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About Best Friends Animal Society

Best Friends Animal Society is the only national animal welfare organization focused exclusively on ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters. An authority and leader in the no-kill movement since its founding in 1984, Best Friends runs the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals, as well as life-saving programs in partnership with rescue groups and shelters across the country. Since its founding, Best Friends has helped reduce the number of animals killed in shelters from 17 million per year to less than 1 million. Best Friends has the knowledge, technical expertise and on-the-ground network to end the killing and Save Them All(tm).

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Are you looking for an impactful volunteer opportunity that will help save the lives of shelter pets?

Best Friends Animal Society is on a mission to end the killing of cats and dogs in America's shelters by 2025. In support of our mission, Best Friends is looking for volunteers to help four targeted rural shelters

• Williamsburg County Animal Care and Control, Kingstree, SC
• Culpepper County Animal Control, Culpepper, VA
• Eastern Shore Regional Animal Control, Melfa, VA
• Stafford County Animal Control, Stafford, VA
  
  

These rural shelters are doing great work, they have great animals and great staff. However, the shelters often don't have enough staff, so they could use help marketing their pets and raising awareness about the shelter in their community.

To assist these rural shelters, Best Friends is looking for the following volunteers (click the link for more details)

Shelter Marketing Assistant this role will require the volunteer to work on-site at the assigned shelter; there may be remote work as well. The Shelter Marketing Assistant will be responsible for working with the shelter staff and Volunteer Marketing Specialist to develop and schedule engaging content for social media platforms, focusing on storytelling, animal features, and community engagement.

Volunteer Marketing Specialist If you’re not able to volunteer in person, this role is a virtual role for a marketing professional skilled in executing strategic marketing initiatives. The Shelter Marketing Specialist will be responsible for the planning, development, and execution of online marketing, promotions and social media in support of the targeted shelters. The Volunteer Marketing Specialist will also provide virtual support to the Shelter Marketing Assistant volunteers working directly with the targeted shelters.

If you are interested in helping, please email a summary of relevant experience and skills to [email protected] or click the button below for the position you prefer.

Black, Indigenous, People of color and LGBTQIA+ individuals are strongly encouraged to volunteer.

This is a volunteer opportunity provided by VolunteerMatch, in partnership with LinkedIn for Good.

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