Looking for Volunteers to Help Pets in Need! 🐾 We’re looking for compassionate volunteers in Greene, Webster, and Christian Counties to temporarily care for dogs while their owners recover from illness, accidents, or need respite care. This is a great opportunity to help pets and their families during a difficult time. What’s Involved: Provide a loving home for a dog Read more...

This volunteer position reports directly to the Volunteer Coordinator, but may receive input from therapists, instructors, and other equine staff members. Responsibilities shall include, but are not limited to, preparing the horse for the session, lead the horse during the session, put the horse away after the session, and correctly clean and put away tack and equipment. Read more...

Sidewalkers are responsible for assisting the client physically, cognitively, and emotionally as necessary throughout the duration of the hippotherapy session, as directed by the therapist. They must stay within reach of the rider and be aware of everything that is going on with the rider while assisting the rider in completing the tasks as directed by staff. They are encouraged Read more...

We will teach you how to feed and care for horses. It will feed your soul, you will get a free workout, it will save you money on a counseling session and you get to spend time outside with beautiful horses. Read more...

We’re looking for volunteers to assist our intake office with answering email inquiries, inputting voicemails into a spreadsheet, and returning phone calls. Our intake office is our greatest, most visible community resource- we need your help to keep up with the ever increasing demand! No experience is necessary- we’ll show you the ropes! Contact us for more information. Read more...

Lucky Paws is our organization’s annual gala ball- and we need your help! As Springfield’s third largest gala, the evening promises to be one of glamor, fun and uplifting community. Volunteers assist in running all aspects of the evening- food and drink, taking auction bids, door greeters and much more. We’re currently seeking volunteers to specifically assist with this event! Read more...

Our isolation building is a satellite building on site that houses dogs and cats who have contagious diseases that may make other animals sick. Our main goal is to make them well enough to move to our main building and find loving, forever homes. We need your help to make this happen! As an isolation building volunteer, we do ask Read more...

Our companion volunteers have the best job of all- caring for and providing love to a furry friend! During your time in our shelter you may be walking dogs, socializing cats, spending quality time with an animal or any number of other related tasks. Read more...

Events volunteers help to represent our organization in the community by working events and assisting with all aspects of setup and take down. Some of our more popular events include Bark in the Park (located at Phelps Grove Park), Petsmart adoption events and Lucky Paws, our fundraising gala. Not a ton of free time? Still consider joining us! We’ll reach Read more...

Care for our shelter cats by performing the “basic five”: replenish food, freshen water, sweep floors, scoop litterboxes, and most importantly, provide individual love and attention to each cat! Read more...