Youth Service and Student Projects
Send a photo of your volunteer work in action and we will share it here! Email [email protected].
There are many fun ways for children to help animals at San Diego Humane Society!
Do-It-Yourself Packets
Compassion Challenge
Download the Compassion Challenge and complete acts of kindness. For service hours, submit a photo and description of what activities you completed to [email protected].
Pawsitive Service
Great for groups and school projects! Check out the opportunities below and fill out the request form to tell us how you would like to help get animals adopted, raise funds and share our mission. Parents are welcome to assist with projects as needed, but these opportunities are designed for children. To learn more about ways adults can help, check out our Volunteer Opportunities. College students, please visit our College Student Project and Engagement page for more information.
Junior Philanthropist
Fundraising for items on our wish list or money makes a great impact on the work we do every day. We are happy to support your efforts with animals, messaging, signage, etc. (when possible).
- Supply Drive—Plan a supply drive in your community and we will help you with signage, messaging, etc. We will work together to pick one of our programs for you to support (depending on the needs of the shelter at the time).
- Pennies for Pets—Collect pennies (or any type of cash) at school, at your church, through a sports team or in your neighborhood and donate them to San Diego Humane Society.
- Bake Sale—Conduct a bake sale in your community.
Promote a Pet
Promote a Pet is for children in the 6th grade and up. There are many animals that stay in the shelter a little longer than most, and those are the ones that need your help! We will choose one of our long term animals, and you will help us find the selected pet a loving home by doing the following:
- Furry Flyer Distribution— Distribute customized flyers at local coffee shops, recreation centers, schools, churches, etc. We will provide you with the flyers.
- Social Media Campaign—Share an animal’s story via your social media channels. We can provide you with graphics and messaging or you can share directly from our social media channels.
- Pawsitive Promotion—You will be invited to a San Diego Humane Society adoption event to help us promote the event and the animals that are attending. You will support the event by providing pre-promotion via your social media or distributing flyers; making signs for the day of the event; promoting the animals via social media during and after the event; sharing brochures with guests.
Junior Volunteers
Junior Volunteers (ages 12-17) perform volunteer tasks and socialize our small adoptable animals.
What: Youth ages 12-17 help with various service tasks throughout the shelter as needed and may exercise and socialize our adoptable animals by providing them with valuable enrichment during their shelter stay. This program provides a great opportunity for youth to have hands-on interactions with animals and give back to pets and people in need while earning community service hours.
When: Monthly, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Cost: $10.00 per child
Registration and Program Dates: REGISTER
We ask that you only register for 1-2 sessions so that others may participate. This school year we are offering one session at our Oceanside Campus each quarter. All other sessions take place at our San Diego Campus.
For more information about Youth Service Opportunities, email [email protected].
Student Project Requests
Students who would like to complete school projects about San Diego Humane Society may submit the request form below. We will do our best to accommodate your request, but it is not guaranteed. Before submitting a request form, please read the following:
- Please submit the request form at least two weeks prior to your project due date to give staff time to respond.
- At this time, we do not have service opportunities onsite. Please refer to the service ideas listed above to earn community service hours.
- Animal interactions are not available for student projects.
- If your project requires information about our organization, please review our website for answers first before submitting a request.
- If your project requires statistics, please review our yearly Impact Reports where all of our Asilomar Statistics can be found. The Asilomar Statistic detail intake numbers, Return to Owner (RTO), Adoptions and Humane Euthanasia (HE).
