CMHS has a few volunteer opportunities with children if they are over 10 years of age and their parent or guardian is present for the entirety of the volunteer shift. If you are their parent/guardian of a minor looking to volunteer, please fill out the volunteer application with your information. You will be asked to provide your child's information if they are volunteering with you. They can also (optionally) submit their own volunteer application as long as their parent/guardian has an app on file with CMHS.

At this time, most volunteers typically handle adult dogs while onsite at the shelter, but may also be handling cats and small animals if volunteering at an event. Please keep in mind that the majority of animals that CMHS takes in are strays with no known history and volunteers should expect animals that could be stressed, high energy and untrained. This is why interactions with volunteers are so important to not only give animals a break from the high stress environment at the shelter but also provide CMHS with valuable feedback on finding the best home for this animal!

You can volunteer once a month or as often as you like! You sign up for your volunteer shifts so you get to work around your schedule! Please note that if it has been over three months since you last volunteered you may be asked to submit a "refresher" assessment before volunteering again.

Onsite group volunteer opportunities, such as dog walking, must be scheduled in advance with our volunteer coordinator. There is a 10 person limit per scheduled group event. Please email our volunteer coordinator to schedule a group event.  We highly encourage any groups that are looking to support the animals at CMHS to organize and collect items from our wishlist! If your group has an animal friendly office, we'd be happy to bring some pets over so you can meet the pets you are supporting!