Volunteer Opportunities

How you can help

We have a number of volunteer opportunities. If you can help, please send an email to info@2ndchance4pets.org

 
       
 
Sarah Felchlin
Sarah Felchlin joined the 2nd Chance 4 Pets volunteer team out of her deep passion for helping animals. At her home in South Lake Tahoe with her boyfriend and dog, a 4 ½ year old border-collie mix named Tenaya, her passions become reality. Her most recent project was assisting with the design of the organization’s avian welfare newsletter, which gave her more insight on the plight of companion birds. When Sarah isn’t helping out with 2nd Chance 4 Pets, she is working at home as a freelance graphic designer, editor, and project manager. You can check out her portfolio at www.sarahfelchlin.com. Sarah’s outside interests include climbing, hiking, and skiing the mountains around Tahoe.
Jaspal Singh
Jaspal “Jassi” Singh, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been a significant part of the 2nd Chance 4 Pets volunteer team for more than 2 years. His finance, marketing, and artistic abilities have contributed to our efforts to reduce the number of pets being euthanized when their owners die. Jassi has been a key contributor to the quarterly newsletters and fundraising efforts. According to Jassi, his most rewarding experience was the design of homeless pet flyers that told the story about pets in need of new forever homes. Because of his efforts, many of the animals featured in the flyers were adopted by new, caring families. Jassi is married to Alice, an accomplished American Saddlebred horse enthusiast and equine photographer. They both enjoy spending time with their two Jack Russell Terriers, Lucy and Taz. Lucy enjoys hunting and running with Jassi, and Taz loves getting into trouble!
Kathryn Shewey Kathryn Shewey
Meet Kathryn Shewey, an environmental scientist who started volunteering with 2nd Chance 4 Pets when health problems forced her to take a leave of absence from her job. Because animals always have been a part of her life and her “family,” Kathryn wanted to help an organization whose mission is close to her heart. Kathryn has been drving our veterinarian outreach project, and has enthusiastically helped with promoting our workshops. Twenty-seven-year old Kathryn lives in just outside Richmond in Glen Allen, Virginia with her husband James and her two dogs, Kelsey and Chestnut. She adopted Kelsey seven years ago from the Roanoke, Virginia SPCA. Chestnut was adopted two years ago from Save Our Shelters - Pen Pals, a program featured on Animal Planet in which inmates train shelter dogs that are about to be euthanized and turn them into adoptable pets. When not volunteering, Kathryn enjoys spending time with her family, pets, and friends.
Todd Bynon
Todd Bynon is serving in the United States Air Force, stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan. A new member of the 2nd Chance 4 Pets volunteer team, Todd has been helping out writing for the newsletter and creating the profiles of his wonderful co-volunteers. An avid surfer, Todd also enjoys volunteering with organizations to promote clean beaches and clean oceans. His other passions include serving as a youth mentor, and spending time with his wife Keiko, who taught him how to surf.
Katharine Moore
Katharine Moore is a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland and has been volunteering her time with 2nd Chance 4 Pets since March 2005. When asked which projects she enjoyed working on the most, Katharine simply put “I’ve enjoyed all of them because of the great feeling I get from helping pets in need.” When she is not volunteering, Katharine works as a graphic designer. You can see work at http://katharinesweb.net. Katharine has been married for 28 years and both she and her husband care for a 9-year old boxer-setter mix named Lydia, adopted from the Washington Animal Rescue League. They also have a goldfish pond and an indoor fish tank containing many wonderful species. Katharine enjoys genealogy research and photography. She has contacted long lost family members and shares her family history with her younger relatives.
Jennifer Agnew
