Are you interested in volunteering at Windmill Animal Rescue in Elko New Market, Minnesota? We’d be thrilled to have you join our team!

We ask that shelter volunteers commit to a minimum of 2 hours a week. We’ll see you soon!

Contact us for a paper application.

Volunteer Opportunities

Health and Welfare Attendant

A Health and Welfare Attendant is a fancy term for someone who feeds the animals and cleans cages, litter, and floors. As you can imagine, the routine tasks around Windmill are quite a handful. The only ones who appreciate your services more than the staff and customers are the furry friends you are helping. (Though it is unlikely they will express it in so many words!) Once these tasks become routine, other responsibilities such as medicating animals may be added.

Handyman/Handywoman (Anyone who is handy!)

As you might expect, there are a lot of odds and ends that need fixing here at Windmill. Cats like to jump up on things (who knew?), so shelves and other platforms tend to come loose. If you are handy with tools and could lend your expertise, we’ll put you to good use!

Secretarial & Clerical

Even a facility as hopping as Windmill has to do paperwork and maintain files! Combine that with our regular phone traffic and we have a recipe for another volunteer need.

Special Events

Windmill likes to enrich our community and raise funds for the shelter by hosting special events. Whether we host a wine tasting, petting zoo, a grill-out, a bowling night, or a spaghetti dinner, we like to have fun. If you are an event planner or would like to volunteer to help at an event, we would love to hear from you.