Volunteer

Create positive change for pets & people

You don’t need to arrive with expertise. 
You don’t need to know your role before you start. 
You simply need the curiosity to learn and the heart to help. 

Volunteering with Wichita Animal Action League means joining a team focused on supporting pets and families before challenges turn into crises. Our volunteers build connections, provide resources, and help strengthen the systems that keep pets with their people and out of shelters. 

Our work happens in real, often sensitive situations — including medical care, community outreach, and crisis prevention. The way we show up matters, because it directly affects lives. 

Volunteer Application

Volunteers are expected to:

  • Communicate clearly and honor commitments 
  • Follow safety and animal-handling guidelines 
  • Represent WAAL professionally and respectfully 
  • Treat people and pets with compassion and dignity 

What You Can Expect From WAAL

  • Clear onboarding and role-specific training 
  • Open communication and guidance from staff 
  • A team that welcomes questions and learning 
  • Respect for your time, boundaries, and growth 

Volunteer Opportunities

We have many volunteer opportunities such as: 

  • Animal transport to vet appointments 
  • Working adoption and pet food handout events 
  • Help run social media 
  • Review adoption and foster applications 
  • Work spay/neuter, vaccination and microchip clinics 
  • Graphic design of marketing materials 

testimonials from Waal volunteers

"As a volunteer with WAAL, I'm able to help animals in need while working alongside some of the most dedicated, compassionate people in our community. I'm so thankful to be part of this amazing organization!” 

"I’ve volunteered for various organizations since high school. The Wichita Animal Action League has some of the most caring and compassionate individuals I’ve ever worked with. They build relationships with not only animals, but people too. They make me a better person, a better pet parent." 

"I love helping animals find their forever homes while guiding families to make the perfect connection, and I feel so happy when I listen to a family's needs and find the right dog for them!"

"Why I started volunteering: I am very passionate about animal welfare and I realized that I wanted to do more. I started researching all the local rescues in my area and found that WAAL aligned with my core values. WAAL truly lives up to their name by doing acts of service to uplift the pets in our community and their families."  

"I volunteer for WAAL because of a life-long, deeply embedded, passion for animals. WAAL provides many opportunities to choose from whether you want to give an hour of time or 40 hours of time, you want to have hands-on animal time (fostering, spay/neuter trailers, adoption events) or non-contact animal time (laundry, social media, providing food for volunteers). I get lots of options to choose from. WAAL is an organization helping our community, animals and humans alike; I feel as if I am truly making a difference in a life within my community."