Saturday Pantry Help: 9 am – 2 pm

Support patrons who utilize The Pet Pantry and Paws for Life programs. Duties include answering the phone, filling pet food orders and carrying them to their cars, and helping new clients fill out applications. Orders can vary from 3-33 pounds. This is a great one time opportunity, however we would love to have a consistent volunteer support this effort one saturday per month. A TPPM Board Member will always be on site to support and answer questions. The pace of this opportunity is dependent on the number of patrons picking up that day. There may be times where it is very busy, and others where it is calmer. This is a great opportunity to interact directly with the clients we serve, knowing you are helping keep their pet safe, fed and loved.

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Transporters

We have partners who generously donate food to our programs, and we need volunteers on call to help transport food when the need arises. Volunteers would need a large car, SUV or van and the ability to lift 30+ pounds. Pick-ups would take place in the DSM area, unloading at the TPPM office.

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Fundraising and Event Planning Pros

As an all volunteer-run organization, we participate in and host several fundraising and awareness events each year. We need individuals committed to serving on our Fundraising Committee to help with idea generation, event planning and event execution. If you're a party planner by nature, this role is for you! Committee meetings typically meet 1-2 times per month in the evenings during the work week.

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Writer Extraordinaire

It takes a lot of dough to support the animals in our community, and we need help submitting grants. This work includes scouting new grant opportunties, writing, proofing and submitting grant applications. Whether you're currently an expert writer or looking for experience, we will help train you if you're willing to help!

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Scanning and Organizing

We need your help organizing our applications! This volunteer opportunity will scan our current applications into our server so that we can effeciently look up and manage current and past clients. Listen to your favorite podcast, radio station or audio book while helping keep our operations running smoothly!

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Workplace Pet Food Drive Lead

Is your workplace passionate about supporting pets in our communities? Would you be willing to lead an awareness/food drive at your place of work? We have everything you need to get started - donation barrels, signage, flyers, etc. We can even help you identify a fun team building activity to do during your drive! Host your drive as long as needed - we recommend at least two weeks.

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Technology Guru

If you love computers, configuring wifi, supporting email servers and QuickBooks, we could use your help! In order to fill orders and keep our operations running smoothly, we rely on several back-end programs and applications. This opportunity is perfect for someone who has a few hours a month to help ensure we are running as effective as possible.

 

 

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