Be a Volunteer or Foster

Volunteers are desperately needed to help perform various office duties; answer phone calls, enter data into computer systems; assist with adoptions, clean litter boxes, feed and groom animals, do laundry and more. Anyone interested in volunteering should call 618 664-4068 or come by our shelter office at 1403 South 4th Street in Greenville, Illinois.

Teenagers! Colleges like to see a variety of interests and volunteer work on your applications. Show your first choice schools you are big hearted and love animals. Show them you're responsible and dependable by volunteering at Bond County Humane Society's cat and dog shelters! You can also list relevant skill-building volunteer work on most job applications!

Potential volunteers can also find a list of BCHS volunteer opportunities by clicking this link below:
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Be a Foster Home

Because BCHS does not yet have a large permanent shelter facility there is a great need in our community to have a network of foster homes available to take in adoptable animals prior to their placement in permanent homes. Many abandoned or stray animals are traumatized by the time they end up in the local animal control facility. And the chances of being adopted from such a facility are grim. But there's hope...

Fostering is a critical first step in helping a needy dog or cat to find a loving home. Foster parents provide temporary shelter and care for a BCHS dog or cat in need. Foster families transport their animals from vet appointments (vet care paid by BCHS), and may be asked to attend adoption activities with their foster animal. And of course, foster parents provide the loving attention their foster dog or cat so desperately needs.

While most foster placements are short term, foster families have the option to adopt their foster animal and make him or her a permanent part of the family if they wish. BCHS provides each foster family with the necessary food, collar, crate, and ID tag appropriate for their situation, as well as support and training to help solve behavioral issues that may arise. At this point BCHS has only a few homes available so, WE NEED YOUR HELP!

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