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Volunteer Teams
Here at HELP, we organize our volunteers into four different,
distinct groups. All four types of volunteer work are very important
for keeping our shelter running day-to-day and making our animals as
healthy and well-mannered as possible. Please take a look at the
different types described below and fill out an application for the team
that interests you:
Red Team
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The Red Team has the least number of duties and largest amount of
time flexibility. Red Team members are involved in caring for
the animals in specific ways during our open hours, such as brushing the
cats or walking the dogs.
The Red Team is designed for someone who has
little time or a hectic schedule, but still wants to spend their extra
time with our animals and helping out.
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Orange Team
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The Orange Team are the people that the shelter staff rely on during
office hours to keep the flow of visitors heading in the right direction.
When a community member comes to visit the shelter, an Orange Team
member should be at the door to greet them. If they have general
questions, questions about adoption, or want to know more about a
particular animal, the Orange Team either has that information or knows
where to find it.
The Orange Team requires a commitment of at least two
hours at a time during open hours, to cut down on scheduling problems,
and requires some brief training and familiarity with the animals around
the shelter.
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Blue Team
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The Blue Team are the people who work one-on-one with the dogs in
order to help them be more presentable for potential adopters. Blue
Team starts with a few classes with our trainer, Melody Truitt. Once
the trainer feels that they have a good grasp on what they need to know,
blue team members are welcome to come in any time during open hours to
work with their dog.
Blue team members will choose to work with a dog to obtain their
AKC Good Citizen's certification, and then move on to train another.
This has shown to be extremely helpful for teaching the dogs good
manners and drastically increases their chance of adoption.
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Green Team
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The Green Team works closely with our medical director to capture feral
cats for our Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) program. The number of stray and
feral cats in the Richmond area has increased drastically over the last
few years, and TNR is working hard to keep the feral cat population in check
A class with Joyce will teach team members how to correctly and safely
trap feral cats, the shelter will alter them, and then the cats will be
returned to where they were trapped.
The Green Team offers extreme flexibility and a lot of
fun, along with knowing that you are preventing animals from making
future unwanted litters. People on the Green Team must be 18 years of
age or older, and accept the liability involved with catching feral cats.
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