Needs From: Loudoun Cares

Fancy Cats has a critical need for Adoption Coordinators to host the adoption events at all of our Adoption Centers (Fair Lakes PetSmart, Springfield PetSmart, Dulles Landing PetSmart, Chantilly PetSmart, Bradlee PetValu, and Chico's Pet Depot in Great Falls. This is a key position for Fancy Cats and we really need your help. The Adoption Coordinator first screens adoption applications by reviewing the application and interviewing potential adopters. There is specialized training and a shadowing program to ensure our Coordinators know what questions to ask and how to determine a good fit for the cat and the applicant.  The coordinator works in tandem with adoption assistants and foster parents who attend the adoption events.  We depend upon our Adoption Coordinators to find loving forever homes for our cats and kittens.  The Adoption fairs take place every Saturday and Sunday at Fair Lakes and every other Saturday at Springfield and Chantilly and every Saturday at Chico's Pet Depot.  Please feel free to visit our website to see much more about Fancy Cats Rescue Team https://fancycats.org

It's Kitten Season and we need your help!

Fancy Cats is a foster-based rescue and we are always looking for volunteers who are able to take cats into their homes.The cats in foster homes benefit from the socialization they receive by interacting with their foster families.The foster program helps us learn more about an individual cat's habits and personality to better match each cat with their perfect forever home!

Foster homes are often needed for cats residing at one of Fancy Cats PetSmart locations. This gives the cats a break from their time in a cage. Fosters are also needed for new intakes, male and female, young and old, sick and healthy. During kitten season (March through October), our need for foster homes skyrockets.

Short-term foster homes are for cats that need a break from one of our PETsMART locations, or need to be in a home environment, such as kittens or shy cats. A short term foster home also assists our organization with emergency intake cases as needed. Short-term fosters usually last from two to eight weeks, but can sometimes run longer.

Long-term foster homes are for cats staying for two or more months. These cats often like to be only cats, may react very negatively to being in a cage, are older aged or may have a special medical need. Long term foster homes are for cats that are often adopted from a website inquiry because they may be too stressed at busy adoption events or because of a medical issue.

It is important to approach long-term fostering as if the foster cat may be in your home from one to three or more years. Cats with medical needs may be in your home for even longer.

What skills or experience do you have that you would love to share with us? We really need help in many areas. Do you want an opportunity to have a profound impact on the group? Would you like to collaborate with a group of passionate animal advocates? Send us a proposal.  We are a small group with lots of opportunities for growth. We'd love to hear your ideas! We are especially in need of experienced individuals to assist with events planning, fundraising, grant proposal writing, and program management.

We always need volunteers, especially foster homes and adoption center care givers! If you are interested in working with us in any of the following roles, please complete the appropriate a volunteer application at https://fancycats.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34&Itemid=19

Facilitate Adoptions (Coordinator or Assistant to Coordinator)

Foster Cats

Adoption Center Cat Care

Transporting Cats        

Write Grant proposals

Help Raise Funds

Plan Events

We need your help!

Volunteer with your parent or guardian to get your service hours for school and help us care for our cats at the same time.  You will be feeding them, brushing and playing with them and cleaning their cages.  It's fun and you will love fulfilling your service hour commitment so much you will want to continue after reaching your goal.

Fancy Cats needs volunteers who want to work directly with our cats by cleaning out the cats' cages, feeding them, brushing them and playing with them at our Fair Lakes, Dulles, Chantilly and Reston Adoption Centers.  This is a great opportunity to  spend some quality time with the cats and give them some special personalized attention. They love it and so will you.  Those who want to have cats but can't for whatever reason...this is the job for you.  We welcome Youth Volunteers with a parent or guardian so this is a great way to get community service hours.

Fancy Cats Rescue Team has a quarantine facility at a private residence in Fairfax.  This quarantine houses over 30 cats who are there waiting for room at a foster home, an Adoption Center, sick, or very hard to adopt.  Many of these cats require special handling and are not very friendly to people.  We must have someone who is extremely well versed in cat care and knows how to handle difficult cats.  We will discuss the possibility of this being a paid position.  

