About SPCA of Texas Volunteer

SPCA of Texas volunteers give their hearts, their time and their all to make every day special for the animals waiting for homes. Volunteers help fulfill our mission by assisting in many ways both in the shelter and in the community. As a volunteer, you’ll save and enrich animal lives, do good things for the community, make new friends, discover new skills and enjoy tail wags, purrs and happy faces.

Application Process

SIGNING UP IS EASY
It's easy to become an SPCA of Texas volunteer! And there are so many ways to volunteer to help the SPCA of Texas fulfill our mission to provide all animals exceptional care and a loving home.

Please note that to become an SPCA of Texas volunteer, you must be 16 years of age or older, or, if you are 12-15 years old, you may volunteer with a parent or legal guardian who is also a volunteer.

The animals are waiting for your love!

HOW TO BECOME AN SPCA OF TEXAS VOLUNTEER
STEP ONE
Sign up at http://spca.volunteerhub.com/userregistrationwizard/usernamepassword
Create a Volunteer Hub account and fill out the Volunteer Application. After the application is completed, please visit our payment form at https://www.spca.org/volunteerfee to submit your non-refundable volunteer fee of $35. This fee is used to offset the cost of aprons, badges, along with covering basic administrative costs and the background check, which is run after orientation.

STEP TWO
Register for orientation
After your payment is verified, you will be able to sign up for orientation through VolunteerHub.

STEP THREE
Attend New Volunteer Orientation
Volunteer orientations are held six times per month (three times at each of our two shelters each month), are approximately two hours long, and serve to jump-start you on your path to becoming a volunteer through a presentation by our Volunteer team, interactions with the Volunteer team and other new volunteers, watching instructional videos and other fun and enlightening activities. After you complete the new volunteer orientation, your background check will be completed and you'll be ready to schedule a time to come in to talk with our team about how you'd like to help us!

STEP FOUR
Choose volunteer jobs you like
To do this, you'll Interview for a specific volunteer position or positions you would like to fill. This is as simple as chatting with our Volunteer team to determine which of the available volunteer jobs you'd like to spend your time doing. Our goal is to make the perfect match for you and the animals.

STEP FIVE
Train for your new volunteer job
You will be placed in a training program geared specifically for your chosen job(s) to provide you the best support as you help us provide the animals exceptional care and a loving home. By the end of this training, you'll be able to begin walking dogs, hanging out with cats and so much more!

Family-Friendly

Parents and children are invited and encouraged to get involved.