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Volunteering at RCHS!
If you're
interested in
volunteering at the
Rutland County
Humane Society, we
would love to have
you join us!
We currently have
more than 220 volunteers
who are so valuable
to us. But we can always
use more help! As
we like to say, we
couldn't do it
without our
volunteers!
In order to
volunteer at RCHS
you must be 18 years
old or older. This
is due to our
insurance coverage.
If you are younger
than 18 and would
like to help the
animals at RCHS,
here are some ideas:
Collect items for
the animals. Click
here to see our wish
list.
Make items for the
animals (dog
biscuits for the
dogs and catnip toys
for the cats are
favorites!).
Collect money to
help pay for the
animals and the
programs at RCHS.
We have two types of
volunteer
opportunities at
RCHS. The first is
for people who are
interested in
volunteering for
personal fulfillment
or professional
development.
The second is for
people who need to
do court mandated
or school
required
community service.
Getting Started
The first step in
becoming a volunteer
at RCHS is to fill
out an application.
Request an
application by
e-mailing Beth
Shapcott or
calling her at
483.9171 and she
will mail an
application to you.
Please provide your
mailing address.
If you are applying
for Community
Service volunteering
(court mandated or
for school)
click here for
an application.
When it's completed
please mail it to
Jessica Danyow at
RCHS, 765 Stevens
Road, Pittsford,
VT 05763.
If you are
interested in
walking dogs or
socializing cats a
mandatory training
session is required.
Dog walkers are
asked to commit to a
two hour shift once
a week, we are
currently filling
morning shifts.
Cat socializers are
requested to commit
at least one hour
per week during
normal shelter
hours, 12-5
Wednesday - Sunday.
Non-Community
Service volunteer
opportunities
include dog walking,
cat socializing,
fostering
animals,
transporting pets to
a veterinarian
appointment, special
events, help with
mailings and distributing
posters.
These opportunities
are described in
more depth on the
Volunteer
Application.
We hope you will
join us as a
volunteer at RCHS.
Many of our
volunteers have told
us how rewarding the
experience is and
all of our animals
tell us how much
they appreciate the
volunteers!
If you have any
questions about
volunteering, please
contact Beth
Shapcott at
802.483.9171 or
e-mail her.
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Volunteers Santa,
Barbie, Erica, Sarah and
Paula help
out at a Petco
"pictures of your pets with Santa" event!
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KeyBank Volunteers
Make Our Property
Shine!
KeyBank volunteers
did lots of yard
work outside our
Business Office and
cleaned up our
trail! Flowers
will soon be
blooming and there's
now a clear path for
our dog walking
volunteers!
Thanks to (from left
to right) Debbie
Perron, Scott
Tanner, Brandy
Dechen, Gloria Giles
and Joe Tripodi!
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Volunteers Build our
new Redeemable Drop
Off Bin!
Thanks to
GE
Volunteers
and 4
RCHS volunteers, we
now have a new place
for people to drop
off redeemable
bottles and cans at
the shelter!
Here our volunteers
take a break for a
quick picture.
From left to right,
Kathy Donna,
Kathleen Diehl, Peg
Thompson and Melissa
Reichert.
Thanks ladies!
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The Cat Houses are
built!
The all-volunteer
team building the
screened 3-season
porches off our
existing Community
Cat Rooms has
finished
construction! The
porches allow the
shelter cats to
enjoy birds, bugs
and breezes during
the nice weather!
Thanks to all of our
volunteers and
businesses who made
this happen!
Those who helped
include the
following:
Bella Soul, Proctor
Coal, LaFond's
Autos, Franzoni &
Woodard Realtors,
West Street Market,
Dynamic Energy
Therapy, John Welch,
Jr. LTD, Pinnacle
Financial
Corporation, Rosen,
Valente & Willhaus,
CPA, VT State
Employees Credit
Union, Omya, Brandon
Lumber & Millwork,
Nobles ACE, Peter
Kirks, LaValleys,
Aubochons, Park
Place Forest,
Gardentime, Agway,
Smith Building
Supply, Sweeney
Todds, Hope Cafe,
Ojalas, and Mr.
Twitters and many
generous
individuals.
Rutland County
Humane Society
765 Stevens Road,
Pittsford, VT
05763
Shelter: (802)
483.6700 Business
Office: (802)
483.9171
Shelter Hours:
Wednesday - Sunday:
12-5 pm,
Monday & Tuesday:
Closed |
