Volunteer

Social Media Team

DLRR uses social media to share information such as new intakes, adoptions, fundraisers, and community events. Other duties include the following:

• Research and write about a topic
• Write short stories about DLRR dogs or other DLRR news
• Post intakes and adoptions photos

Transportation Team

Our Transportation Team transports Labs from shelters and owner homes to boarding facilities, foster homes, and vet appointments. Transportation Team volunteers can choose the transportation requests that work with their schedule.

Vet Liaison Team

Each dog that comes into the DLRR family is assigned a Vet Liaison. The Vet Liaisons:

• Obtain, review and upload vet records for new intakes
• Ensure the dog has all the required vaccinations
• Schedule DLRR dogs’ vet appointments
• Approve assigned dogs for medical release for listing in the Dog-a-Log

Shelter Dog Watch

DLRR intakes Labs and Lab mixes from numerous shelters around Arizona. Volunteers on this team:

• Walk through shelters to see if there are Labs or Lab mixes to intake
• View shelter websites for possible intakes

Volunteer Team

Our Volunteer Team performs the following duties:

• Reviews new volunteer applications
• Emails the Volunteer Manual to new volunteers
• Assigns the volunteer training
• Contacts new volunteers to discuss volunteer opportunities
• Contacts inactive volunteers to discuss re-engagement

Administrative Tasks

Many of DLRR’s teams have administrative tasks associated with their roles. Examples include:

• Writing stories and biographies about our dogs
• Editing written materials • Assisting with social media
• Helping with database entry/management
• Assisting with marketing and fundraising programs

Dog Evaluators

The Intake Team evaluates dogs from shelters and owner turn-ins. DLRR dog evaluators receive training and shadow experienced evaluators prior to conducting evaluations on their own. DLRR evaluators do the following:

• Evaluate dogs in their current setting, shelter, or in home
• Write an evaluation summary and provide it to the Intake Decision team

Events Team

DLRR plans many community events throughout the year held in various locations throughout the state. Responsibilities for the Events Team volunteers include:

• Planning and attending community events where the public can meet our dogs and learn more about DLRR
• Setting up and breaking down the equipment at the event

Fostering

Foster homes are the cornerstone of our organization. We have full-time, temporary, and vacation fosters.

Home Visit

Team The Home Visit Team responsibilities include:

• Performing virtual or in-home visits with adoption applicants to ensure the home is a safe environment for one of our Labs
• Providing education to adopters about rescue dogs and the commitment involved in adopting a rescue dog
• Writing home visit notes for the DLRR database

Intake Team

The Intake Team (shelter and owner turn-ins) is responsible for tasks associated with bringing a dog into DLRR.

Kennel Service

Team DLRR uses boarding facilities when fosters are unavailable. Volunteers visit the dogs daily. Duties include:

• Visit, walk and socialize our dogs
• Report any concerning behaviors and/or health issues to their foster advocate

Labline Team

DLRR has a phone number and email address on the DLRR website for people to contact the organization. Labline volunteers answer the Labline calls and are provided a list of FAQs along with other resources for use in answering calls.