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About Volunteering With HRI |
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Volunteering
What do HRI Volunteers do? There is nothing they don’t do! A few ways our volunteers help HRI include:
- quilting squares for the HRI Quilt Fundraiser
- coordinating the fabrication of the quilt
- selling quilt tickets
- maintaining the HRI stores
- taking pictures of foster dogs and quilt squares for store items and publicity
- communicating HRI news to local HCA clubs
- posting pictures and write-ups of our foster dogs on Petfinder
- designing and maintaining the HRI website
- creating databases for tracking dogs and people who support HRI
- coordinating dog transports
- driving a leg of a transport
- fostering
- checking on dogs in shelters
- helping HRI maintain its financial records
- being available to counsel someone about a dog behavior issue
- helping HRI with fundraising efforts
- writing policies, procedures and educational info for other volunteers
- educating the public by setting up booths at local pet expos or shows
- coordinating an online auction to raise funds
- creating a slideshow or video for youtube or educational venues
- serving as a board member and/or officer
- providing financial support to HRI
- doing home visits for potential foster homes or adopters
- doing reference checks for volunteers and prospective adopters
- using their personal network of friends to help us find people to pull a dog, or do a home visit
- storing things for HRI - like leashes, collars, bellybands, etc
- generating donations of items from businesses or individuals for our foster dogs or for auctions and fundraisers
- working on the newsletter committee
- grooming dogs in foster care
- providing moral support and camaraderie to other volunteers as they share their successes and challenges with HRI dogs.
Skills Required to Volunteer: Enthusiasm, a love for Havanese, time and energy! If you review the list of what HRI Volunteers do, you’ll see that we have people who sew, have computer skills or accounting skills, knowledge of Havanese, knowledge of dog training, knowledge of medical and behavioral issues, communication skills, work skills related to fundraising and writing grants, the ability to open their hearts to a dog in need of a foster home, time to help with reference checks, some space in their home for items for our HRI foster dogs, and compassion and love for this breed and the other people involved in rescue.
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