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Volunteer opportunities cover a wide spectrum of activities, but all focus on making a difference, either directly or indirectly, in the lives of homeless pets. We need Volunteers to fill positions from administrative to fundraising to physical labor of caring for the animals and facilities.

Many of you want to help but are unable to offer foster care for a dog or financial assistance. There are many other ways you can assist in saving the lives of homeless pets. All it takes is a little time to share and an understanding of our mission.

Ways You Can Help

June 19, 2009 - here are a few immediate needs
	Puppy Sitters needed each day for the next couple of weeks.. Shifts are 9am to 11am and 5pm to 7pm (or anywhere close to those times). I have 10 puppies, several may be adopted this weekend but we still need sitters. Sitters do just that. The pups are too young to mingle with the big dogs so they get outside playtime twice a day (too hot for more then that). We put them in a puppy play area and I need someone to watch them and socialize them. I can't keep my eyes on them all the time and get other things done.
	I need to put up 3 ceiling fans in the dog rooms. Two outlets I am not sure are rigged for ceiling fans!
	Plumbing - the tub where we bath the dogs has an issue. When I push the button to turn on the sprayer, nothing happens. Thank goodness it is summer time and I can bath in the hose but they are not happy!
	Plumbing - I need to replace the Sump Pump in the basement so I can use the washer and sink in the dog area. I can't get the bolts off of the pump container!
	Fencing - volunteer needed to pick up donated chain link from the Indian Hills Subdivision in Marietta. and bring it up there to us. I don't have a truck. It isn't much but the poles won't fit in my SUV
	Fencing - help needed putting up one stretch of Chain link to separate a dog yard and also to put up a run of wooden panels to create a small dog area.
	I know the above listed things are tough but I can not do them alone. If you can assist please let me know by email and we can set up a good time for you to visit!

Shelter Volunteers
	Many of our dogs live in foster care. However, one of the foster homes is the licensed shelter for Forgotten Paws and houses most of the dogs. Volunteers in the shelter location assist the foster mom with day-to-day activities: We are in the process of trying to set up this foster home as a place where people can come to meet the dogs. We want to be able to set weekend appointments instead of carting the poor animals all over town on weekends. Cleaning is a very important part and a constant struggle. Most of the day is consumed by it, leaving little time for other needs. For years we have struggled with getting help b/c the shelter is an actual home. Other groups have main foster homes and they have volunteers but they have gotten past the "its my house" odd feeling. Finally, the main foster home has forced herself to get past this! <smile>Daily cleaning of floors and cages are needed. Washing of food bowls, laundry washing of towels and blankets, etc. If you can donate an hour it is a huge help! Pooper Scooping the yard - we need people to commit an hour (usually less) a week to pooper scoop the play area's. If we can get several poeple scheduled to do this on different days, then it won't be a tough job!

K9 Support Volunteers
	"A trained dog get adopted more quickly and has a better chance of working out. " "A tired dog is a good happy dog" Those are our two phylosophies for K9 support volunteers A K9 support volunteer walks dogs and works on thier training. Simple things like leash manners and sitting and coming on command make a huge difference in a dogs chances. If you have the ability to handle a dog on leash, this is a great way to help out. Some of our dogs spend months staring at the back of a 6 foot privacy fence and would love to get out and just go around the block a couple of times!

Fostering a Homeless Dog - see our Fostering Page

Join our Adoption Team - Adoption Team Volunteers (must be at least 16 years old unless you are accompanied by an adult)
	Adoption Team Volunteers hold several roles. We send out an email to you and you let us know what you can do to help on the day specified. Adoption Set Up - usually at 10.30 am on the day of the adoption . This entails assisting with tent set up, cage/pen set up, filling water bowls, placing dogs safely in their cages, hanging their cage cards, setting up the donations table and posting the street signs. Adoption Transport - helping to transport pets to and/or from the adoption back to their foster homes Adoption Assistants- staying at the adoption for 2-4 hours to assist in walking the dogs and talking to potential adopters and visitor to familiarize them with the group, our adoption procedures and to provide information on the animals and available resources. Adoption Break down - usually occurs starting at 4pm but if we have visitors looking at pets it could be delayed . Everything put in the "Adoption Set Up" as to be taken down and put in the vehicles!

Help Get Us Noticed!
	We are working hard to get our name out there. If your school or church (or other group) is having an event where we can set up a table with our information please let us know! We would love to be apart of your community event! If you have a neighborhood newsletter or paper we want to be in it! Let us know how! We are poor so we can't be too extravagant though!

Thank You Cards
	We need someone to write thank you notes to adopters and donors . This can be done from your home! Cards and stamps are supplied. We just send you the list each week/month. Sadly you will only need to write about 10 cards at this point.

K9 Taxi Drivers
	Provide transportation for dogs coming out of a shelter, needing to go to the vet or to their foster home. If you only have a couple of hours per week or month, this is a great way to help. Get your name added to the list and when we need you we will email oto see if you are available! Mileage and/or gasoline is tax-deductible! There is an amazing group of thousands of people who transport dogs to new homes or new rescue groups. They save so many lives by just taking a small amount of time from thier lives to so this. Sadly, Atlanta (Georgia in general) is a tough state to find help.

Special Events Volunteers! - Great opportunity for a couple of friend who want to do a project together!
	The ideas are great but we need help executing them! We would love to set up booths at various festivals like "BIg Shanty" or the various Arts festivals in town. We need to get out name out there. Here's the thing....we need more help to get this done! We need someone to pick up the ball and run with it. We chose an event and then we figure out what we want to do there. (raffle, literature, posters, dogs, gifts, etc). You do the planning, tell me what I need to do and where to be! What this does for us: This gets our name out thier. We get more donations, more hits on our website and thus can get more dogs and cats adopted!

Fundraiser Help

Do you belong to a group that would like to do a community service project fundraiser?

We would love for your group to hold a bake sale, car wash, book sale, or anything you want to do to help the homeless pets get the needed supplies and veterinary care. Without money, we can't save more dogs and cats. We don't want to be one of those groups who only saves the perfect dogs who won't cost much but we can't continue without money coming in and as of now everything is going out. For example: We recently took in a dog who needed a $991 surgery. He got it and athough listed on our site for donation help, we recieved $75 from one lady and that was all! Without us, Tipper would be dead at the shelter but we can't continue this way.

Handyman needed! Can you offer your assistance with ONE of these projects?
	... to remove a large wooden shelving unit from the doggie room. Mounted to the ceiling! The dogs need more room! I have a saw and a sledge hammer, I just need the help!
	....New Flooring needs to be installed in the large dog room. We have those vinyl stick down squares. Not the peel and stick kind but the kind in schools!
	...replace the Sump Pump for the dog area so we can do the dog laundry instead of carrying it upstairs to the kitchen laundry room! I have the Sump Pump, just can't get the thing in the closet floor open to replace it!
	....replace sink with a raise bathtub for the dogs. Carpentry, small plumbing and a tub will be needed to do this job. I can get it though!
	...frame and dry wall area of ceiling in dog room that has air conditioning duct work showing.
	...Install 2 ceiling fans in the dog room. The lights are not secure for fans so the boxes have to be replaced also
	...build an enclosed shelving unit for towels and supplies in the laundry area.

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