Volunteer with Rescue ATX Dogs

Join our mission to save dogs in the Austin Area!

We are a volunteer run organization and appreciate any time and energy our volunteers can spend towards our goal of saving dogs and finding them good homes! Fill out the volunteer application below to get in touch.

Volunteer application

We’re looking for committed volunteers and leaders to fill roles that truly change lives. Take a look at our most urgent needs and see how your skills can help more dogs find safety, healing, and forever homes.

How to Help

  • Fostering is the backbone of our foster-based rescue. It means opening your home temporarily to a dog in need, giving them a safe place to decompress, grow confident, and prepare for a forever family. You provide the love and we will support you!

    Ready to foster? Fill out our interest form and we’ll start the conversation and match you with dogs that fit your lifestyle.

  • Become a best friend to one of our rescue dogs! RAD BFFs are creative, committed volunteers who help a dog shine while they wait for a home.

    You might take them on field trips, help promote them with creative posts or photos, check in with their foster, or come up with your own fun ideas to help them get adopted.

    Be a BFF— change a dog’s life.

  • We always need boots on the ground to make our mission possible. From transporting dogs, helping during street rescues and trap setups, to supporting adoption events— there’s always something you can do to help.

    Have a car and a few hours to spare? Let’s put you to work where it matters most.

  • Are you a Canva wizard? A creative caption drafter? A storytelling pro?

    Join our social media crew to help us get more eyes on our dogs and grow our community. Whether it’s graphics or reels. we need your creativity to help dogs find homes.

    Tell their stories. Help them get seen.

  • We love teaming up with local businesses to raise awareness and support for our dogs. If you’ve got connections— breweries, gyms, pet stores, coffee shops— we’d love your help building relationships and creating impact.

    Know a business that would love to support RAD? Let’s connect.

  • Email us to join our slack where we communicate about all of our volunteering opportunities or to share how you’re interested in getting involved. There are always ways to help out!

Event Plannning

We host fun, impactful events throughout the year to raise lifesaving funds and spotlight our amazing adoptable dogs, and connect with one another. From pop-ups, fundraisers, and internal hangouts- our event planners help bring it all to life.

Here’s how you can help:

  • Take the lead at events and help our dogs shine

  • Reach out to local businesses for event support and partnerships

  • Track and manage merch inventory before, during, and after events

If you love organizing, creating, or connecting with the community, this is your crew!

Marketing Help

Join a creative, dog-loving crew that helps tell the stories that matter. From informative graphics to heartfelt promotion posts, our marketing volunteers help amplify our mission and get more eyes on our pups.

Ways to get involved:

  • Manage our email newsletter

  • Design graphics and promo materials

  • Create informational blogs and graphics

  • Support social media content and strategy

If you’ve got a creative spark and a heart for rescue, we’d love to have you on the team!

Hands-on Help

Join our boots-on-the-ground team that helps with the real-life, everyday efforts that keep our rescue running. Whether it's getting dogs where they need to go or jumping in during urgent rescue missions, our hands-on volunteers are essential to saving lives.

Including:

  • Drive dogs to foster homes or vet appointments

  • Deliver food, crates, and other supplies to fosters

  • Assist during street or lost dog rescues through helping manage the equipment, learning how to safely capture dogs, and more