Volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization. It only takes a little time to make a big difference!
Our program offers opportunities to volunteers of all different levels of experience and backgrounds. We provide training both for safety and personal growth.
Volunteer Opportunities
Administrative Assistant
Use your organizational skills to assist with filing, mailings, data entry, returning phone calls and other clerical tasks.
Adoption Event Volunteer (Offsite)
Support adoptions around the Atlanta area at adoption events. Assist with setup, maintain the well-being of the dogs, answer questions from the public, and help our foster parents.
Cat Care
Provide care and socialization to our shelter cats. Provide pets and treats, help clean and feed, and assist with adoptions and fosters.
Community Outreach
Assist LifeLine’s efforts to provide support to pet owners in our community.
Dog Care
Provide care and socialization to our shelter dogs to help improve their mental and physical well-being. Go on walks, make and pass out enrichment treats, give baths, and help keep kennels clean.
Foster Program Assistant
Help the foster team and all of the dogs and cats in foster care. Assemble and organize supplies, introduce animals to families, help send dogs out for Dog for the Day, and more!
Greeter
Be a friendly face and offer assistance to all of the people visiting the shelter. Welcome guests, collect information, and provide assistance.
Group Host
Help our Volunteer & Events Coordinators lead corporate and school volunteer group visits at our shelters.
Healthy Pets Volunteer
Through these community events, LifeLine is able to provide free vaccines, microchips, spay/neuter vouchers, pet supplies, and more to over a thousand pets in a single day! Your contribution as an event volunteer makes it possible to help keep pets in our community happy and healthy at home, where they belong. No prior volunteer experience needed! Volunteer registration for Healthy pets events opens approximately one month before each event.
Housekeeping
Be a shelter hero by helping with laundry and dishes, organizing supplies and donations, cleaning, performing basic maintenance, and supporting the shelter in ways that support the staff and shelter pets, without being hands-on with animals. Youth Volunteers welcome!
LifeLine Ambassador
Represent LifeLine to the community and help share information about our mission and programs. Make phone calls, talk to community groups, distribute flyers, or promote our work on social media. Youth volunteers are welcome!
Matchmaker
Help complete families! Match potential adopters and fosters with available animals and assist staff through the adoption process.
Orientation Leader
As a more experienced volunteer, you can help welcome new volunteers to the program by hosting volunteer orientations.
Pawparazzi
Capture photos and information about our pets’ personalities and create and share marketing materials to help match animals with potential fosters and adopters. Youth volunteers are welcome.
Playgroup Volunteer
Help improve our dogs’ physical and mental well-being during their temporary stay with us by participating in playgroups. Take dogs to and from the play yards, observe and record notes, and provide supervision and handling to the dogs while they play to ensure a safe and enriching experience. Training and leadership opportunities are available.
TLC Volunteer
Provide loving attention to the pets in our care. Walk dogs housed in the clinic, help staff hand out medicine, give medicated baths, prepare supplies, and assist with other clinical tasks as needed.
Transport Volunteer
Volunteers use their own vehicles to transport animals to veterinary appointments, rescue groups or offsite adoption events. This position involves local and/or interstate trips.
Volunteer Mentor
As a more experienced volunteer, you can serve as a trainer and provide guidance to volunteers who are newer to our program.
Youth Volunteer
Youth volunteers ages 10-17 are welcome alongside a parent or designated adult who is 21 or older. Youth volunteers can assist with opportunities like making enrichment items and activities for our pets, socializing with our cats, helping with events, hosting donation drives, cleaning laundry and dishes and even supporting our content team by creating graphics and taking photos. While youth volunteers cannot participate in animal handling activities, they can accompany their guardian while the adult handles the pets in our care. Documentation for community service requirements for school available.
DONATE TODAY
Don’t have time to volunteer? You can still be a hero to our animals by making a tax-deductible donation today.