Jennifer Agnew, along with her husband Josh and their dog Shoelace, live and work out of Hollywood, California. Jenn has volunteered with 2nd Chance 4 Pets for over a year. She enjoys helping out with the newsletters and with media research. When Jenn isn’t helping out, she spends her days working as a senior account executive with Fischer Health Inc., a healthcare public relations firm. Jenn’s love for animals is transparent in the story of how they came to own Shoelace. Shoelace was an abandoned dog found by Jenn’s friend, Steve. Steve contacted the former owner about Shoelace, but he was very adamant about not wanting to take him back. Steve brought Shoelace to Jenn and Josh since he already had 4 dogs of his own and asked if Jenn and Josh would take him in. They said yes and the rest is history. Jenn spends her free time checking out museums and historical homes and, of course, playing with Shoelace.
Elizabeth Olson
Elizabeth Olson and her husband Keith live near Portland, Oregon. Elizabeth has been volunteering with 2nd Chance 4 Pets since May 2005 helping with quarterly newsletters, website landing pages, and many, many other projects. As a website designer, technical writer, and Internet researcher, Elizabeth’s skills are a valuable asset to our virtual volunteer team. Elizabeth spends her free time with her husband and pet rabbit, Amelia, in addition to embroidering, hiking and animal training. She provides other rabbit caregivers with help and education about rabbit care including the importance of spay/neuter.
Jana Owens
Meet Jana Owens, who joined the 2nd Chance 4 Pets team as a volunteer almost two years ago. Since then, Jana, a technical writer by profession, has parlayed her writing and layout skills into adoption magic by collecting digital photos of pets that need homes and creating beautiful "homeless pet flyers." Thanks to her flyers, which are posted locally in Northern California, these formerly homeless pets have found new forever homes. Jana helps with a variety of creative projects. Jana lives in Austin, Texas, where she writes user documentation for local software and hardware companies. She has a 12-year old Chihuahua/min-pin mix named Rikki and two cats, Spazz and Midnight. In Jana’s spare time, she enjoys walking Rikki, working out at the gym, reading, playing guitar, and volunteering for 2nd Chance 4 Pets.
Rachael Chambers
Rachael Chambers and her family live in Morgan Hill, California. Rachael has been volunteering her time with 2nd Chance 4 Pets since May 2007. Rachael has a deep passion for the well being of animals. She had wanted to be a veterinarian, but life took her down a different path. Now the mother of two (human) children, 4 cats, 2 dogs, 2 Chinese Water Dragon lizards and a giant goldfish named Lou. Rachael works as a Project Manager for a high tech company, volunteers for 2nd Chance 4 Pets, serves as a Master Instructor for UCSC Extension and is a huge San Jose Sharks hockey fan.
Claire Vath
Claire Vath lives in Birmingham, Alabama with the two loves of her life—Stephen, her husband, and Gracie, a well-traveled, incredibly smart miniature schnauzer. At four months old, Gracie had visited four states. Claire decided to volunteer for 2nd Chance 4 Pets as it was a perfect fit for her desire to volunteer virtually and make an impact helping pets. Her volunteer work includes writing and editing press releases and newsletter articles. Claire is the copy editor at a national farming magazine. In her spare time, Claire enjoys writing book reviews, traveling, reading and spending time with her family.
Sasha Regehr
Sasha volunteers as a virtual editor for 2nd Chance 4 Pets, helping to enhance any written information that comes her way. She loves volunteering and loves animals—a combination that led her to 2nd Chance 4 Pets. When she isn’t traveling the world, Sasha makes her living in the publishing industry and lives in Toronto, Canada. A self-described “dog person” devoted to her Bichon Frisé, Kemu, Sasha has also made room in her home for two formerly feral cats.
Rich Groh
Rich Groh lives in Florida and has been volunteering virtually as an editor with 2nd Chance 4 Pets since January 2007. He is passionate about helping animals and enjoys being able to contribute his skills. Rich is a systems programmer and technical writer. His family includes his wife and four "very spoiled pets" adopted from a local animal shelter. The four-legged family members include two cats, Pumpkin and Mindy, and two dogs, Jessie and Natasha. Pumpkin is the world's most affectionate cat, while Mindy is the most talkative cat. Jessie is an obedient and loving black lab mix. Natasha is a mischievous but very sweet black lab/terrier mix.
 
 

 

 
 

 
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