Teen Animal Advocate Program

 

Teen Animal Advocate Program

APPLICATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th

Teen Animal Advocates will:

*Attend monthly meetings on various animal welfare, outreach, and future professional opportunity topics. Meetings will take place on evenings of the second Tuesday of each month at the Baldwin Humane Society offices located in Fairhope and will last approximately 1 hour. (Meetings held in October, November, December, January, February, March and April).

*Volunteer with the Humane Society at adoption events, the office, and the kennel. Volunteers will be expected to be able to log a minimum of 4 hours per month.

*Conduct an outreach project focused on animal welfare at their school or in their community. (Examples include: organize a drive to gather specific items needed by the kennel, create a presentation to share with their student body about animal welfare, coordinate an animal welfare themed story time for younger children)

Requirements:

  • 16 years or older

  • GPA 3.0 +

  • 1 Letter of recommendation

  • 1 short essay answer

  • Love of animals!

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!