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RSSVolunteering at Chicago Animal Care and Control
If you love animals, we need you!
If you want to spend time working directly with animals, you would be a great Adoption Volunteer.
Lost Pet Volunteers are needed to experience the incredible joy in reuniting a lost pet with its owner.
As an Adoption Screening Volunteer you would educate the public about being a responsible pet owner.
A Customer Service Volunteer would escort the public through the facility, answer phones, update our database, various mailings and assist at special events.
Finally, a Volunteer Veterinarian, must be currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the State of Illinois.
Interested candidate should be available to volunteer between the hours of 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
To become a Volunteer at Animal Care and Control you must:
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Complete the City of Chicago Fingerprint/Background check
- Complete Animal Care & Control's volunteer orientation program
- Certify that you have had a tetnus shot in the last five years
- Click Here for steps to becoming a volunteer
Interested candidates should plan to attend our next Volunteer Information session:
- Saturday, October 5, 2013 - 11:00 a.m.
- Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 11:00 a.m.
You must RSVP to attend an orientation session to caccvolunteer@cityofchicago.org
We will be discussing how the shelter operates, different volunteer opportunities, and will be providing a tour. If you haven't already done so, you'll be completing your volunteer application at the session so be sure to have the following information when you attend:
- Emergency Contact Information
- Social Security Number
- State ID or Drivers License
- Date of your last tetanus shot
Once you attend an information session and complete the application, you'll receive information to be fingerprinted and once complete, will attend a special training for the volunteer position you are interested in.
The information session will be held in the Auditorium at Chicago Animal Care & Control at 2741 S. Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Interested candidates should fill out Volunteer Application and bring it with them to the volunteer orientation session.
