Join Our Team!
At Louie’s Legacy, we’re on a mission to save more lives more efficiently. Be part of our dedicated team making a real impact on animals in need.
Why Volunteer With Us?
Community: Join a passionate community that loves animals.
Skills: Gain experience and new skills.
Memories: Create special moments with our animals.
Get Involved:
Explore Roles: Find opportunities that match your interests.
Apply: Complete our volunteer application.
Make an Impact: Your contributions matter!
Ready to Make a Difference?
Join us in our mission. Start your journey with Louie’s Legacy today.
Volunteer FAQs
How can I get involved as a volunteer with Louie’s Legacy?
Just complete our application! There are numerous ways to contribute! You can help screen adoption applications, assist with transportation, help with administrative tasks, participate in adoption events, or even offer specialized skills such as photography or graphic design. Once you complete the application, someone from our volunteer team will be in touch in a few days.
Do I need prior experience to volunteer?
While some volunteer positions with us do require some prior experience, no prior experience is necessary for the bulk of our volunteer opportunities!! Our team provides training and guidance for all volunteers. Whether you’re a seasoned animal lover or new to the rescue scene, there’s a place for you here.
Can I still volunteer, even if I can’t foster?
Absolutely. We have a myriad of volunteers who work behind the scenes to support our rescue animals without necessarily opening their homes as a foster parent. Several of our volunteers are people who can’t foster, but still want to make a difference.
How much time commitment is required to volunteer?
The time commitment varies depending on your availability and the volunteer role you choose. Some tasks require a more significant time investment, while others may be more flexible. Generally we require a minimum three month commitment to volunteering, but if you apply, we can make recommendations based on your schedule and interests.
What kinds of positions are available?
We offer both remote and in-person volunteer opportunities! In-person opportunities include those such as adoption events, animal intake, transport, and more. Remote opportunities include screening adoption applications, editing pet bios, data and administrative work, etc. Use the search engine below to sort by region, time commitment, and whether or not a position is remote or in person to see what we have available and whether or not it’s right for you!
I have a specific skill or profession. How can I leverage that to help the rescue?
We welcome volunteers with diverse skill sets! Whether you’re a photographer, graphic designer, writer, or veterinarian, there’s likely a way for you to contribute. Let us know about your expertise, and we’ll find a way to utilize it for the benefit of the animals.
Adoption Events
Adoption event volunteers ensure that our events go smoothly and that each attendee has a wonderful experience. They ensure animal safety, direct event patrons, and spread the word about Louie’s Legacy’s life-saving mission.
Adoption Counselor
Adoption Counselors help our adoptions team to screen, vet, and interview prospective adopters, deciding if they are well suited to care for one of our animals.
Behavioral Advisor
Behavioral Advisors are certified dog trainers who can provide advice to fosters dealing with challenging dog behaviors. They offer guidance to rectify unwanted dog behaviors, create training plans for fosters, and follow up to troubleshoot what’s working and what’s not in regards to training.
Foster Application Screeners
Foster Application Screeners help our foster team to screen, vet, and interview prospective fosters, deciding if they are well suited to care for our animals
Foster Placement Volunteers
Foster placement volunteers help us to reach out to fosters via social media, email, and individually by text to gain foster commitment for incoming animals.
Cat Habitat Caretaker
Cat Habitat Caretakers volunteer with the animals that Louie’s Legacy homes in cat habitats within Petco and PetSmart stores. They feed, clean up after, and play with the cats and kittens until they find their forever home.
Transport- Short Trips
Can you help a foster pet get where they need to go? Our transport volunteers use their own vehicles to move our foster pets around, transporting them from intake to their foster home, their foster home to vet appointments, and more! Must have a car and a driver’s liscence.
Transport- Long Trips
Our transport drivers drive longer distances using a van provided by Louie’s Legacy to ensure animals can come into rescue. Trips vary in timing and length, depending on where animals are coming from and are usually on weekends. Some common routes include Cincinnati, OH to Columbus, OH, Staten Island, NY to Allentown, PA, Cincinnati, OH to Staten Island NY, and Staten Island, NY to Hagerstown, MD.
Onsite Animal Intake Volunteers
Onsite Intake volunteers help our animals upon arrival to rescue, helping to unload them at the transport site, distrubute food, medication, and supplies, and ensuring that each animal makes it to the correct transporter.
Supply Request Volunteers
Supply request volunteers fill the requests of fosters (medication, food, supplies, etc.) and prepare supplies for animal intake at our office on the West Side. They also will help to unload animals at intake at least once a month (typically on Wednesdays).
Supply Holders and Volunteer Vaccinators
Supply holders store a stock of medications, food, and supplies in their home for fosters to pick up from them directly. May also volunteer as vaccinators, administering fluids, vaccines, and microchipping pets upon request.
Office Caretakers
Office Caretakers help to maintain our office in Staten Island and fill food and medical supply requests, prepare supply bags for incoming arrivals, and sort donated medication and supplies.
Medical Team Assistant
Medical team assistants help to oversee the care of our foster animals. They may keep track of vaccination, spay and neuter, and other important medical records, send treatment reminders, schedule vet visits, and medically clear animals for adoption.
Photography
Looking for professional photographers who can help our pets shine! Photographers attend adoption events to take photos of us to use for the promotion of our events and adoptables, in addition to arranging sessions with foster parents to capture some images of our precious adoptables so that they can find their forever homes!
Bios Team Volunteers
Bios team volunteers help to edit information submitted by our fosters into beautiful pet bios and photos so that they can be posted on websites that feature adoptable pets. They also help to manage our animals’ internal records, making sure that any information communicated by fosters is detailed and clear for our adoptions team.
Graphic Design Volunteer
Graphic design volunteers support our Marketing team by creating bright, vibrant images to promotoe our events, opportunities, and adoptable animals.
Grant Writing Assistant
Grant writing assistants help to secure the funding that Louie’s Legacy needs to best achieve our mission. They assist with the preparation, drafting, and submission of grant proposals, conduct prospect research, and gather internal data to support grant writing projects.
Social Media Assistant
Social media assistants help our pets shine on social media! They help to implement our social media calendar across all platforms and use their creativity to highlight the animals, opportunities, and events we feature.
Volunteer Application Screener
Volunteer Application Screeners help to interview prospective volunteers to ensure that they would be a good fit as volunteers with Louie’s Legacy.