http://www.lostourhome.org A nonprofit group of real estate professionals who rescue pets left behind due to foreclosures or other financial hardship. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:41:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.lostourhome.org/2010/04/06/volunteer-opportunities-available-with-lost-our-home/ http://www.lostourhome.org/2010/04/06/volunteer-opportunities-available-with-lost-our-home/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:56:01 +0000 Ashlee http://www.lostourhome.org/?p=3605

Our animals were left behind when their families were forced to leave their homes. They don't understand, and are not able to ask for help when locked in a vacant house. Thankfully there are oustanding people who find and care for them until they can find their forever homes. I started volunteering with Lost Our Home because I wanted to stand behind something I truely believe in. We are always looking for voluneers who want to help save animals. If you would like to be a part of Lost Our Home please consider volunteering for any of the positions listed below. We need your help. Our volunteers contribute to all areas of the organization and we have a place for you too! If you are interested in any of the positions below please email angleal2@hotmail.com

Adoption Events Coordinator: Coordinating Priest/Elliot Adoption Events, coordinating volunteers (working with Volunteer Coordinator-to set up adoption volunteers, arrange pets and help train new volunteers for saturday events.

Special Events Assistant: Working with Chelsea (Special Events Coordinator), helping organize special events, volunteers and contacting fosters for dogs to be at events

Cat Foster Coordinator: Working to place cats in foster homes, vet authorizations, posting new cats and coordinating with Florine and periodically checking on Cats at Cat room (Priest and Elliot).

Dog Foster Coordinating Assistant: Working with Stacie Owens and assisting her in posting new intake (pets) and placing them in foster care, medical, and emailing fosters.

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Volunteer Coordinator The Volunteer Coordinator touches base with potential volunteers that have filled out an application (after reviewing their interests, experience and availability). This person would collect areas of interest and explain the different positions and tasks. We also verify this is a long term commitment. The Volunteer Coordinator would then; connect them with the appropriate member so they can further prepare placement. This also requires- entering information in Google docs (a database where the applications go to), updating the status and then completing it by putting the individual (volunteer) in the pet point database. This position takes approximately 6-8 hours. It requires making calls, returning calls and emails on a daily basis.

Programmer We would like to make our own database program to track pets, medical records, fosters, adopters etc. This program would most likely be done in MySQL and PHP. You would be working with a talented LOH volunteer who is a Programming Requirements Specialist.

Fundraiser Committee The fundraising committee would be involved in many avenues of fundraising. When a company contacts LOH about working together for a fundraiser, they would be the liaison between the company and LOH to help make the event successful. This committee would be responsible for finding corporate sponsors, working with the Frames for Friends committee, and involved in our annual Pasta, Poker and Pets Party in getting sponsors and auction items. We also need a grant writer. The time this takes weekly will vary greatly depending on what events are going on and who is contacting you. I am estimating 10 hours a week + or -.

Intake Coordinator The Intake Coordinator decides which pets the group will intake. They get many, many phone calls and emails daily with people wanting us to take in their pet. The intake coordinator needs to determine if the situation meets our mission (pets effected by the economy) and to determine which cases are in the most need. Since space is limited to only the number of foster homes we have available, it's imperative that the intake coordinator only take the worst cases since they will have no choice. Taking in pets that have other choices will fill up space and when an abandoned call comes in, we would not have an opening. It's a balancing act on helping as many pets as we can while making sure we have room for all the abandonment calls. Every call or email we get, we must give them advice and information on how they can get help. We never want to say no and not give them a solution. This means going over other options in the rescue (find them a pet friendly rental, talk to landlord, have them find a foster, courtesy post, provide food bank items, vet care, whatever the reason is they want to give up their pet, and give them the list of all the rescues in Arizona. This position is the hardest one in the group because you hear many, many sad stories each and every day and you know you can't help everyone. This position is estimated to take approx 10 - 15 hours a week. Right now there are 2 people working this position and we are adding a third so the time requirement is an estimate.

Videographer The Videographer would visit the adoptable animals at their foster homes. You would videotape the animals and their precious moments. This would require editing and adding words and music so people feel emotion for the pet and are encouraged to adopt. After completing it, you would post it on the LOH youtube account and send the link to people in our organization who need it.

Special Adoption Event Coordinator (need at least 2 people in this role) The Special Adoption Event Coordinator is the main contact that is responsible for planning Special Adoption Events. This Coordinator would determine scope of event to determine volunteer needs, and how many dogs/cats need to be at an event. Once this is done, it would be communicated to the Adoption Events Logistics Manager. The majority of the Special Adoption Events occur from September-May on a Saturday (sometimes on a Sunday) and is usually an all day event, sometimes over the entire weekend. At times it would be necessary find volunteers to bathe and groom dogs prior to those dogs attending an event. Some volunteers will need to be trained on site on the day of the event. Preparation for events would include bringing all supplies including pop-up tents and tables. At the event, you would make sure all paperwork for potential adopters, foster parents or volunteers is properly filled out, and disseminated to the proper persons within the LOHPF organization. The Special Events Coordinator would communicate with Volunteer and Foster Coordinator about new recruits found at events. Fundraising at the events includes depositing monies in the LOHPF checking account and communicating the amount to the LOHPF accountant.

