Equal Opportunity Policy for Volunteers
It is the policy of Hugs for Homeless Animals (H4HA) to provide opportunities for volunteer service to all qualified persons regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, disability, religion, citizenship, marital status, or any other characteristics protected by law. Accuracy and completeness of this form are important factors in determining acceptability for a volunteer position with H4HA. If you desire any individual assistance, please feel free to contact us. You may be requested to take pre-placement tests, submit additional references, participate in additional interviews and supply needed information, all of which are considered part of the qualification process. All pre-placement inquiries are made for the purpose of establishing your qualifications for placement with H4HA. Your volunteer application will receive full evaluation and you will be considered in competition with other applicants for any vacant volunteer position for which you may qualify. Completion of this application does not assure placement.

Volunteer Tier 1 Application Form

Please complete the following:
Personal Information
Name:
Email:
Real email address such as you@yourISP.com
NOT a free email account such as hotmail.com or yahoo.com
Telephone:
Best time to call:
Street:
City, State Zip:
Which job are you applying for?
How did you hear about H4HA?
Do you have any pets at home at the present time?
Have you had any pets in the past?
Please explain:
Availability for Volunteering
Monday: what hours?
Tuesday: what hours?
Wednesday: what hours?
Thursday: what hours?
Friday: what hours?
Saturday: what hours?
Sunday: what hours?
Are there any reasons (medically, physically, or emotionally) that would prevent you from doing the job that you are applying for? If so, how can we accommodate such conditions?
Areas of Interest and Experience
If you have your own Web site (even a personal one), what is the URL?

Is the computer you will be using primarily at your residence, work, a shared computer station, a library, or another place? (please specify)

Do you have an anti-virus program on your computer? Yes No
What anti-virus program are you using?

Who else has access to your computer and can you make files on your computer password protected? (in case we want to give you an assignment that requires a degree of confidentiality).

The following questions are to assess your computer skills and related-experiences that can help in matching you to assignments. You do NOT have to possess all of these skills, or even most of them, to be able to volunteer with us:

Do you know how to use Web search engines and, if so, which ones do you use regularly? Yes No
Please explain:

Do you know how to create HTML pages? Yes No
Please explain:

If yes, website URL as a sample of your html work:

Do you know how to create CGI/perl files? Yes No
Please explain:

Can you use FTP to send a file? Yes No
Please explain:

Do you know how to e-mail a document as an attachment? Yes No
Please explain:

Do you know how to work with spreadsheets or databases? If yes, which ones have you worked with? Yes No
Please explain:

Are you a native speaker or fluent in a language other than English? If yes, what languages? Yes No
Please explain:

Do you have any other skills or experience that you hope to use or expand through a virtual assignment: Yes No
Please explain:
Statistical Purposes Only
We ask these questions to make sure we are reaching a diverse pool of potential volunteers -- people of a variety of ages, cultures, experiences, etc. They are, in no way, used to screen people who want to volunteer for us.

What is your profession? (student, office manager, marketing director, teacher, homemaker, etc.)

What is your ethnicity?

What is your age?

How long have you been using the World Wide Web / Internet?

In a brief paragraph, please describe your reasons for wanting to volunteer for Hugs for Homeless Animals.

In a brief paragraph, please describe your qualifications and experience with the position that you are applying for.

Please add any additional comments or questions.

If accepted into the volunteer program, do you agree to abide by the Volunteer Terms of Service? Yes, I agree.