Get Involved

Volunteer with Us

There’s a lot that goes into running an animal shelter, and we couldn’t do it without help from our friends. Volunteers are crucial to the success of the Animal Resource Center, dedicating their time and energy to helping find loving homes for as many pets as possible.

From cleanup crew, to grooming, to photographers and trainers, there are volunteer opportunities for everyone to give back to the community and help our pups.

Volunteer Orientation

Take the Volunteer Orientation Quiz

Sign up to volunteer with us!

After you’ve signed up and completed the volunteer orientation, be sure to email ARCVolunteer@mcohio.org to notify our Outreach Specialist that orientation has been completed.  We will then review your information and reach out to schedule a training session. If you have any questions, please contact our Outreach Specialist at (937) 264-5462.

Foster Dogs

It’s true what they say; there’s no place like home. From puppies that need a little extra TLC, to senior pups looking for a quiet home and a comfy bed, every dog can benefit from getting out of the shelter and into a foster home.

At the Animal Resource Center, our goal is to find loving homes for as many pets as possible. When you foster dogs, you’re helping us achieve that goal by providing the love, attention and socialization they need to put their best paw forward and increase their chances of adoption. To put it simply, by opening your home to a foster pet, you’re saving lives.

Here is how Fostering works:

• Sign up to be a Foster Caregiver below.
• Animal Resource Center will contact the foster applicant to schedule orientation and training.
• Animal Resource Center works with the foster caregiver to identify a foster dog for their home.
• During the foster care period, fosters update Animal Resource Center regarding the animal’s progress and provide transportation to medical appointments at Animal Resource Center, if needed.
• Foster caregivers are ambassadors for the fostered animal and strive to find a loving home for permanent placement.
• Adoption of the fostered animal is finalized at Animal Resource Center.
• Animal Resource Center works with the foster caregiver to identify the next potential foster dog for their home.

Save lives – sign up to foster!

If you have questions, please contact our Outreach Specialist, Steve Glardon, at ARCFoster@mcohio.org or (937) 264-5462.

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 Specialist.

Rescue partner application packet