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Post by chickaboom on Sept 1, 2008 19:28:06 GMT -5
How is it that a shelter that is in such bad shape can turn away volunteers? We are talking about your average citizen here - not some felon, animal abuser or child molester. A friend inquired about volunteering and was told by the coordinator that her skills were not needed at this time. Has anyone else had this experience at the City shelter or any other place?
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Post by One Who Knows on Sept 19, 2008 12:05:17 GMT -5
You will hear over and over from almost all shelters that the volunteers are not worth the time and effort. I have known only one volunteer who was actually worth her weight in gold and she ended up leaving Rancho after years of service when it went to "No Kill". And I have to agree somewhat. I would love to see good volunteers at the shelters but good ones are actually few and far between. The shelters don't feel they have the time to train and supervise the revolving door of the volunteers. Shelters who do have the time to develop volunteers do, shelters such as the city have a hard enough time just keeping up much less take on more. I'm not offering excuses here because I want good volunteers too but I am offering an explanation. Please note the use of "good".
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