If you volunteer at Anne Arundel County Animal Services, you will do real, meaningful work that truly makes a difference — and you’ll also get quite an education. Plus one of the best very parts of all? You get to pet lots and lots of dogs and/or cats! 

Shelter volunteers undergo a background check and receive an official identification card that grants access to the Animal Services building during some nonpublic hours. Once you have been approved to be a volunteer, you will go through an orientation session and receive a comprehensive volunteer manual. After that, you can start coming to the shelter for hands-on training with more experienced volunteers. Another plus once you’re officially a shelter volunteer: You’ll now be eligible to become a member of Friends of Anne Arundel County Animals. Come join the shelter’s volunteers…come join us!