DuPage County Animal Control welcomes volunteers who support our purposes and desire to make a contribution to the welfare of animals in our community.
The list below describes what some of our Volunteers do at the Shelter:
Animal Care Volunteers
Monday - Friday 8am - 11am
Animal care volunteers are responsible for caring for our adoption cats and kittens (cleaning, feeding, grooming, and providing exercise).
Requires a regular weekly or bi-weekly commitment of 2 hours. Cleaning and feeding the cats takes 1 - 2 hours.
Volunteer to walk, groom, and exercise adoption dogs and groom & exercise adoption cats.
Requires a commitment of 2 hours per month.
Saturday Volunteers must be available during the week for training.
Pet Therapy
Thursdays 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Accompany shelter staff and adoptable pets to the DuPage Convalescent Center to visit with residents.
Requires a regular weekly or bi-weekly commitment.
Assistant Trainer
Hours vary (morning and afternoon) during Spring & Fall Sessions
Assistant Trainers help the Public Education Officer teach teens in our Cooperative Canine Training Program and/or Animal Behavior & Training Workshops to train our adoption dogs.
Strong communication skills and dog training experience using positive reinforcement is desired.
Volunteers without training experience will be required to participate in one five-week session prior to instructing.
Requires a commitment of 3 hrs. per week during training sessions.
