About
What Is It?
A city agency that cares for and helps find homes for thousands of animals each year, and provides many other services.
Help Needed:
Needs include animal care, help with adoption and other events, foster pantry organization, facility beautification, and administrative help.
Details
Minimum Age to Volunteer
13. Volunteers aged 13-15 must volunteer with a parent or guardian at all times. 16 and 17 year olds can volunteer on their own after attending orientation with a parent or guardian. No minor can volunteer with or handle adult dogs.
Time Commitment
BARC seeks committed volunteers who can participate in BARC activities at least once a month.
Training Needed
Volunteers must attend a 2-hour orientation, which includes a classroom presentation and a shelter tour. It takes place on two Saturdays each month. Participants are encouraged to walk dogs, socialize cats, or greet adopters following the orientation.
Help Needed
SHELTER VOLUNTEER
Volunteer responsibilities include animal care, adoptions at BARC or off site, special events at BARC, fostering, foster pantry organization, facility beautification/construction, and administrative help.
COLLECT NEEDED ITEMS
BARC is always in need of the items such as dog and cat food, dog and cat toys and treats, leashes and collars, flea shampoo, towels, and detergent. A complete list and information about dropping off donations are available on the BARC website. All donated supplies must be unexpired and unopened.
Location
BARC
Houston, Texas 77026
Location Details
Houston, Texas 77026
Additional Information
BARC Foundation Video (7 minutes) (2015)
Examples of past Scout projects
Eagle: Made the dog runs at the front of the campus more appealing by removing cinder blocks, filling holes, putting down new sod and stone pavers, and mowing and weed eating.
Gallery
BARC is an incredibly empathetic shelter that takes in between 25,000 and 30,000 animals per year. It is the only Houston shelter that is required to accept every dog or cat that comes through its doors regardless of shelter capacity or the behavior, breed or medical condition of the animal.This organization consistently works hard in finding happy homes for animals through their rescue, transfer, foster, and adoption programs. They even have low cost spay/neuter programs that provide long-term solutions to reducing the immense stray animal population in Houston. Having worked closely with this shelter, I truly recommend that everybody should volunteer here to help our furry friends 🙂
I think you need to update the listing to show that there is an age restriction for volunteers. Per the BARC Volunteer Handbook, “Volunteers must be 13 years of age or older. Volunteers 13-15 years old must volunteer with a parent or guardian at all times. 16 and 17 year olds can volunteer on their own after attending orientation with a parent or guardian. No minor can volunteer with or handle adult dogs.”
Done. Thank you so much for the update!