Conveniently located on Route 50, our 234,000 square foot, 124 bed acute care medical and surgical hospital serves residents in Loudoun County. As a vital member of the HCA Healthcare System, StoneSprings shares the strength of more than 163 hospitals across the United States and England, including Reston Hospital Center.

In addition to increasing your access to high-quality healthcare, StoneSprings Hospital has improved the area's emergency preparedness capabilities, provided 500 new jobs, and generated $2.1 million in local tax revenues to fund community services.

We are seeking volunteers to help maintain our social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.).  This involves drafting posts to go up, increasing followers, creating/marketing events, basic marketing using Facebook ads.  Posts will focus on the veteran population, veteran & military communities & mental health issues.

This is a great opportunity for high school or university students (though all are welcome)!  Hours are flexible and this job can be done remotely.

Birthright is looking for office volunteers.  If you can speak Spanish or another foreign language, that is helpful.  Please go to our website www.birthrightofloudoun.com & click on the volunteer tab.  Thank you!

The Youth Advisory Council of Loudoun County is actively recruiting new members on a rolling basis for the 2016-2017 academic year. 

The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) consists of student representatives from Loudoun County High Schools. Students are accepted into the program each summer and meet throughout the academic year to plan youth events for their peers, develop leadership skills and get involved with community service events throughout the county. 

Requirements must be a high school aged student who resides in Loudoun County. Public, Private, and Home school students are welcome to join. 

For more information visit www.loudoun.gov/teens

VSA of Loudoun is run by a volunteer board of directors.  Board members provide direction to the organization and determine programming. Board members take on responsibilities within the organization that fit their skill set, talents and time constraints. Board members may contribute to either/both the performing arts program or the visual arts program.  They may assist with marketing, fundraising, grant-writing, social media presence, our newsletter, teaching art classes, and/or working on our stage productions. An interest in the arts and/or helping individuals with special needs in all the skills required.

Do you want to make a greater impact on the world? Do love learning about other cultures and interacting with people? Then you should volunteer with YFU!

Youth for Understanding (YFU) is one of the world's largest and most respected international exchange programs. YFU exchanges American and international students in over 70 countries worldwide! Whatever you are good at or interested in, you will find a volunteer position at YFU that is ideal for you!

Volunteers perform a wide range of tasks, including:

Join our strong and vibrant volunteer base and help change the world! Take the first step in becoming a YFU volunteer: apply online at http://www.yfuusa.org/volunteer/. This opportunity is ongoing and flexible. You can volunteer in your free time, and work within your own school or work schedule!

For more information about volunteering, please call Maggie Blom at 202-774-5228.

Become a part of an active volunteer community that spans the entire US as well as over 70 countries around the world with Youth For Understanding. Volunteers work with international teenagers and their host families, ensuring a safe and educational exchange experience for all. As a YFU Volunteer, you’ll impact the lives of students, their host families and increase cultural diversity in your own community. Some opportunities include:

Join like-minded volunteers in your community and become a part of one of the oldest and most respected programs in international student exchange. YFU volunteers change the lives of students and help to impact the world.

To learn, please call your regional Volunteer Coordinator, Maggie Blom at 202-774-5228 or email her at mblom@yfu.org. You can also visit YFU USA’s website at www.yfuusa.org.

Become a part of an active volunteer community that spans the entire US as well as over 70 countries around the world with Youth For Understanding. Volunteers work with international teenagers and their host families, ensuring a safe and educational exchange experience for all. As a YFU Volunteer, you’ll impact the lives of students, their host families and increase cultural diversity in your own community. Some opportunities include:

Join like-minded volunteers in your community and become a part of one of the oldest and most respected programs in international student exchange. YFU volunteers change the lives of students and help to impact the world.

To learn, please call your regional Volunteer Coordinator, Maggie Blom at 202-774-5228 or email her at mblom@yfu.org. You can also visit YFU USA’s website at www.yfuusa.org.

Hours/duties are flexible according to interests and availability. Background check required for leading children's programs.

We seek volunteers to serve as

1) "on-call" educators for when we hold family events or when kids groups (school trips, scouts) come to Fox Haven

2) natural interpreters leading nature walks on Fox Haven land--guiding educational hikes, 1 hour long, geared toward an area of interest/expertise (e.g. birdwatching, plant identification, forays, stargazing)--may also instruct longer evening/weekend programs