CDCK VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
Volunteering at City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue is rewarding! Join the team!
As an almost completely volunteer-powered rescue,  our volunteers are essential in saving the lives of cats and dogs.
Please review the positions below and then submit our  
  • Cat Application Counselor: We are looking for new application counselors to correspond with prospective cat adopters and fosters; check personal, landlord, and vet references; as well as conduct virtual home visits. This is done fully remote and requires 1-3 hours per week. We ask for at least a 6 month commitment. Apply here.
  • ​Administrative Support: Help our City Dogs and City Kitties teams with a variety of administrative tasks and record keeping to keep our organization going! Examples of tasks are filing vet records, preparing intake documents, and working with vets and fosters to set up appointments. Position requires a flexible nature and positive attitude. Expect to contribute around 2-3 per week with a preference towards volunteers who are available to answer emails during most work days. All work done remotely! Apply here.
  • Constant Contact Editor: Do you have experience editing emails, events and newsletters in constant contact? If so we desperately need you even if you are only available a few hours per month. Apply here.
  • Volunteer Support: Seeking a flexible, patient, and enthusiastic individual to help organize volunteer opportunities, create a quarterly newsletter, and help in a variety of ways to build a robust volunteer community. Access to Facebook is required for this position. Expect to commit about 3 hours a week for at least six months. Work done remotely. Apply here.
  • Communications Team Members: If you enjoy using your knowledge of communications (any and all parts of the industry!) and outreach AND want to help save the lives of animals, then WE NEED YOU on our communications team. In this role will help us engage future adopters, fosters, and community supporters to support our mission of finding a home for each and every homeless pet we can.  Examples of some of the help we need include social media, marketing, community engagement/outreach, volunteer recruitment, and graphic design (just the basics). Expect to spend 2 or so hours on this and a monthly hour long meeting where team members can work together to strategize.  Apply here.​
  • Graphic Designer: We are looking for some more folks to help us develop aesthetic and related assets (primarily social media focused with the occasional flyer) for various campaigns throughout the year. Estimated time commitment is 1-2 hours a week or as needed. Apply here.
  • Photographer: We need volunteer photographers who are able to attend weekend animal intakes and adoption events. The photos we post of our dogs and cats are critical to getting them adopted, and we need your help! Photographers must provide their own cameras. Apply here.​​
  • Fundraising Committee Member: The CDCK Fundraising Committee is growing! This working committee meets every three or four weeks, strategizes about how to raise funds to support the rescue's operations and critically important work, and undertakes initiatives (e.g., events, fundraisers) to support the strategy. Whether you're a seasoned fundraiser or someone who isn't but has ideas and energy, we'd love you to join us in raising funds to save more lives.  Apply here.

  • Intake Volunteer (Dogs): We are always in need of people to help with our animal intake which consists of helping to unload and outfitting the incoming shelter animals in order to hand them off to adopters and fosters. Intake occurs on Saturdays and requires in-person volunteering but at an outdoor location. During this process we strive to take all precautions to keep everyone as safe as possible during the pandemic while also continuing to save the lives of cats and dogs. Each intake takes about 2 hours and a training is required before attending. If you are 16 years or younger, you must have a parent or guardian volunteer with you. Apply here.

​​To keep up on future volunteer needs and receive our Volunteer Newsletter, please join our E-mail List and checkmark the "General Volunteering" list.  We also recommend that you also check the "General Interest" and "Metro DC Events" lists.

Questions? Email volunteer@citydogsrescuedc.org
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*** Please keep in mind that City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue is a foster based rescue. At this time we do not have a facility for animals and are unable to assist with volunteer requests looking to work with animals on a daily basis.
  • Administrative Support: Help our City Dogs and City Kitties teams with a variety of administrative tasks and record keeping to keep our organization going! Examples of tasks are filing vet records, preparing intake documents, and working with vets and fosters to set up appointments. Position requires a flexible nature and positive attitude. Expect to contribute around 2-3 per week with a preference towards volunteers who are available to answer emails during most work days. All work done remotely! Apply here.
  • Dog Application Counselor: We are looking for new application counselors to correspond with prospective dog adopters and fosters; check personal, landlord, and vet references; as well as conduct virtual home visits. This is done fully remote and requires 1-3 hours per week. We ask for at least a 6 month commitment. Apply here.
Internship Opportunity - Fall 2022
​Communications Intern: If you are a college or graduate student who has a passion for animal rescue and is looking to build your portfolio apply for our part-time internship. The position is unpaid, but we are able to work with you for college credit or volunteer hours requirements. Learn more