City Dogs & City Kitties Volunteering Activities
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.
CDCK VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
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Cat Foster
This position is in-person and requires a minimum of two weeks. We are in great need of people who can give a temporary yet loving home to some of our cats. City Dogs & Kitties Rescue pays for all pre-approved vetting during the foster period and provides basic supplies like a collar, harness, leash, crate, etc. Fosters go…
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Dog Foster Assistant (FA)
This is a remote position! Volunteers in this position communicate with assigned fosters regarding foster pets, including about any health or behavior issues. We are looking for someone with great attention to detail, timely communication, and a personal desire to help fit the right rescue animal with the right foster! This position requires experience owning and/or caring for…
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Cat Application Counselor (AC)
We’re seeking Cat Application Counselors (ACs)! These volunteers process applications by reaching out to references, landlords, and vets, and performing virtual home visits. Once approved, ACs provide support to potential adopters through adoption. Since ACs act as CDCK ambassadors to the public, this role requires strong people skills as well a self-starter attitude, great attention…
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Cat Application Manager
We’re seeking Cat Application Managers to help our pets find homes! These volunteers screen prospective applications to find the best match for both the animal and new family. Since Application Managers must answer prospective applicants’ questions, they also act as important CDCK ambassadors to the public; this role requires good people skills as well as…
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Adoption Event Lead
This is an in-person position! The position includes organizing and communicating with fosters for adoption events as well as attending the adoption events in-person to answer any and all questions about fostering/adopting with City Dogs City Kitties. Most events take place on weekends and this person would be expected to make it to at least…
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Auction Fundraiser Team Member
We are looking for volunteers who would like to help us run our fundraiser auction! This can be done remotely and involves calling/approaching local businesses to ask for participation in the auction. We would like volunteers who are enthusiastic, creative, and familiar with the local Washington D.C. area.
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Dog Intake
This is an in-person position for volunteers over 18 years old. 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 at 1812 1/2…
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Animal Transporter DC to Laurel, MD
We are looking for individuals with their own car and a flexible schedule to help transport animals during weekday hours to vet appointments for their spay/neuter and illness appointments. Typically, this will mean picking up animals from DC in the morning to drop them off at their appointments in Laurel. Then, they will need to…
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Cat Foster Assistant (FA)
This is a remote position! Volunteers in this position communicate with assigned fosters regarding foster pets, including about any health or behavior issues. We are looking for someone with great attention to detail, timely communication, and a personal desire to help fit the right rescue animal with the right foster! This position requires experience owning and/or caring for…
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Dog Foster
This position is in-person and requires a minimum of two weeks. We are in great need of people who can give a temporary yet loving home to some of our dogs. City Dogs & Kitties Rescue pays for all pre-approved vetting during the foster period and provides basic supplies like a collar, harness, leash, crate, etc. Fosters go…
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Dog Application Counselor (AC)
We’re seeking Dog Application Counselors (ACs)! These volunteers process applications by reaching out to references, landlords, and vets, and performing virtual home visits. Once approved, ACs provide support to potential adopters through adoption. Since ACs act as CDCK ambassadors to the public, this role requires strong people skills as well a self-starter attitude, great attention…
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Case Manager
 This is a remote position! Volunteers will be responsible for responding to new health forms/cases as they arrive in the VetCare inbox for dogs. You’ll be corresponding with fosters/trial adopters and helping them triage various health issues. If a dog needs to go to the vet, case managers help send records and correspond with clinics. This role is a little more involved…
City Dogs & City Kitties Kids
Kids and pets go together, which is why we love when kids ask how they can help City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue!
Do you have a child who loves dogs and cats and wants to help CDCK?
While we are not a shelter and do not have any adoptable cats or dogs at our administrative office there are still creative ways for kids to get involved! Below are just a few ideas that you and your child can do together to help rescue dogs and cats.
- Host your own fundraiser! CDCK kid Ethan wanted to rescue dogs for his birthday, so he made t-shirts and raised over $15,000 for CDCK! Email info@citydogsrescuedc.org if you’re interested.
- Host a bake sale at an adoption event with your parents! Visit the calendar to find out about what’s coming up. Contact cdradoptionevents@gmail.com. (Please note: children under 16 cannot handle dogs at events.)
- Make a video for a dog or cat in need of adoption! See the video the Georgetown Day School students made for now-adopted Holly below. Contact citydogsmedia@gmail.com for more information about helping out.
- Host a dog wash, car wash or bake sale!Email events@citydogsrescuedc.org for more info.
- Write a blog post (about 250 words) about an adoptable dog or cat – or better yet, your very own foster dog or cat! – for us to post on our website! Contact: info@citydogsrescuedc.org.
- Teach your friends about Dog Safety! Watch the video below and learn more here.
- Teach kids appropriate ways to approach dogs to help prevent bites.
“JJ The American Street Dog” 20% Goes to City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue!
Diane Rose-Solomon brings us a touching children’s book (ages 5 to 9), with colorful illustrations and a heartfelt message. This story teaches that adopting a rescue animal is a win-win. By buying this book, 20 percent of sales from each book will go to CDCK! Available in Amazon Kindle and hardcover edition.