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Toronto Therapy Dogs

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Doctor-Dog & Professor-Dog Volunteers

Caring Canine Toronto Therapy Dogs is run entirely by volunteer efforts. We appreciate your participation!

Please check out our programs (scratch here). J

§ Some programs/facilities are recruiting additional volunteers while others may not at the time you join us. Moreover, different placements require different skills, personalities, travel time, and terms of commitment. Passing the Doctor-Dog evaluation is not an entitlement to all volunteer positions. We try to match our volunteers’ interests, skills, and availabilities (both time and location) while also answering the needs of our community partners. Volunteers would be flexible and prepared to travel the distance they specify on their application forms. Thanks.

Please review our requirement checklist (scratch here). J

Please follow the steps in our application procedure (scratch here). J

Volunteer Photographers

A photo is worth a thousand words. Not only would your photos become the cherished memory of our vulnerable clients (children with various challenges, patients, and elders) and volunteers, but they would also promote animal-assisted therapy and activities to the communities at large. Help us capture the essence of human-therapy dog bonding, joy, love, laughter, and tears.

To volunteer, please email a link to your photo portfolio (including indoor shots) to admin@caringcanine.ca. THANKS!

Note 1: To protect the privacy of the vulnerable clients we visit, the copyright of all photos you take of our clients would belong to Caring Canine Toronto Therapy Dogs. Thank you. You are welcome to own the copyright of all photos in which our clients do not appear (e.g. photos of our dogs only).

Note 2: As our volunteer photographer, you would not need to take care of administrative work. Our administrative volunteers would sort the images, make a digital copy (and sometimes print hard copies) for every individual client, and deliver the final products. You would only need to provide us with a single DVD J

Volunteer Administrative Assistants & Coordinator

As our administrative assistant or coordinator, you would provide vital backend support for our vulnerable clients.

If you

· have a bachelor degree

· are familiar with MS Office (a must)

· are a flexible team player (a must)

· want to help where the need is greatest

· take your commitment seriously (a must)

· are willing to travel within central Toronto

o we could not deliver the work items to/from you; you would be willing to pick up/return work items that could not be emailed

· could commit to

o a total of at least 8 hours per month for administrative assistant position

o a minimal of 4 hours every other week

we need you help.

Please email your resume to admin@caringcanine.ca. A minimal commitment of 2 years required. THANKS!

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Last updated: 01-2012