Donate.Volunteer.Adocate
Volunteers are essential!
other OPPORTUNITIES
Event planning
Grant Writing
Legal Services
Participate on an education committee or fundraising committee
Volunteer at local festivals
Administrative Skills
Advocating local government to enacting animal friendly policy and funding
You can foster adult cats, pregnant cats, or momma cat and kittens. These cats will need to be kept separate from your own pets until they are fully vetted. Once they are available for adoption they will go to Petsense Morristown where they will be adopted quickly.
Foster homes are also needed for animals that require medical care. All foster animals will need plenty of love and reassurance that humans are not to be feared. By providing orphaned animals with plenty of nutrition, love, and stimulation during their first eight weeks of life, foster homes help ensure their health and survival as adults. We work closely with foster families to make sure the animal they are caring for is a good fit for the level of care they are able to provide.
Grainger County Humane Society covers the cost of litter, food, and medical care.
Fosters do not have to live in Grainger County but would need to be willing travel there on occasion.
We always need more fosters.
THERE IS A HUGE NEED FOR FOSTERS
Foster caregivers play a crucial role in rehabilitating rescued animals. They are in a unique position to help abused or neglected animals learn how to love and trust again. They can help these animals become more “adoptable” by providing socialization and basic training. By teaching or re-teaching an animal how to live in a home setting, caregivers help increase the odds for a smooth and successful transition into a permanent home.
We make every effort to match foster animals with the appropriate foster home. Fosters are always given a choice when a dog becomes available and can decline placement. GCHS covers all the costs for food and medical care for dogs in foster care.
*Fenced Yard or Covered Outside Kennel area required. Must be able to seperate foster dogs from own dogs.
We do not currently have any TNR volunteers. We know it is important but if we don't have volunteers step up it isn't a service we can provide. We need volunteers throughout Grainger County for Trap-Neuter-Return program, in which community cats are humanely trapped (with box traps), brought to a veterinarian to be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, eartipped (the universal sign that a community cat has been fixed, and then returned to their outdoor home. Must have a knowledge of feral cats and have reliable transportation.GCHS will provide the traps and vet services.
2 times a month to come to Bean Station to provide basic Heart worm tests and vaccinations
We need a legal licensed driver to drive animals in our GCHS Van.
2 times a month to Knoxville for Spay/Nueter Clinics
2 times a month to local vets(Rutledge, Morristown, or Blaine)
Transport dogs and cats to foster homes and events
HOW TO VOLUNTEER
All Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age
We can consider young volunteers for some positions if supervised by an adult.
You have two different options to fill out a volunteer form.
You can download, print, fill out, and return OR fill out the form by clicking on Volunteer
Please be sure to download here, complete this document, then email to graingerhumane@yahoo.com
FOSTERS SAVE LIVES
If you’re interested in becoming a foster caregiver for the GCHS, please complete an application and email it to graingerhumane@yahoo.com
Animal Foster Volunteer Application Fillable format below