Opportunities From: Center for Community Engagement

**We would love to have you at Cincinnati Animal CARE, but before you begin all students interested in Fostering MUST apply online at cincinnatianimalcare.org/foster and complete the required foster onboarding. From there a member of our foster team will reach out to you to schedule your foster pickup. Any person recording hours for Fostering MUST have an application or profile in our system, My Impact. If you do not have an application or profile in our system your hours will be denied. Please DO NOT come to the shelter to pick up a foster until your application has been completed and our foster team has verified your pick up.**

Fostering (Short-Term & Long Term)
Fostering is super flexible and free! A foster session can range from an overnight sleep over to holding onto the animal until adoption. When you are fostering with us we provide everything!  Dog crate, food, treats, medical care, etc.  This is completely free for you and a great help for us at the shelter by clearing kennel space so we can take more dogs in.  You'll always have access to the foster coordinator for any concerns or questions you have along the way.  We do ask for 48 hours notice should you need to return the dog earlier than planned. 

Recording Foster Hours: An active foster will acquire 3 hours per day of volunteer hours. The number of foster pets in one’s care does not alter the number of hours acquired per day. Foster-to-Volunteer hours may only be logged upon the completion of a foster(s) and should be recorded as one lump sum on your My Impact Page (ex. 5 days of fostering = 15 Volunteer hours).

**We would love to have you at Cincinnati Animal CARE, however, this opportunity is only suitable for those who plan to volunteer on a regular basis. Before you begin all volunteers MUST apply online at cincinnatianimalcare.org/volunteer and complete the required volunteer onboarding and training process. DO NOT come to the shelter until training has been completed and you have signed up for a volunteer shift on CAC's platform My Impact Page. Signing up on UC's platform does not translate to CAC's schedule and you run the risk of being turned away. Volunteer hours will NOT be approved until you have completed all volunteer training and your hours have been recorded on your My Impact Page and verified. If volunteer hours can't be verified in our system they will be denied.**

Join us at our offsite Adoption Events! The shelter can sometimes be an overwhelming space for our dogs and cats, because of this smaller offsite events can give them a chance to shine and find their forever homes. At our Adoption Events volunteers will help to provide care for the animals in attendance, answer questions from potential adopters, and help complete paperwork when an adoption is made.

This volunteer opportunity occurs offsite.

**We would love to have you at Cincinnati Animal CARE, but before you begin all students interested in Day Trips MUST apply online at cincinnatianimalcare.org/foster and complete the required foster onboarding.

From there, a member of our foster team will reach out to you to schedule your day trip. Any person recording hours for day trips MUST have an application in our system, My Impact. If you do not have an application or profile in our system your hours will be denied.  Only pre-approved fosters are allowed to take dogs on day trips; no walk-ins can be accommodated.

What is a Day Trip? A Daytrip is a chance to hang out with a dog for the day and give them some time away from the shelter.  You can bring the dog back to your apartment, go for a walk in the park, hang out at a brewery, etc.  NO DOG PARKS. And day-trip dogs CANNOT meet other animals.

With your feedback from our daytrip report card (required for service hours), you are helping us learn more about the dog, add new info to their profiles, and make them more adoptable! 

Recording Day Trip Hours:

For Day Trips, students will receive one hour for each hour they are out with the dog. Only ONE student will receive service hours for a Day Trip. 

**We would love to have you at Cincinnati Animal CARE, however, this opportunity is only suitable for those who plan to volunteer on a regular basis. Before you begin all volunteers MUST apply online at cincinnatianimalcare.org/volunteer and complete the required volunteer onboarding and training process. DO NOT come to the shelter until training has been completed and you have signed up for a volunteer shift on CAC's platform My Impact Page. Signing up on UC's platform does not translate to CAC's schedule and you run the risk of being turned away. Volunteer hours will NOT be approved until you have completed all volunteer training and your hours have been recorded on your My Impact Page and verified. If volunteer hours can't be verified in our system they will be denied.**

Help with cleaning dishes and enrichment items at the shelter.  This is an EXTREMELY helpful position since it's time consuming for the animal care staff to do this.  Taking on this task for them gives them more time to keep the kennels clean and socialize with the animals.

If all dishes are cleaned, there's is always a need for laundry to be done as well.  This may be on the dirtier side but we can offer gloves to volunteers.  This again greatly frees up the time of the animal care staff.

This opportunity is located at both 3949 Colerain Ave and 4210 Dane Ave. 

**We would love to have you at Cincinnati Animal CARE, however, this opportunity is only suitable for those who plan to volunteer for AT LEAST one month, or on a regular basis.

Before you begin, all volunteers MUST apply online at cincinnatianimalcare.org/volunteer and complete the required volunteer onboarding and training process.

DO NOT come to the shelter until training has been completed and you have signed up for a volunteer shift on CAC's platform AND the My Impact Page.

Signing up on UC's platform does not translate to CAC's schedule, and you be turned away. Volunteer hours will NOT be approved until you have completed all volunteer training and your hours have been recorded on your My Impact Page and verified. If volunteer hours can't be verified in our system, they will be denied.**

Opportunity Description: 

Turn your love of dogs into action by helping care for our shelter dogs! The dogs at the Hamilton County animal shelter, Cincinnati Animal CARE, need daily outings, and they LOVE walks! Dog Walking Volunteers will assist the Animal Care Team by providing our adoptable dogs with enriching walks.

This volunteer opportunity occurs at both 3949 Colerain Ave and 4210 Dane Ave.

We can also accommodate ORGANIZED group volunteer outings (frat/sorority, civic, clubs, etc) for dog walking activities for a single-day activity-- please reach out to volunteer@cincycare.org to schedule a volunteer date, as there is a separate process for group volunteers.