A New Life Charitable Foundation is a 100% volunteer-based organization. From our leadership to our youth volunteers, we completely rely on the efforts of volunteers to rescue dogs. Below are a number of ways our volunteers help to save helpless dogs in need!
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Available Positions
Dog Screener
Helps ensure every dog finds the right home by reviewing foster and adoption applications with care and empathy. Connects with applicants to learn more about their lifestyle, experience, and environment, helping match dogs to forever families where they’ll truly thrive. Ideal for someone who loves both people and animals, and enjoys making a real difference—one conversation at a time.
Foster Outreach Volunteer
Actively recruits new fosters, answers questions, and provides support to fosters throughout the fostering process. Helps ensure each dog is placed in a suitable home and receives the care they need.
Event Volunteer
Assists with setting up, managing, and breaking down events, such as adoption days and fundraisers. Engages with attendees, shares information about adoptable dogs, and promotes the organization’s mission.
Dog Transport Volunteer
Provides transportation for dogs to vet appointments, fosters, and events. Requires a reliable vehicle and a gentle approach to handling animals, ensuring safe and comfortable travel.
Veterinary Assistant
Supports with vet visits, organizes medication schedules, and helps provide post-operative care for recovering dogs. Works closely with vets and keeps records of each dog’s health.
Adoption Volunteer
Works with potential adopters to review applications, conduct interviews, and arrange meet-and-greets. Helps match dogs to compatible homes and offers guidance to new adopters.
Social Media and Marketing Volunteer
Manages social media accounts, creating engaging posts about adoptable dogs, events, and updates. Interacts with followers to build a supportive community around the rescue.
Fundraising Volunteer
Assists with planning and executing fundraising efforts, such as online campaigns, donation drives, and events. Engages with the community to generate financial support for the organization.
Dog Training and Enrichment Volunteer
Spends time with dogs working on basic obedience, socialization, and enrichment activities. Prepares dogs for adoption by improving behavior and confidence.
Data Entry and Administrative Volunteer
Manages records, updates animal profiles, and organizes applications and medical histories. Supports the team by ensuring smooth access to critical information.
Help Us Find More Foster Homes in Southern California
A New Life Rescue is completely foster-based, which means foster homes directly save lives. By posting our foster flyers throughout Southern California — at coffee shops, gyms, offices, schools, and local businesses — you can help us connect with compassionate people willing to foster dogs in need.
Download and print the flyers below to help spread the word. Every flyer shared helps us reach more potential fosters and give more dogs a second chance. Thank you for supporting rescue and animal welfare.
Transportation
Providing transportation for dogs between fosters, events, shelters, veterinary visits, and various other reasons.
Foster support
Preparing care packages for fosters, including food, medication, collars/leashes, cleaning supplies, etc.
Social Media
Help with promoting the organization and available dogs on various social media platforms
Fundraising
Assist with fundraising efforts through a broad range of efforts for encouraging donations
Marketing & Advertising
Help with advertising adoption events and promoting available dogs with flyer distribution, email campaigns, etc.
Adoption Events
Attending adoption events – assistance at the events includes helping with initial setup/breakdown, walking dogs, helping prospective adopters with adoption forms, general handling of dogs (inside playpen, adopter introductions, etc.), helping with checking in adopters, & overall assistance at the event