Volunteer Opportunities
Texas Metro Wildlife Rehabilitators is a 100% volunteer, non-profit organization. There are many volunteer opportunities within TMWR.
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​Wildlife rehabilitation is a learned skill. To work directly with wildlife, the laws of the State of Texas require that you must learn under the supervision of a permitted rehabilitator.
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Available volunteer work that involves interaction with animals:
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Foster Parent(s) - Feed, care, and monitor growth of our babies; all under the supervision and training of a permitted rehabilitator.
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Transport - Pick up and deliver supplies or transport wildlife.​
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How Do I Volunteer?
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To be a volunteer, you must:
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Be 18 years of age or older.
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Attend a volunteer orientation class.
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Attend an animal species class.
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To start the volunteer process, please register for one of our scheduled orientation classes.
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​​​Available volunteer work that has minimal to no interaction with animals:
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Special Projects - Many projects are suitable for groups such as scouts and classrooms. They provide great learning opportunity and are helpful to the wildlife.
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Making cages
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Nesting boxes (scroll below of details)
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Snuggle beds
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Clerical - Keep track of paper work, maintain data base up-to-date, create forms, make phone calls, etc.
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Outreach program - Contact public or private organizations who might be interested in learning more about what we do. Become a presenter.
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Fundraising - We welcome new ideas. If this is what you like to do, we need you!
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Media - Take pictures and videos of our wildlife and update website photo albums. If you are a social media influencer wanting to make a meaningful impact, contact us!
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There are many more opportunities where we need your help. Remember, that no help is too small!
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What is a Nesting Box and Why Do We Need Them?
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Just like nests and dens built by the mothers in the wild, nesting boxes play a critical role in the wildlife rehabilitation life cycle process. There are nesting boxes for bats, birds, squirrels, and other species. Each animal species have different nesting box requirements.
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Contact us if you are interested in building and donating these to our volunteers, we use these to release squirrels back into the wild. Consider this as a group activity for classroom or scouts!