Already a Volunteer?
About Volunteering
What are the requirements to volunteer?
- Time commitment varies by role
- Grace, accountability and respect for your fellow volunteers, GPSPCA staff and our guests
- Support for Great Plains SPCA’s mission
- An active e-mail for receiving volunteer communications
- $17 new volunteer fee, which covers training and a t-shirt
How do I get started?
To become a volunteer, please follow the steps below.
- Watch our New Volunteer Information Session video.
- Take and pass the New Volunteer Quiz.
- Once you pass the quiz, you will be prompted to complete your volunteer profile and application.
- Once your application is submitted, it will be reviewed and if approved, you will be sent a link with next steps.
- Start volunteering!
If you have questions about becoming a volunteer or volunteering opportunities, please email volunteer@greatplainsspca.org.
Help us provide extra enrichment and walks before getting the animals tucked-in for the night! Shifts are from 6pm-8pm.
To join the Goodnight Crew, you must have completed a Dog or Cat Mentorship and to sign up, look for available shifts in Better Impact on the Opportunities tab.
Slumber Pets is a program aimed at giving our youngest pups and kittens extra care overnight, while they become ready for adoption. You must have completed our Foster/Volunteer requirements. Please be sure to list Slumber Pets as an interest in Better Impact when completing the Foster/Volunteer sign up.
You must have completed our Foster/Volunteer requirements. Please be sure to list Slumber Pets as an interest in Better Impact when completing the Foster/Volunteer sign up.
Current volunteers and fosters can pick up a puppy or kitten at 6:00 PM, spend the night with them, and return them between 7:00–11:00 AM the next day. All supplies are provided.
Foster Homes
Each year we place hundreds of pets into temporary foster homes for medical and behavioral reasons. For more information and to start fostering, please go to our foster page for more information and to access the application.
Community Service Hours
Please note that at this time, we cannot accommodate individuals who need court-ordered or work/school-required community service hours.
Age Limits
Great Plains SPCA is committed to helping people of all ages experience the true joy pets bring into our lives, however, due to the nature of the shelter environment, we have volunteer age requirements to ensure both pets and people stay safe and comfortable.
- Volunteers must be at least 10 years of age to interact with our animals. Volunteers between the ages of 10 and 16 must be accompanied by an adult parent or guardian at all times, including while completing all of the new volunteer steps in the process above.
- Volunteers 16 and older may volunteer independently without an adult.