Sugar Bear - a sweet young lady who found her new home through SHF.

Safe Harbor Farm

Volunteers needed!

Dedicated volunteers are ALWAYS needed to help us create the animal education, adoption & activities center coastal North Carolina so desperately needs! Got a free morning or afternoon, or two, each week? Weekday or weekend, it doesn't matter. Consider helping us with one or more of the below jobs -- some physical, many not physical at all -- all very, very important in helping us get more animals the help they need.

Professionals (vets, techs, carpenters & plumbers) needed! See below!

Volunteers are asked to commit to
the completion of a particular project,
or to a four or an eight hour shift each week
(our most cherished volunteers all started with the most mundane tasks;
they came back frequently, they showed us they could be counted on,
and some of them went on to join our Board of Directors!).

Working with the animals: Volunteers who are interested in hands-on work with the animals can sign up for animal-oriented tasks on their second or third visit (since we want to get to know a person before we entrust our fur-kids to them.)

Parent-child teams are welcome (kids learn so much by watching their parents give of their time and energies!). All kids under 16 must be accompanied by an adult volunteer at all times and be very well behaved.

How to volunteer at Safe Harbor Farm

(1) Review the volunteer activities listed below and think of what you like to do and what you're good at;

(2) Decide how many hours you can commit to at least once a week.

(3) Fill out & submit our volunteer application online, then call us the following day at 252-422-6770 to schedule your first visit.

(3) If you are under 16 years of age, be sure to list on your application which parent or family friend over 18 will be volunteering with you.

Moderately physical activities:

landscaping & gardening (we LOVE people who come with cuttings and transplants from home!)*
routine lawn maintenance - cutting & weed-wacking
leveling & grading the dog pens
indoor & outdoor clean-up crews
expansion of our chicken coop
dog walking

Not very physical at all:

painting
help with morning (8:30 - 12) & evening (5:30-6:30) kitty feedings
help with PetSmart & Petsense adoptathons (Saturdays and Sundays twice a month, 9 am to 7 pm);
cat and dog groomers (SHF's many adoptable critters would LOVE your undivided attention!)
transporters occasionally needed to help deliver animals from high-kill municipal shelters in Duplin, Bladen and Cumberland counties to Safe Harbor Farm
A few things you can do from home*:
volunteers always needed to host small fundraisers (We LOVE car washes and yard sales done to help us!)*
collect inkjet and laser cartridges for recycling for SHF;
link your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers' Food Lion MVP cards to SHF. All you need to do is compile a list of names, addresses and 12-digit MVP numbers (from the back of each MVP card) and submit it to us via safeharborfarmmanager@hotmail.com. We'll securely link all numbers directly to Food Lion's computers. It costs everyone nothing, and it doesn't affect anyone's grocery discounts! If all of us link enough MVP cards, Food Lion will send Safe Harbor $350 each quarter to help the critters!

* terrific family projects

Professionals needed (even if only for a few hours!):

painters

carpenters

dump truck operators (to get loads of free marrow dirt from Martin Marietta, just 1 1/2 miles away)

electricians

plumbers

veterinarians

vet techs

updated 4-11-09