Pride Collingwood is BACK! July 11th & 12th  

Celebrate community, connection, and love at Pride Collingwood 2025. Together, we’re building a more inclusive South Georgian Bay.

This year, we are looking for over 60 volunteers to help us set-up and support the event. We are recruiting for roles ranging for each interest, skill, and ability.

You can read more about all the roles we have available here.

Overview & Impact: The GTHS Animal Hospital contains an Operating Room, Treatment Room, Examination Room, Pharmacy, X-Ray Room and a Hospital Intake / Recovery Area.

Having an onsite hospital ensures animals receive timely, thorough and comprehensive care, saves dozens of daily phone calls, reduces trips back and forth to veterinary clinics, dramatically decreases the stress on the GTHS animals, and leads to the additional benefit of earlier adoption availability; so these animals find their forever home quickly.

The GTHS Animal Hospital is one of the only accessible spay/neuter hospitals serving Bruce, Grey and part of Simcoe County that performs 3,000 surgeries annually (an average of 50 surgeries per week), and subsidizing ~$770K in veterinary costs each year.

To promote pet wellness and safety, 1,858 rabies vaccinations and 1,767 microchips are administered to GTHS Animal residents and community clients on an annual basis.

Position Summary: Reporting to the Community Programs Coordinator (and the Director of Medicine), the Hospital Discharge Volunteer will be responsible for discharging animals to the public after their Hospital appointment / surgery, as well as overseeing the cleanliness of the Hospital Intake Room.

• Public hospital discharges
• Speak to pet owners to relay how the surgery went and if there were any concerns
• Ensure pet owners understand post-op and medication instructions
• Review microchip information, as appropriate
• Ensure onesie or cone is supplied, if appropriate
• Return cats to their owners and coordinate with the Hospital RVT to bring dogs out to their owners
• Accept payment for add-on services, as appropriate
• Set up the Hospital Intake Room for the following morning’s intakes; including making kennel cards and labels for the next day’s animals
• Set up dog kennels in the garage/storage area, if additional kennels are required
• Clean and tidy the Hospital Intake Room once animals have departed; including wiping down kennels, tidying up, sweeping and mopping the floor
• Assist the Community Programs Coordinator or Hospital staff as required
• Follow appropriate protocol, legislation and regulations

The Georgian Triangle Humane Society is a not-for-profit charity that provides abandoned, neglected and abused domestic animals a second chance in life at a forever home. The Adoptions Team facilitates the adoption and subsequent retention of approximately 1300 homeless animals annually, and the Cat Adoption Counselor contributes towards this success by answering questions about cat ownership, the adoption process and the cats and kittens available for adoption. This role is integral to matching the right cat (personality type, energy level, special home requirements, etc.) with the right adopter.

Description

Reporting to the Adoptions Coordinator, the Cat Adoption Counselor prepares adoption kits, answers questions about the cats and kittens we have available for adoption. The Cat Adoption Counselor also assists the public with the identification of cats and kittens in the adoption rooms, provides assistance with the completion of adoption applications and facilitates the adoption. There is also the opportunity to attend off-site adoption events in the community.  
Roles and Responsibilities

• Consistent and open communication with Adoptions Coordinator
• Review information on cats available for adoption (name, age, background, medical / special needs, etc.)
• Spend time with cats to assist with the perfect match
• Answer visitors’ and potential adopters’ questions about cats available for adoption
• Use microchip scanner to identify cats
• Answer basic questions about the organization
• Seize opportunities during conversation to transition potential adopters into volunteers or donors
• Outline ‘Adopters Welcome’ process to potential adopters
• Assist adopters with completion of adoption applications
• Ensure any behavioural or health related questions specific to the animal are communicated
• Diligently and thoroughly address concerns raised by adopters to prevent adoption returns
• Decide on suitability of potential adopter for cat selected
• Assist Customer Service Coordinators with adoption processing
• Assist Dog Adoption Counselor during shift, as needed
• Prepare adoption kits on an as needed basis
• Attend ad hoc local off-site adoption events, if desired

Overview & Impact: The Georgian Triangle Humane society is a not-for-profit charity that works to provide innovative programs and compassionate services to pets and people in the south Georgian Bay region and beyond. Because the GTHS receives no government funding, we rely on the generosity of our donors and supporters to fulfil our mission of delivering innovative programs and compassionate services that enhance the lives of pets in need and the people that care for them. We are immensely grateful to the 2784 donors who supported our organization in 2023.

Position Summary: Donor Engagement Volunteers report to the Senior Manager of Philanthropy (or delegate) to gain guidance in fostering positive relationships with donors. by contacting them upon becoming a regular donor or after donating to a ‘signature’ event or campaign. These volunteers will contact identified regular donors or signature event donors and may participate in regular Donor Relations Team meetings to collaborate on ideas that will enhance the relationships that leadership and legacy donors have with the GTHS, to inspire higher levels of giving.

This is a remote volunteer position (with occasional onsite activities) and volunteers will utilize their own computer or tablet, telephone and internet.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participation in monthly Donor Relations Team meeting – virtual or in-person
• Independent conversations with donor contacts via email, in person, and / or telephone
• Performs independent research on subject matter when required
• May be asked to participate in donor engagement activities such as donor tours of the Animal Centre
• Networking and relationship building
• Acquiring a solid knowledge of the GTHS and fundraising best practices