Pet Foster Care & Pet Transportation Volunteers Needed
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We are looking for volunteers to help our PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support) program (Must be age 18+). PAWS provides pet care services to clients who are physically unable to perform pet care tasks without assistance. These services are available based on client need and volunteer availability.Pet Foster Care services are for emergency situations, such as when a client has a crisis related to health, family, housing, etc. PAWS will provide pet foster volunteers with food and supplies, and will assist with any veterinary care that should arise.Pet Transportation services are for clients who are physically unable to transport their pet to and from the vet. Volunteers pick up and drop off the client’s pet for veterinary appointments.We do not expect our volunteers to be available for this all the time; if you are able and interested in helping with this, please apply here: https://www.tfaforms.com/4755427
About Shanti Project of San Francisco
OUR HISTORY AND PROGRAMS: Dr. Charles Garfield founded the Shanti Project (Shanti) in 1974 as a young psychologist working on UCSF’s oncology unit. It was there that he became aware of the profound isolation and loneliness experienced by so many of his patients as they faced a short life span. He resolved that no one should have to experience a life-threatening illness alone. And so, he began to train volunteers to provide sophisticated emotional and practical support while listening deeply, with compassion, to the stories and needs of people facing serious illness and death. This was the beginning of San Francisco Bay Area’s Shanti Project, one of the first organizations in the world to train lay volunteers to treat what mainstream medicine does not and cannot treat - isolation and loneliness.In the early 1980’s as cancer wards were spread thin with patients dying from AIDS-related opportunistic infections, Shanti expanded to embrace this population and quickly became a central leader and crucial partner in San Francisco's community-based response to the epidemic. Throughout our history, we have evolved to respond to changing community needs; today, under the leadership of our talented Executive Director, Kaushik Roy, Shanti is home to a host of inspiring programs that ease the burdens and improve the well-being of people navigating life threatening and chronic illnesses, isolation and other difficult life situations.Shanti’s programs now include: HIV Services, LGBT Seniors Aging & Abilities Support Network (LASSN), Margot Murphy Women’s Cancer Program (MMWCP), Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS), Peer Advocate Care Team (PACT), Volunteer Services Program, and projects that fall under the wing of our core programs (the Shanti Life Program, Hep C Services & Jeffery’s Place.) Additionally, Shanti is home to the San Francisco HIV Services Council. All programs continue to be grounded in The Shanti Model of Care that has guided us from the beginning - listening, speaking
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