Illinois Valley Animal Rescue Volunteering

Volunteer work is the key to any organization. Sometimes circumstances are such that while interested individuals have the desire to support an organization, there is just not any money to spare for a donation. There is an extremely desirable alternative to cash, a donation of your time is just as valuable as a donation of money. Much of our volunteer jobs entail a donation of a short period of time. Volunteers are needed in the following areas: fund raising activities, creating and presenting educational programs, and short term assistance of animals.

Click here to fill out the Volunteer Application.

Ways to Volunteer:

We don't always need every type of volunteer at every moment, but if you let us know what you are interested in we can contact you when we need your help.

1). Shelter Cleaning and Care--Always our biggest need

We need people to help clean both the dog kennels and the cat rooms. We ask that those interested in this type of volunteer work be able to comit to volunteering at least one day (the same day) each week. The number of hours you volunteer on that day are up to you. We can NEVER have enough volunteers willing to help out in this way.

If you don't think you can handle the animals physically we always need help washing dishes, doing laundry and other light tasks.

2). Hauling Items

Often we have people call that wish to donate dog kennels or other large items. We need periodic help getting these items to our shelter.

3). Fundraisers

We always could use an extra hand at our fundraisers.

4). Medical Help

We always can use volunteers familiar with drawing blood on cats and or dogs. We have the ability to perform the FIV/FeL and Heartworm blood tests at the shelter, but we often don't have enough people skilled to do this. This would be perfect for a vet tech, or former vet tech. Or anyone interested in taking the time to learn.

5). Physical Help

Periodically we have projects that involve a lot of physical labor (installing new stairs, pouring cement etc). At those times we need some good able-bodied help to make the project easier for all.

6). Hanging/Distributing Flyers

7). Sometimes we have special circumstances where an animal needs an extra special home. Or an animal is on the run and we need some extra exposure to help get it back to the shelter or back to it's home.

If you think you can help follow the link on the left to our Volunteer Application page.

Providing comfort & care for animals in the illinois valley area since 1999.

IVAR - (815) 224-0061