Volunteer Opportunities with Helping Paws

There are many ways to assist our wonderful program in continuing to rescue beautiful doggies and kitties from all over the High Desert.

• Dog and Cat food donations
  • We always accept and are in desperate need of dog and cat food donations, open or unopened, no matter what type or brand.
• Foster Homes
  • You will keep and care for an animal, dog or cat, until they are adopted into their forever home. You will welcome them into your family and show them what a pet's life should be like. We will provide everything necessary to care for the animal.
• Follow-ups
  • You would be doing follow-up phone calls on animals that have been adopted. You can do this from home at your convenience, and you can do as many as you want to per day. We will provide log sheets to fill in and certain questions to ask. You would need to make a report of what you find out and give us these reports at least once a week. If you feel that the animal is in danger or needs help immediately, you will need to give us the report as soon as possible.
• Adoption weekend/event volunteers
  • Helping Paws is at Petsmart in Victorville on Amargosa every Friday and Saturday from 3:30-9 pm. We need around 6-8 hardworking volunteers each day to help set up, disinfect, and line the cages with newspaper before the adoptable animals come each night. Throughout the night, the volunteers are expected to clean any messes made by the dogs, such as water spilled or dog waste produced. Volunteers are also expected to keep each water dish filled as needed. All volunteers are expected to stay until 9pm each night and possibly later to tear down and reload all adoptable animals and all other necessary items back into Lacy and Sherree's vehicles. There are other expos or adopt-a-thons that will need extra volunteers and sign-ups will come available as these events arise.