Becoming a Volunteer

The SPCA has an active and vibrant volunteer program. We frequently have openings for volunteers in different areas. You must be 18 to volunteer on your own. 

Ages 13 to 17 may volunteer with a parent in our Parent/Teen program. The parent and teen must each complete a separate application.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please fill out the volunteer application below and return it to the address listed on the application.

Potential volunteers must attend orientation and shelter training.

Volunteer Application PDF

Special Note for Students: We cannot accommodate high school or college students who are required to fulfill short-term community service hours.  The SPCA will not grant community service hours for any volunteer unless they have been an active volunteer for 6 months prior to requesting verification of service hours.

Foster Care

Our foster care program, Not-4-Gotten, consists of volunteers who temporarily take in special animals. Foster animals may be very young or require time for a medical recovery.

The loving homes that our foster volunteers provide may give a weak or needy animal the space to recover and the chance to eventually be adopted. We provide medical care, you provide the food and love.

Foster Care Application PDF

 

Volunteers

The SPCA greatly depends on our dedicated volunteers. If you think you would like to help us care for homeless animals, please see the information about becoming a volunteer on the left sidebar for this page. Below are some of the ways our volunteers help us.

Dog Walkers

Brighten a shelter dog's day by taking him or her for a walk on our 5.5 acre nature trail at the headwaters of Back creek.

Help us to give every shelter dog the chance to get out in the fresh air and get exercise. Our volunteer dog walkers make life better for our shelter residents and enjoy a nice walk themselves.

Cat Socializers

Our kittens and cats love to be taken out of their cages and to be petted, groomed, and shown affection. Our cat socializers brighten the lives of our cats and kittens while enjoying the playful affection of our feline residents.

Socializing with them helps make them more adoptable and better pets. Stimulation and regular human interaction are important ways to help do this.

We have little kittens and sweet, older cats. They all enjoy time out of their cages every day. Come volunteer and meet new friends, feline and human.

Event Staffing

Volunteer to help with our special events. Our volunteers handle registration and run the checkpoints at the Walk for the Animals. They staff information booths and the SPCA Mobile Unit at community events. They are an integral part of all our events. This is a great way to help the SPCA and make new friends.

Adoption Follow-up Committee

This group meets from 7 to 9 pm Tuesday evenings, twice a month, to call the owners of newly adopted animals. They check to be sure the pets are adjusting to their new homes and make sure they have visited with a veterinarian.

 
 

Contact Info

SPCA of Anne Arundel County
1815  Bay Ridge Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21403

(410) 268-4388 • info@aacspca.org

More Resources

Happy Tails

Read happy updates about animals who have been adopted into loving homes.