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Volunteer Opportunites With Yolo SPCA
Fill Out Our Volunteer Interest Form
Community Service Project: Yolo County SPCA Catnip Pillows
Humane Education (Must be 18+)
Speaking to audiences on animal issues, display educational material, sitting at tables distributing spay/neuter and behavioral information. Provide activities to teach school aged children about humane education.
Placement Volunteers
Sitting with animals at the Davis Petco on Saturdays, talking to potential adopters on importance of spaying/neutering and animals' temperament, taking dogs for walks and bathing dogs, setting up and taking down tables. Volunteers also socalize kittens and cats on occasion.
Foster Homes
Not sure you are ready to make a lifetime commitment to a pet? Try Fostering! Our foster homes provide care and housing for animals in the Yolo County community on a short-term basis. They serve as temporary guardians for homeless animals awaiting adoption into permanent, loving homes. We provide supplies and vet care. Foster parents provide time, energy, some transportation and love!
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Thrift Store (Must be 16+)
These volunteers' duties range from processing donations, to assisting the public, to pricing items. Since the Thrift Store is our main source of funding, along with donations, our on site volunteers are extremely important. We ask that these volunteers are at least 16 years of age. Volunteer shifts are generally no shorter than 4 hours.

Newsletter
Gathering articles for quarterly newsletter, photography, typing and printing newsletter, bulk mailing of newsletter.
Internship for College Students (Must be 18+)
Earn 1 unit per 3 hours of work. Interns preform any of the volunteer programs. Total of 30 hours can be obtained. Email: interns@yolospca.org.
Animal Assisted Therapy (Must be 18+)
Bring pets to visit the elderly at convelencent homes.
Special Events (for all ages)
There are various events throughout the year, please contact info@yolospca.org for details.
Yolo County Animal Services
Some of the services shelter volunteers perform include providing foster homes, cat socialization, grooming, and dog walking. Please contact Catherine Neff (530) 668-5287 or
catherine.neff@yolocounty.org.
Shelter is located at 2640 East Gibson Road, Woodland. Visit: http://www.yolocountysheriff.com/animal%20services.htm. Animal Services volunteers are separate from SPCA volunteers in their duties and the location of services.
Feral Cats
We are starting some new projects locally to humanely reduce the Feral Cat population. Contact feralcats@yolospca.org or (530) 902-6267 for details.
SPCA Photographer
Takes pictures of animals at placement and pictures of events for newsletter & archives.

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