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Volunteer Application - English

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If you are not sure which area you are interested in, you can see a description of volunteer opportunities here.

Your Contact information:

First name: *

Last name: *

Email:

Tel (home):

Cell:

Your location

Since people volunteer from all over the US, Canada and Mexico, it helps us to know at least the city you are located.

Address:

City: *

State/Province: *

Country: *

What months are your normally in La Paz?

Languages:

Over 18 years old? *

Note: You will need to figure out your own transportation as our volunteers will not be able to provide that for you. La Paz has Uber, InDriver, Didi and public buses.

How many hours a week can you volunteer?

Schedule:

Describe your schedule:

Describe your skills that would help as a volunteer:

Areas of interest

See an explanation of each role here. Because some of these positions require more extensive training than others, there may be a minimum duration requirement.

Hands on with the dogs:

Clinic:

Clinic Assistant (minimum commitment of 9 months)

Medical charting (minimum commitment of 9 months)

Exam room assistant (position filled)

Casita cleanup

Medication preparation (position filled)

Scheduling (minimum commitment of 6 months)

Training:

Handler (for dog walking program on Wednesdays from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm)

Trainer (minimum commitment of 9 months)

Behavior Assessments (minimum commitment of 9 months)

Transportation - Sending & Receiving Dogs:

Sending Dogs - Involves getting them Cabo airport and getting them checked in for their flight. Need a valid MX drivers' license to use our van. For dogs leaving out of La Paz, this involves meeting the dogs at the airport and getting them checked in. In most cases, each fosterer/rescuer brings their dogs to the airport.

Receiving Dogs - Involves going to the airport in Seattle, Portland, or Vancouver, BC (Canada) to help adopters receive their dogs and to collect and store crates for return to La Paz.

Other hands on:

Pet Sitter - Involves temporary pet sitting for a dog here in La Paz. Can be a few days, or a week - just some time to give our rescatistas/fosterers a break.

Fosterer - We need fosterers in the Pacific Northwest (Portland, Seattle) who can receive dogs that are transported to the airport and foster them until adopted.

Working with the public to educate and inform:

We need help launching these programs. If you have experience as an educator or presenter and can help get these programs initiated, we would love the help.

School presentations

Community outreach

Helping with adoptions:

Adoption Coordinator (minimum 1 year commitment)

Supporting rescatistas:

Intake (minimum commitment of 9 months)

Home Evaluations (minimum commitment of 6 months)

Photography

Behind the scenes:

Grant Writing - This involves helping us search for grant opportunities as well as responding to them

Programming & Technical - If you have experience with SQL or Postgresql; html; and/or css - we could really use your help in a number of areas.

Web Design & Support - we use WordPress so if you are familiar with that CMS, we would love your help!

Social Media - We use Meta Business Suite to manage Facebook and Instagram posts. We would also love your ideas on other social meda outlets.

Transportation Logistics (minimum 6 month commitment) - this involves setting up the transports, working with the airlines, calculating crates sizes and weights based on aircraft model, calculating costs, etc.

Marketing Support - this involves helping with marketing collateral as well as online avenues.

Clerical & Data Entry - this involves updating our systems, records, and files

Translations - this involves helping us with the translation of our website and other materials. Because learning the technology to do the translations take some practices we require a minumum 9 month commitment for this role.

Other areas:

Special Events & Fundraisers

Amigos de 4 Patas Store

Volunteer Coordinator - (minimum commitment of 1 year) - Our volunteer coordination involves both Spanish and English and we use Google translate for situations where proficiency in one language or the other is not great. This role involves learning about all of the functions within our organization and then coordinating with the volunteers in those area.

Do you have other ideas for volunteering that are not listed above?

Please check your form over to make sure we know how to get in touch with you to process your application. When you are ready, just click on the submit button below:

Volunteer Application (English) - Version 2.0