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We ♡ Our Volunteers

We are 100% run by volunteers. We simply could not do this work without our family of volunteers who are dedicated to our mission. On our team, we have volunteer accountants, architects, civil engineers, environmentalists, graphic designers, videographers, etc. and of course: animal lovers! If you have a special skill, or just love animals, we want you on our team.

Click here to review available opportunities + complete your volunteer application
Some volunteer opportunities include working directly with the animals with set or flexible hours. We also have various opportunities that are 100% remote.

Monthly Volunteer Events

If you are only interested in participating in monthly volunteer events, please check our EVENTS page to sign up.

Become a General Volunteer

If you can’t commit to a weekly volunteer position but would like to be on call to help cover shifts or help with special projects please consider becoming a General Volunteer! General Volunteers work on-site with the animals, their habitats, and, if you are interested, in the construction of their homes. Please fill out the form linked below to be added to our list.

General Volunteer Interest Form

If the link doesn’t work, email volunteer@alohasanctuary.org.

Work-Trade Program

Email Miranda at miranda@alohasanctuary.org to learn more and apply!

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This position supports the day-to-day operations of running a farm animal sanctuary. We ask for a 3-month commitment as this experience requires training. Due to the nature of our rescue work, animal-derived ingredients are not permitted on site.

Weekly tasks include assisting in animal caregiving shifts, helping special-needs animals, administering medications, gardening, landscaping, weed-whacking, hosting community workdays, online help, special projects, construction help, maintaining a clean facility, and more. See below for additional information about the various tasks!

Time Commitment:
- 25 hours per week of work
- Must be available 8 am-2 pm Mon-Fri (with an hour lunch break) to assist in on-call animal caregiving shifts. Off Saturday and Sunday
- 3-month minimum stay

Work Description:
- Animal Care: feedings, medical care, assisting in transport, assisting in emergencies
- Landscaping: weed-whacking, harvesting bananas, maintaining the compost pile, watering plants
- Building Projects: assisting in construction projects
- Online Help: responding to emails, research, and more.

Work-Trade Program

Our Volunteers

Weekly Caregiver Team

Our weekly caregivers commit to a shift once a week, either in the morning or evening, and come to the sanctuary to feed the animals, clean their enclosures, muck out their hay, and perform other tasks that keep the sanctuary afloat! We have over 80 weekly caregiver volunteers. Below are a handful of these generous individuals.

Dr. John Haddock

Big mahalos to Dr. Haddock, one of our AMAZING volunteer veterinarians! Dr. Haddock is a retired veterinarian who shares his wisdom and talents with our sanctuary residents. Sometimes he does virtual calls and sometimes he does on-site visits.

Sherise & Victoria

"We are new volunteers since summer 2020, and were looking to volunteer here for a long time after we heard so many wonderful experiences our good friends have volunteering every Sunday. We both work in public service and always look for opportunities to share love and hope to rescued animals like at the Aloha Animal Sanctuary. We have three dogs, are always dog sitting, and open to fostering as much as we can. We get so excited when Saturday mornings come!! Walks and talks with the ducks, belly rubs with the goats, holding the chickens, and feeding yummy donated produce to the pigs make our week complete!!"

Not pictured: "I am a teen from one of Hale Kipas shelter that Victoria manages. I get to volunteer with Victoria and Sherise every Saturday morning. I really enjoy spending time with the animals here at the sanctuary and want to become a Veterinarian. I am so excited to learn more about animals as I start my journey to study them!"

Michelle Anderson

A community focused, Bay Area native with an aloha spirit. 🤍 My Class of 2020 high school graduate and I have been fortunate to call O’ahu home for 3.5 years. The sanctuary is a piece of heaven on earth and I feel blessed to invest my heart and soul into the time spent caregiving. Each animal here is so precious and I am so thankful they have a safe space to call home. The more time spent you can’t help but grow in compassion. Outside of my time with them I indulge in my role as Curator for Sofar Sounds Honolulu, where I dedicate my time connecting musicians with local businesses and new audiences. Building connection, giving back and supporting local is extremely important to me. My interests and activities are wide spread but each have these core values in common. This is how I like to invest love, through giving my time, good energy and with a open heart.

Fun fact: when I was in third grade, I drew an illustration with a description of what I wanted to be when I grew up and it was to be a farmer who had many animals that I would also paint portraits of! So in a way, this is the closest to having that dream come true. I guess one of these days I will have to bring my canvas and paints to make it even more true!

Fatima Abed

Fatima is a professional copywriter of eight years, a children’s advocate of six years and a cat lounge hostess at Popoki + Tea! However, she is best known for her ability to connect with animals using her abilities as a psychic medium. Growing up in urban New Jersey, didn’t give her a lot of chances to connect with animals, save her 3 cats she rescued. In moving to Hawaii, she was able to extend her love of animals with the community and she’s never felt happier! Fatima currently offers Catstrology (Cat Astrology) readings for cat owners and is studying animal reiki and parapsychology.

Shane Short

Shane is a dedicated volunteer at the sanctuary, and volunteers not only once, but twice per week! He has gone above and beyond to assist with the fencing project, construction of the barn, animal care, and so on! Outside of the sanctuary, Shane is a dedicated animal rights activist and runs the organization O'ahu Animal Save. His other interests include roasting coffee and making espressos, fine scotch, skating, and working on cars.

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– Mahatma Gandhi

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We ♡ Our Volunteers

Work-Trade Program

Email Miranda at miranda@alohasanctuary.org to learn more and apply!

Weekly Caregiver Team

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."

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