Completing the form below will give you access to the weekday morning or afternoon shelter volunteer orientation course. To participate, you must be available for all hands-on training and volunteer work during the same day and time each week. We anticipate opening more volunteer opportunities and hours in the future. After viewing the presentations, you may either continue with the process by starting the application or stop. Please note: Most of the adoptable dogs at Osceola County Animal Services are large breed animals. This is because the animals that we have on site are either strays or surrendered by community members. These dogs tend to be strong and often times lack training when the arrive at the shelter so they may be challenging to walk. If you do not feel comfortable with walking strong, large breed dogs, please do not continue with the volunteer application process.Thank you.I understand that most of the dogs that I will work with at Animal Services are large breed. Choose Yes below to continue; no to stop the process.<br>*Choose oneYes, I will volunteer helping large breed dogs.No, I am not interested and wish to stop the application process.Application processFirst name* Last name* Email address* Enter Email Confirm Email Age group*choose oneunder 1616-17 years old18 or olderUnder 16Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Osceola County Animal Services. Unfortunately, we cannot accept volunteers under 18 years of age in our volunteer program per Osceola County policy. Please try again when you reach 18 years of age.16 - 17 years oldThank you for your interest in volunteering at Osceola County Animal Services. Unfortunately, we cannot accept volunteers under 18 years of age for this opportunity.18 or olderPlease continue to the orientation below. The brief video or slide show will give you an idea of the volunteer requirements as well as some of our procedures.Available Dog Care volunteer hours for trainingWeekdays, 10:00 - 12:00, or weekdays 1:00 - 3:00.Please choose the weekday that you would like to volunteer.*After training, your schedule will become much more flexible.please choose oneMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridayGeneral Shelter Volunteer Orientation ] View/download video transcript I have viewed the orientation video and understand the content.* yes There is a short knowledge check coming up.I would like to*choose oneContinue with the application process.Stop the application process; I have decided that I will not be able to participate at this time.Thank you for your interest and taking the time to check out our program. Click below to return to the website homepage. OCAS home Knowledge Check If you answer a question correctly, you will be allowed to continue to the next question.1. All adult volunteers must complete a background check before they can volunteer on site.* false true 2. Osceola County Animal Services is an open access shelter, which means that we must accept virtually every animal brought to us.* false true 3. The first part of your volunteer training will be online modules.* false true 4. If it is hot out during the summer, you can wear shorts to your volunteer duties.* false true 5. As a dog care volunteer, I will receive specific training before I can complete any task. false true Dog Care VideoDog Care video and transcript. alt="Dog Care training introduction. View/download transcript Opens in a new tab. I have viewed the Dog Care Orientation video and understand the content.*Check box to confirm that you have viewed the video. yes You are now almost ready to move on the the application! Please note: Animal Services pays the expense of conducting a background check on each adult volunteer. Due to this expense, we ask that each new adult volunteer make a minimum 50 hour/six month commitment to actively volunteer at the shelter. If you are not able to make that commitment, we ask that you do not proceed with the application process at this time. Volunteers who begin at the shelter and do not meet this commitment may be billed for the background check. I understand that I will have to make a six month/50 minimum commitment to volunteer at the shelter to continue with the application process.*By answering yes, you will be able to complete the application process.choose onenoyesPhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
