Would you like to support San Diego Humane Society but cannot make a long-term commitment? Consider one of our short term service opportunities!
These service projects can all be done from home, over the course of a few hours or a few weeks and benefit the animals and programs of San Diego Humane!
Walk for Animals
The Walk for Animals is one of San Diego Humane Society’s largest fundraising events of the year and helps raise money to care for the thousands of wild and domestic animals that will come through the shelter in 2022. Hundreds of volunteers are needed to ensure Walk for Animals success.
Want to join the fun?! Click here for more information.
Do-It-Yourself Projects
Download our packets and make enrichment items at home! Packets include a service log to earn hours. If you need verification of service hours (non-court-ordered) after completing a project, please continue to track your hours on the service log.
Bring your service log along with the enrichment items so staff at the front desk can sign it. Please email any questions to [email protected].
If you have a little time to give, you could volunteer with FCC this summer to help support their mission of reducing the suffering and overpopulation of feral and abandoned cats through free, humane trap-neuter-return. Since 1992, they have spayed and neutered more than 40,000 feral cats.
Volunteers are needed in their clinics to support the hundreds of surgeries they will perform this summer. No experience needed, they will train you!
We hope you can help! Email FCC directly for more info or to get started (let them know you are a Humane Society volunteer!): [email protected]
We’re renovating our Adoptions Building at our San Diego Campus (5500 Gaines St.). Please read this important information so you know what to expect when visiting our San Diego Campus:
To adopt an animal: Adoptable animals at our San Diego Campus are being temporarily housed in our buildings directly across the street (at 5485 and 5495 Gaines St.).
To adopt a cat or small pet: Feel free to visit us at 5495 Gaines St. to browse our adoptable cats and small animals and meet with an Adoption Counselor! You can also see all adoptable animals on our website prior to visiting us.
To adopt a dog: To protect the comfort of our dogs in their temporary housing, the adoption gallery is not open to the public for browsing. Please check out the adoptable dogs (filter by species and location) on our website first, then come in during normal business hours when you’re ready to adopt and have one (or a few!) dogs in mind. An Adoption Counselor will meet with you on a first-come, first-served basis, introduce you to the dog(s) you’re interested in and help complete your adoption.
All other San Diego Campus services (including admissions, licensing, lost and found, Community Pet Pantry and more) will remain available at their usual locations. Thank you for your patience!
