Interested
If you are interested in a volunteer role, please apply and indicate which position you are interested in.
- Regular communication/point person with dog owner/foster
- Request key details/photos from dog owner/foster
- Notify Board of Directors
- Draft/coordinate with social media point person to post details on social media channels (e.g., where lost, when, photo/description, what to do if sighted)
- Solicit volunteers to help search/amplify messaging (maintain list of on call volunteers to help search)
- Notify/ensure local Animal Control is aware
- Recommend posting on local and CT social media channels (e.g., relevant animal groups, community pages, lost pet sites)
- Ensure lost dog posters are drafted/printed/posted/removed
- Coordinate delivery/set up of greyhound trap, if needed
- Share tips to maximize search efforts/successful capture
- Provide regular updates, especially when dog is found
- Assist with picking up and driving incoming hounds to foster homes (or to centralized locations)
- Ability to drive to Boston Logan Airport (cargo area) or Greenwich, Connecticut (exit 3 off of I-95)
- May require the ability to break down wooden crates (used for shipping dogs) at Logan Airport, and either dispose of or find an appropriate agency/organization to repurpose crates