Susquehanna Service Dogs Volunteer Opportunities
Fundraising
- Ask other organizations you’re involved with to hold a fundraiser for SSD, such as a bake sale, carwash, bingo, a raffle, yard sale, flower sale, etc.
- Have your business sponsor a fundraiser for SSD
- Cartridges for Canines: Donate your empty printer and toner cartridges and your old cell phones to SSD. We recycle them and receive $1-$12 per cartridge.
- Tabs for Labs: Save the tabs off your soda cans and bring them to the SSD kennel or a Keystone office. SSD recycles the tabs and receives money.
- Support SSD as you shop online. Sign up at iGive.com and a percentage of every purchase will be donated to SSD, at no cost to you.
- If you shop at Fox’s Markets, save your receipts and bring them to the kennel or a Keystone office.
- Hold a dress down day for a donation at work, and donate the proceeds to SSD.
PawsAbilities
PawsAbilities is held in March and it’s one of our big fundraisers. We always need lots of volunteers to make sure the event runs smoothly. Volunteer registration begins in January. Please visit www.pawsabilities.net to sign up.
- Posters and Brochures - Deliver and post our posters and brochures in pet stores, vet offices, etc. one month prior to the event.
- Paw Draw - Help guests try their paws (and hands) at this game of chance and collect money. (Must be over 18 to collect money.)
- Clean Up - Clean up after our four-legged friends. Equipment and training provided.
- Registration - Assist guests with registration for Dog Olympic Games. (Must be over 18 to collect money.)
- Dog Olympic Games - Help dogs and their owners play the Dog Olympic Games.
- Kids' Area - Help kids with crafts and activities. We especially need volunteers who can paint faces.
- Parade Sign Ups - Encourage people to sign up for the free Abrams & Weakley Parade and hand out dog food samples courtesy of Abrams & Weakley.
- Walk for a Healthy Community - Talk about the Walk for a Healthy Community, sponsored by Highmark and hand out promotional materials.
- Door Watcher - Monitor hand stamps at entrances and exits.
- SSD Sales - Sell SSD paraphernalia. Must be over 18.
- Canine Good Citizens and Therapy Dog Testing - Assist judges.
- Agility Try-Outs - Assist owners and their dogs at the small agility course or collect money. (Must be over 18 to collect money.)
- Set Up and Tear Down - Help set up on Friday between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Help tear down at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Tear down usually takes two hours – the more hands we have, the faster we finish!
Office Assistance
- Filing
- Updating files
- Mailing partner letters
- Data entry
- Maintaining our library
- Writing thank you notes
- Copying
- Preparing mailings, including folding, stuffing envelopes and labeling
- Answering the phone
- Finding homes for discharged dogs
- Preparing dog treats
Community Outreach
- Post and distribute posters and brochures in public areas
- Arrange for a service dog demonstration for a group or organization
- Become a demonstration dog team and give SSD demonstrations
- Help us make things, such as sewing harnesses and puppy scarves, building shelves or painting walls and equipment
- Take videos and photos during Team Training. We will supply the equipment.
- Learn how to give the certification test and help give the annual certification test to our team
- Assist SSD staff to interview partners
- Recruit friends to volunteer for SSD
- Make fleece tug toys
Work with the Dogs
- Become a puppy raiser
- Puppy sit a puppy for a weekend or a week
- Help play with, exercise and groom the dogs at the kennel during the week
- Give a home to a breeding dog and raise puppies
- Interview potential puppy raisers and puppy sitters
- Assist with puppy class
- Help train a dog in advanced training
Special Events, Lunches and Dinners
- Help plan and hold the annual graduation party, the holiday party and other special programs
- Prepare, deliver, set up , serve or clean up lunches during Team Training
Kennel Assistance
- Clean the kennel
- Groom dogs
- Fill Kongs and bones
Newsletter
- Write articles for the SSD newsletter
- Take photos for the newsletter
- Assist with editing the newsletter
Animal Assisted Therapy
- Become part of Keystone Therapy Dogs and perform animal assisted therapies with your own dog
Puppy Hugging
- Help socialize the puppies while they’re still with their mother
- Assist the mid-woof with the daily care of the puppies
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