Get Involved
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There are ways to be involved with PAWS and support our mission, no matter where you are located!
Local Volunteering
We are looking for reliable on-site assistance in the following ways:
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On-site facility care (cleaning, washing cages, laundry, food prep, etc.)
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On-site maintenance work (light plumbing/electrical, light construction projects, maintenance tasks, etc.)
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On-site volunteer requirements
Must be 18 years or older
In good general health
Have reliable transportation
Have an up to date tetanus booster
Not immune comprised
Notify us of any severe allergic reactions to: insect stings (bees, wasps, hornets, etc), poisonous plants (poison oak, poison ivy, poison sumac,etc.)
Sign a release agreement
Court ordered community service paperwork will not be signed unless we've seen it, discussed, AND APPROVED the hours PRIOR to any volunteering.
All volunteers are scheduled. Please no walk-ons
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Local transportation of wildlife needing care, most within an hour of Laurens, but possibly some longer distances from time to time.
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Building cages and squirrel boxes, etc. from your home with later transport to PAWS or one of our rehabbers.
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Wildlife rehabilitation in your home for squirrels or opossums. We train and mentor. We match a litter with a home based volunteer rehabber to give each set of babies personal care.
Volunteer If you have interest in helping in any of these ways, volunteering or have other skills that you’d like to offer, please send an email to paws.sc@gmail.com to ask questions, get an application sent to you, etc.
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Volunteer Service Hours Need service hours for school or community group? (scouts welcome!!)
Contact us (paws.sc@gmail.com with service hours in subject line) to discuss our various needs
Remote Volunteering
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We need graphic artists to help us with t-shirt designs, art work to sell, and a line of educational cartoons we want to get started.
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Crafts to sell via our auction page on Facebook. Click Here for the link.
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Online fundraising – it takes a lot to keep us going financially. If this is your skill, we need you.
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If you have some other skill that can be done remotely, we are all ears. We have a few people in other states that help us regularly. We would love to expand our remote volunteer team!
You can contact us using our online contact form or send us an email to paws.sc@gmail.com
Online Ways To Help
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Set up a Facebook fundraiser and help us keep going!
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Participate in our on-line auctions to raise funds:
www.facebook.com/groups/pawsscauction
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Write a review for us on greatnonprofits (why you like us, what you’ve learned, etc.)
www.greatnonprofits.org/reviews/write/paws-animal-wildlife-sanctuary-inc
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