AVA is proud to be 100% volunteer run,
but we need your help!
Other Ways to Volunteer
Volunteers play a crucial role in supporting AVA's mission by helping drive cats to vet appointments, caring for community cats, promoting rescue & adoptable cats online and hosting fundraising events, all of which increase the chances of cats finding permanent homes.
Social Media Team
Do you want to volunteer but are not able to work in a store adoption centre or to foster? Are you an experienced social media influencer with the ability to create compelling posts that increase visibility of the work of the rescue?
Duties
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Support the development of a social media plan to increase awareness of AVA, rescue work including education, promote adoptable cats, and attract potential adopters, volunteers, fosters and donors.
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Create compelling social media content to meet the above goals.
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Assist with our annual fundraising campaign and promote other fundraising opportunities.
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Does this sound like a good fit for you? Please Contact Us.
Drivers Needed!
Occasional drivers are needed to transport cats and kittens between foster homes, veterinary offices, and adoption centres.
Cats usually need to be at the vet by 9am and picked up between 3pm and 7pm.
One-way and round trip drivers needed depending on the situation.
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Volunteer driver requirements:
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18 years of age or older (We do not participate in the high school or other community service hour program)
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Valid G2 or G license and a good driving record
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Reliable access to a vehicle
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Reliable vehicle with sufficient room for 2 cat carriers
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Available on short to medium notice (4-48 hours)​
To learn more, please Contact Us.
Barn Space for a Feral Cat (or two)
While TNR is the best way to mange a cat colony, sometimes colony caretakers are not able to maintain their colony or we have to find new homes for the colony cats for several reasons:
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Land where colonies exist is bought and sold.
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Areas being developed that take over the natural habitat.
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The purchasers of nearby or the immediate property may disapprove of the cat colony.
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The caretaker of the colony can no longer keep up with the task.
AVA is looking for kind cat lovers to open their barn or other semi-indoor space to give safe harbor to cats who are not suited to indoor life. Do you:
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Have time to monitor and care for the cats by providing food, water, shelter and sanitation?
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Have a safe, sheltered space with access to daylight?
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Have an enclosed area within the barn/space for a period time necessary for the cats to consider that location their home and for the resident wildlife to consider the newcomers as members of their community?​
If you can help, please Contact Us.
Trap-Neuter-Return-Monitor (TNRM) & Community Cats
Fundraising Support
Other Positions
We operate a spay/neuter program for stray and feral cats which includes vaccines, microchipping and ear-tipping for feral cats, and a program aimed at strays and house pets.
AVA is looking for volunteers to help humanely trap cats in their colonies to bring them to the spay/neuter clinics, which are typically on a set schedule.
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Community Cats offers a free or low-cost ($10) workshop about trapping, TNR and managing community cat colonies.
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Learn more about helping your community cats by becoming a colony caretaker.
If you have experience in fundraising and want to help initiate and coordinate fundraising events throughout the year, or to organize a benefit in support of AVA, please Contact Us.
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AVA relies on donations to ensure we have the funds necessary to take care of the many cats who need food and medical care.​