Adoption Event Logistics Manager The Special Adoption Events Logistics Manager would act as a partner to the Adoption Event Coordinators and would be responsible for securing all volunteers and pets for each event at least 2 weeks prior to an event and would follow up in the week just prior to the event to confirm commitment. This position would be using a map program of some sort to pin point on a map all the fosters who have pets, volunteers and adoption event locations so that he/she can logistically find the a way to get all the pets to all the adoption events. The first choice is to get a foster to bring their pet to an adoption event and back. This is hard to do, so the next option is finding volunteers working the events to pick up pets along the way and bring them to and from the event. The third option is to ask for transportation volunteers to pick up pets and drop them off to an event and then pick them back up and bring them home (unless someone else can do it one way). Using a map with colored "pins" for fosters and another colored "pin" for volunteers would make this job easier and more convenient for all parties involved. This position takes good organizational and phone skills. This position is estimated to take about 5 - 10 hours a week during the busy season and less during the summer months.

Pets Mart Adoption Events Coordinator (need 2 more) The Pets Mart Adoption Event Coordinator would work at Petsmart adoption events as the manager. You would also be in communication with the Adoption Event Logistics Manager to make sure you have pets and volunteers for the events. The events are every Sunday and the locations are in Desert Ridge and Tempe Market Place. Preparation for events would include bringing all supplies (adoption, volunteer and foster applications, current book of pets etc). You would be responsible for setting up and tearing down the event (with the help of other volunteers). Some volunteers you will need to train on site on the day of the event. At the event, you would make sure all paperwork for potential adopters, foster parents or volunteers is properly filled out, and disseminated to the proper persons within the LOHPF organization. The Special Events Coordinator would communicate with Volunteer and Foster Coordinator about new recruits found at events. Fundraising at the events includes depositing monies in the LOHPF checking account and communicating the amount to the LOHPF accountant. We would need a commitment of at least 2 Sundays a month. The events run from 11am or 12am to 4pm and you would typically get there a little early to set up. It would take a few hours a week of coordinating with the Adoption Event Logistics Manager too to make sure you have both volunteers and pets coming to the event.

Courtesy Post Coordinator This position would respond to calls/emails from owners of pets who need to place them up for adoption and then send a form to owner that has the listing LOHPF requirements for courtesy posting. Once information (bio, pictures and proof of spay/neuter) is received, you would input the information to get the pet is posted on the Pet Adoption Portal. You would also keep a log of information regarding pet and owners information on a spreadsheet and follow up with owners to see if pet has been adopted. They are supposed to contact you, but if pet has been list for a long time it is best to check. Once adopted, you would remove adopted pets from the Pet Portal. This position takes about 5 hours a week.

Frames for Friends - Marketing Coordinator The Marketing Coordinator for Frames for Friends locates local companies willing to advertise through the program by sponsoring animals for monthly fee. A brochure explaining the program and a digital frame showing examples of sponsorship are provided. There is also a need to expand the Frames for Friends program to other locations throughout the valley, get more digital frames donated to the organization for this purpose, and publicize the program. Requesting at least 3-5 hours per week.

Frames for Friends - Graphic Artist Create .jpgs for the animals currently available for adoption on a monthly basis using a template to be provided. Most of the work is done in Photoshop but does not have to be as long as the "look" of the slides is similar to the current format. The request is for 10-20 slides to be made each month with a two to three week lead time. Approximately 5-10 hours total per month depending on the number of new animals.

Frame for Friends - Memory Card Delivery On a monthly basis, remove the old slides from each memory cards for the digital frames. Download the new slides onto personal computer from online portal. Upload the new slides onto each memory card. Take the newly loaded memory cards to each location and trade them out with the card currently in each digital frame. Replenish LOHPF business cards at each location as needed. Approximately 3-6 hours total per month.

Adoption Coordinator Several times a day the Coordinator would check emails and applications. If there is a new application they would call the person and talk to them. This gives you a feel of who they are and their intentions. You would put them in touch with the foster. If the applicant wants to do a meet and greet then you check references and get them approved. You would notify both the foster and applicant that they are approved and then the meet and greet is up to the foster and applicant. If the pet is adopted, you would do the outcome in the computer and email the Vet Record Administrator know to send the medical records to the adopter. You are on the phone on and off and every day. This position should take about 10 hours a week.]]> http://www.lostourhome.org/2009/08/13/volunteer-positions/feed/ 0