Volunteer Resource: Animals

Best Friendshttps://bestfriends.orgVolunteer opportunities include:   Companionship to dogs, cats, fostering pets; helping with marketing and social media; participation in community events; transporting animals to try to get adopted
Virtual volunteer options include: Video editor, letter writer, phone caller, social media’s creative content creator.
Dogs without Borders- LAhttps://dogswithoutborders.orgVolunteer opportunities include:  Volunteering at adoption fairs, fostering dogs, transporting dogs, office work (eg. bookkeeping, accounting), fundraising, grant-writing, photography
LA City Valley Animal Shelter
(LA Department of Animal Services)		1-(888) 452-7381Serves abandoned and orphaned animals.
Volunteer opportunities include:  Assisting at pet adoption events, helping with care of those animals (dog, cats, rabbits and others) in the shelter’s care, grooming, photography/videography, education, office help and marketing.
LIFE Animal Rescuehttps://lifeanimalrescue.org

dogs: (818) 707-2007
cats:  (818) 707-6186		Rescues homeless and abandoned dogs and cats and places them in loving homes
Volunteers assist at Saturday adoption days, volunteer in the shelter exercising dogs, giving them attention, and cleaning cat and dog living areas. 
Linda Blair World Heart Foundationhttps://www.lindablairworldheart.orgAgainst breed ban legislation (eg pit bulls etc)
Volunteer opportunities include:  Dog walker/socializer, kennel cleaner, yard work, maintenance,
office work, pet photographer, assisting with set-up/breakdown of mobile adoptions, and fundraising.
PAWS LAhttps://www.pawsla.org

(213) 741-1950		Contact:  Ryan Hilary
Provides services to assist low-income seniors, veterans and people living with HIV/AIDS keep and care for their pets.
Volunteer opportunities:  Dog walking, pet food delivery, client service, outreach, fundraising, administration, transport, picking up donated products.
Pet Orphans of Southern California  (Van Nuys)https://petorphans.org

(818) 901-0190		Mission is to rescue and rehabilitate healthy  dogs and cats and to provide preventive health care for these pets to the lower income community.
Volunteer opportunities include:  Helping with socialization of the dogs/cats, assisting at mobile adoption events, helping with obedience and simple training.