The Macon-Bibb County Animal Welfare Task Force is urgently seeking volunteers to assist at the shelter (4214) Fulton Mill Road with dog walking, office support (answering phones, filing reports, etc.), and general cleaning (sweeping, mopping, laundry, etc.). People can volunteer their time each week on Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
There has been a high rate of intake this past spring and summer, leading to overcrowding in the shelter. In order to help staff and volunteers focus on animal care and adoptions, volunteers are needed to take care of other daily tasks around the shelter. Current volunteers are also reaching out to outside groups and their friends to lend a hand, even if it’s for a short amount of time.
“Even a few hours a week manning phones, or walking animals, would be greatly appreciated and would go a long way to helping staff and rescue groups focus on finding homes for the animals,” says Task Force Chairperson Bill Fickling.
“Our volunteers do so much for us already that we couldn’t find as many homes for animals as we do without them,” says Animal Welfare Director Sonja Adams. “The care of our neediest animals needs the entire community’s support, and you can be a part of this very rewarding effort.”
If you are an animal lover (or know one) and would like to help or would like more information, please contact Sonja Adams at SAdams@maconbibb.us. To help let people know about the animals that can be adopted, follow Animal Welfare on Facebook and share the pictures with your friends and family.
About the Animal Welfare Center
The construction of the new Animal Welfare Center was funded with approximately $3.5 million from the voter-approved Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST). Its is more than double the size of the former Center and was designed to encourage more adoptions by separating that area from the intake entrance. Its location on Fulton Mill Road is also a much more desirable area, featuring woods and grassy areas where the animals can be walked and kept healthy. The old Center, by contrast, was in a small, cramped building near the landfill.
