VOLUNTEER

AzCATs has trap depots throughout the valley, an office near Mill Avenue and University Drive in Tempe, and high volume Spay/Neuter days two or three times a month at a veterinary clinic in Gilbert. There are countless volunteer opportunities that can help us accomplish our mission.

AzCATs CLINIC OPPORTUNITIES

Sunday Sept. 30 – Tempe Spay-Neuter Clinic (Priest & Southern): 7am – 12noon-ish

Sunday Oct. 7 – Tempe Spay-Neuter Clinic (Priest & Southern): 7am – 12noon-ish

Sunday Oct. 14 – Tempe Spay-Neuter Clinic (Priest & Southern): 7am – 12noon-ish

Sunday Oct. 14 – Mesa Spay-Neuter activity (TBD)

Wednesday Oct. 17 – Arizona Humane Society Spay-Neuter Clinic: all day

Sunday Oct. 28 – MNT (Priest & Southern): 7am – 2pm-ish

AzCATs OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES (tabling, talk to people, distribute info)

Wed. Oct. 3 – Scottsdale Community College Volunteer Fair (Student Center Foyer): 10:30am – 1pm

Sat.-Sun. Oct. 6-7 – Rainbows Festival (Phoenix Gay/Lesbian Street Fair-Heritage Square Park): 10am – 6pm ea. Sun. Oct. 14 – PACC911/Bark Avenue Pet adoption event (Bark Ave. Pet Supply/Pet Resort – Mesa): 10am – 3pm

Sat. Oct. 20 – Phoenix Police G.A.I.N. picnic (Desert Star Park– Encanto & 87^th  Ave.): 9am – 1pm

Sun. Oct. 28 – PACC911 Franciscan Renewal adoption event (Paradise Valley): 10am – 4pm

Sat. Nov. 3 – Scottsdale Dog Days event: 11am – 1pm

Sat. Nov. 10 – True Love Adoption Day (N. Scottsdale PETCO, Mayo Blvd.): 10am – 4pm

Administrative/Office Assistance

AzCATs has an office at 225 W. University, Suite103, Tempe, Arizona.  We have many volunteer opportunities at the office including:

-  Answering questions from concerned citizens and caregivers who are trying to    understand the problem or need our help (telephone calls and emails).

-  Helping caregivers that have been waiting for our help get scheduled to get humane    traps and get their colonies to the vet for sterilization.

-  Copying, printing, data entry, correspondence

-  Filing, organizing, cleaning

-  Helping to care for our “office cats” – cats with special needs that we are fostering    while they wait for adoption

Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR)

Volunteers are needed to help local residents humanely trap feral cats that they are feeding. Equipment and volunteer training is provided. There is much, much more to TNR than trapping the cats

We sometimes need to deliver traps to caregivers who can trap for themselves. Cats sometimes need to be transported to or from the vet's office. We sometimes need volunteers to help monitor the cats after surgery. You do not necessarily have to have a place for the cats to stay in order to help monitor the cats. Cats need to get back home and be released the day after surgery. Traps and other equipment must be disinfected between each trapping job.

High Volume Spay/Neuter Clinics - Mission Nip & Tip (MNT)

Our high volume clinics are held two or three times each month in Gilbert, Arizona. Once again, there is so much you can do to make the clinics a success. You can volunteer to work with us during the clinic itself. You can help us schedule cats for the clinic. Volunteers are needed to transport equipment, both large and small, to and from the clinic. Between clinics, we need volunteers to help with many facets of getting ready for the next clinic.

Education and Public Relations

Volunteers help monitor our telephone line during the hours when the office is not staffed. This is the "front line" of our work. Volunteers who like to help people find this job most rewarding. AzCATs publishes a bi-annual newsletter and has brochures that need to be kept up to date. Our website must be updated and maintained. Our Community Action Team reaches out to teach the community about TNR as the humane solution to cat overpopulation

We respond to requests for speakers at, for example, Homeowner's Association meetings. We have educational tables at community events.

These are just a few of the things we do. AzCATs has projects large and small. Whether you like working alone or working with others, whether you want a project to do at your leisure or a specific assigned task, we have what you are looking for. Volunteer today! Thank you!

Volunteer Calendar of Events/Trainings

Arizona Cat Assistance Team (AzCATs)

P.O. Box J

Scottsdale, AZ  85252

480-968-4TNR (4867)

480-967-0202 fax

info@azcats.org

Www.azcats.org

Office Location

225 W. University Dr. Suite 103

Tempe, AZ  85281