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Volunteer of the Month - Tara Morin

Tara has been a volunteer at Pawsitive Match for nearly a year now. She started out as a foster, then became involved on the transport committee handling the Edmonton/Calgary transports. She has recently taken on the role of Transport Coordinator, so she now coordinates the international transports as well (dogs coming in from Cabo, Cancun, LA, Montana). She also assists the foster team in recruiting dogs for the weekend adoption features.

Tara moved to Calgary from Saskatchewan 5 years ago and currently works as a process engineer for Propak in Airdrie. She also teaches piano a couple of evenings a week. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her boyfriend Ian, her chi-weiner Tilly, and her current foster pup Camila, the great escape artist.

Tara was nominated due to her incredibly calm nature in times of transport crisis (smiley face) and due to her willingness to help out wherever and whenever help is needed! She has jumped into her various roles and has been a wonderful foster and a huge asset to Pawsitive Match!

Pawsitive Match is 100% volunteer based and therefore we rely on our volunteers to operate. We greatly appreciate any and all of the help we receive.

You can help by volunteering your time and energy with us by fostering a dog, fundraising, advertising, training, grooming, transport, helping out the adoption and foster committees, or whatever else your talent may be. We always need the help of people who can help bake, sew and build. Click here to download an application and email it to volunteer@pawsitivematch.org.

Below are the listings of the main volunteer positions we have available. You do not necessarily need to commit to fulfill a full position and all of the duties required, and there may be more than one person assigned to each position.

Adoption Committee

• review of adoption applications
• communication with potential applicants
• coordinating meet & greets
• reference checks
• home visits

Foster Committee

• review of foster applications
• communication with potential foster homes
• home visits
• follow ups

Medical Committee

• medical requisitions for vet visits
• pet insurance administration
• keeping track of incoming medical records
• ensure dogs receive required medical attention

Cambrian Committee

• help care for dogs currently being housed at our vets office in the central NW
• walk dogs, feed & water them, play with them
• daily shifts available are: 8-9am, 12-1pm, 6-7pm

Volunteer Committee

• communicate with all new volunteer applications
• maintain volunteer spreadsheet (input volunteer info etc..)
• communicate with volunteers when various committees request a certain need

Supplies/Donations Committee

• work with Supplies & Donations Coordinator to keep track of supplies in foster homes
• possibly store some supplies
• help with pick up or drop off of supplies
• request donations when needed

Transport Committee

• vet trips if foster cannot take a dog
• donation pick ups
• transport dogs to events
• airport runs
• transport dogs & supplies to/from Edmonton

Marketing Committee

• online advertising of events, dogs available for adoption
• creating and distributing posters
• event help (set up, organize, marketing)

Overnight and Emergency Fosters (short term only)

• provide temporary care of dogs/puppies upon arrival into our rescue