Want to help save lives?
Join the Houston Pets Alive volunteer team!
(If you’d like to volunteer as a foster parent to help save a cat or dog’s life, please complete the foster application here.)
Volunteer applicants must be 18 years of age or older to complete the form. Applicants have the opportunity to include a minor in the application. Age requirements for each volunteer area are included in the descriptions below.
Following approval of your volunteer application, you will receive a link to make a $10 non-refundable screening and T-shirt donation. You will be able to access volunteer orientations once the screening and T-shirt donation is paid. Please note that if you pay the donation and neither show up for orientation nor respond to follow-up communications, you will forfeit your T-shirt. If you are apply with a minor(s), you will be required to cover a $10 non-refundable screening and T-shirt donation for yourself and each minor volunteer.
How to volunteer:
STEP 1: Review volunteer opportunities below (click each to expand their descriptions and age requirements).
Houston Pets Alive! - 2800 Antoine Drive, Suite 2854, Houston, TX 77092
Must be at least 18 to handle dogs, and at least 14 with a parent/guardian present to assist with dog care.
PetSmart Dunvale - 8380 Westheimer, Houston, TX, 77063
PetSmart Copperfield - 7050 Highway 6 North, Houston, TX 77095
PetSmart Bunker Hill - 9718 Katy Fwy., Houston, TX 77055
Petco Katy-Cinco Ranch - 24944 FM 1093 Rd, Richmond, TX 77406
Facility run exclusively by volunteers with no more than 8 cats in area.
Houston Pets Alive! - 2800 Antoine Drive, Suite 2854, Houston, TX 77092
Key role supporting both our medical staff, animals, and foster families as they bring animals in for appointments.
STEP 2: Compete the volunteer application
STEP 3: Once you submit your application, someone will be in touch with you.
Want to volunteer in a way not listed above? We’d love to hear from you! Email Volunteer@HoustonPetsAlive.org.