Lend a helping hand around our sanctuary

Located in the Best Friends Welcome Center, the Sanctuary Store is a great place to lend a hand if you prefer to work indoors or have mobility challenges. 

As a Sanctuary Store volunteer, you can help by checking in merchandise (counting, folding, doing quality inspection, applying price tags), organizing and cleaning the store, helping with physical inventory counts, making price signs for merchandise, and other special projects as needed. 

To volunteer at the Sanctuary Store, you need to be at least 18 years old. 

To get started, sign up for a shift in our volunteer portal. If you already have a Best Friends volunteer profile, go to the volunteer portal to see opportunities available to you.

Located in peaceful Angel Canyon, Angels Rest is where you can spend some time helping to honor the memories of the special pets who live on forever in our hearts.

We ask that volunteers in this area are comfortable working outside and understand that much of the work includes kneeling and bending. (We can provide stools and knee pads when needed.) 

To volunteer at Angels Rest, you need to be at least 18 years old and you’ll need your own transportation during the shift. 

Sign up in our volunteer portal to get started. Once you sign up and complete your volunteer agreement, you can access the full list of volunteer opportunities.

If you already have a Best Friends volunteer profile, go to the volunteer portal to see opportunities available to you.

In addition to all the fluff and the wet noses, the natural beauty of the Sanctuary is why so many people return to visit again and again. Behind the scenes, you'll find many people working hard to care for the Sanctuary grounds. 

This is a great way to learn about Angel Canyon’s natural vegetation and underlying ecosystem.

As a landscape department volunteer, your responsibilities might include working with plants in the greenhouse, assisting with and learning about the compost process, shadowing the irrigation team, watering plants (both inside and outside), removing weeds and debris with hand tools, helping with maintenance, and general cleanup. 

Shifts begin at Landscaping Headquarters, across from Quincy House in Cat World. 

To volunteer with the landscape department, sign up in our volunteer portal. Once you sign up and complete your volunteer agreement, you can access the full list of volunteer opportunities.

If you already have a Best Friends volunteer profile, go to the volunteer portal to see opportunities available to you.

Transport programs are crucial in preventing killing in shelters because they give at-risk pets lifesaving lifts to areas where they have greater chances of finding homes.

You can be a part of the lifesaving when you volunteer to drive pets to and from the Sanctuary in your vehicle.

To sign up, please email transportkanab@bestfriends.org at least one week prior to your preferred transport time to check for transport needs.

Email volunteers@bestfriends.org for more information about volunteering in the Best Friends Animal Clinic.