Get Involved

Volunteer with Us

Our volunteers are crucial to the success of the Animal Resource Center. We are lucky to have so many volunteers dedicated to the care of our pets. Our volunteers donate about 500 hours a month!

Children must be 12 years old to volunteer. Those between the ages of 12 and 15 must be accompanied and supervised by a parent or guardian at all times while in the shelter. Children from the ages of 16 to 18 may volunteer without a parent after attending the orientation, training, and an initial period of coming into the shelter.

Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during the orientation and training, and parents must sign a waiver of liability form.

For more information on the next volunteer orientation session, call (937) 264-3327 or come to the Animal Resource Center. All orientations are held at the Animal Resource Center.

Become a Rescue Partner

To achieve our goal of finding loving homes for as many of our pets as possible, the Animal Resource Center relies on partners. We work with local shelters like The Humane Society of Greater Dayton and the SICSA Pet Adoption Center. We also partner with many home- and foster-based rescues both in Ohio and out of state.

The Animal Resource Center always welcomes new rescue partners. It’s only through our combined efforts that we’ll be able to help as many of these pets find their forever homes.

To work with the Animal Resource Center, you’ll need:

• To be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit (or in the documented approval process)
• Registration with the Ohio Secretary of State as a nonprofit organization (or registered in the state of operation)
• Both in-state and out-of-state rescues must register as a rescue with the Ohio Department of Agriculture
• A copy of your most recent IRS 990 filing
• A list of two people approved to pick up animals with names
• To follow all laws in the Ohio Revised Code

The Animal Resource Center may contact our rescue partners for help with animal placement. For more information and to apply to be a rescue partner with the Animal Resource Center, see our application packet below or email our Outreach Coordinator.

Rescue partner application packet