daily meals at various congregate locations in the community and opportunities to participate in various activities included in the program. This also gives them a place to experience robust social interactions and to form meaningful interpersonal connections. SPCA Wake representatives bring pet food and supplies to several of these Friendship Café locations monthly. On “SPCA Days,” SPCA Wake volunteer site representatives bring pet food and other supplies for Meals on Wheels clients so their non-human family members can also stay happy, healthy, and home.
- Event Guest Attendants: Whether it is at one of our Clinics that provides low-cost vaccines and microchips to pets in our community or engaging with supporters of the SPCA at other events, you have many options to choose from! Helping with one of our events gives you the opportunity to work with members of other amazing departments and you get to engage with members of our community. If you love helping your community and interacting with others who love their pets, we would love to have you!!
- Shifts: TBA
- Event Pet Attendants: If you love interacting with dogs and people, you will be joining other dedicated volunteers that help us handle dogs during events. We are looking for volunteers who are truly enthusiastic and passionate about helping the pets and people in our community!
- Shifts: TBA
- Food Barrel :The Food Barrel program, originally launched in the 1980s, allows local businesses to support the mission and vision of SPCA Wake by donating merchandise. There are several Target stores, a Lowe’s Foods store, and a Phydeaux store that participate in the program regularly. The items donated can be used to help feed and care for animals in SPCA Wake’s adoption and foster programs, for pet owners seeking services from the SPCA’s pet retention programming, or for any other applicable programs. We always need volunteers to help us with picking up these vital donations, if you are interested, please let us know!
- Shifts: TBA