Become a volunteer and help families find their new forever friend

The Delaware County SPCA has an ever-growing volunteer program, designed to teach you animal handling and customer service skills, while enhancing the lives of the thousands of animals in our care each year.

Volunteers are an ESSENTIAL part of the SPCA. Without them, the shelter could not operate so efficiently! We offer many volunteering opportunities in and outside of the shelter. Many "New" volunteers start off  with cleaning and direct animal care. By becoming a part of other programs and doing more diverse tasks you will quickly gain enough hours to be considered an "Associate", "Experienced" or "Senior" volunteer. We work as a team to ensure every animal is given proper, humane care and the chance to find a loving forever home. Become a part of our program today by dowloading the Volunteer Application and emailing it to our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@delcospca.org. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old and have reliable transportation. Once your application is reviewed, you will be called or emailed to attend a Volunteer Orientation. Orientations are typically help twice a month on either Saturday or Sunday from 11am-12:30pm. Upon completion of the Orientation, you will receive personalized training for "jobs" related to your skill set and interests.

Volunteer "jobs" include, but are not limited to:

• Greeter: Greet visitors in our lobby, directing them throughout the SPCA
• Cleaning: Janitorial work, trash collection, laundry, kennel/cage cleanup
• Petfinder: Photograph and video dogs and cats for our petfinder listings
• Dog Walker: Exercise and socialize dogs
• Cat room assistant: Assist customers in the cat room
• Kennel assistant: Assist customers in the dog kennels
• Foster: Foster cats and dogs (foster should be a hyperlink to the foster page)
• Outreach: Show animals off site
• Committe Member: Volunteer as committee members for events and fundraising activities

Please read our FAQs to get answers to some of the most frequently asked questions. 

By becoming part of our outreach team, you will help take animals off-site to get exposure and to get the mission of the Delco SPCA to the public. We have weekday, Saturday and Sunday outreach events and are always looking for people to help! For more information about outreach, email volunteer@delcoscpa.org.

The more outreach we can do, the more animals we will save!

Granite Run Mall
First and Fourth Saturday of each month
10 AM - 1 PM

Petsmart - Springfield
Second & Third Saturday of each month
10 AM - 1 PM

PetKraze- Aston
First Sunday of each month
12-3pm

PetKraze- Chaddsford
Third Sunday of each month
12-3pm