We are asking that if you volunteer with NWRI, that you consider a two year commitment, with a minimum commitment of one year. If you have any special skills that can be put to work helping Nebraska's native wildlife, or if you know anyone who does, please let us know.

If you'd like to download the volunteer application, you will find it here. Please complete all four pages of the application and a membership form, and submit it by mail with your annual membership dues, and a team leader will contact you to get started. If you have any questions, or if you'd like a volunteer packet mailed to you, visit our contact us page to send an e-mail.

Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Inc. currently needs volunteers to help in the following areas:

Animal Caregivers	As always, we need people willing to learn how to care for wildlife. We also need current animal caregivers to step-up to the plate and take on some co-team leader or team leader duties.
Animal Transportation	If you can't have animals in your home, but would still love to interact with them, we need volunteers to pick-up animals at the Nebraska Humane Society and deliver them to caregivers. This job is crucial as it allows caregivers to spend more time directly caring for their animals. This job can be as infrequent as one afternoon per week.
Donation Pick-Up	This position currently involves picking up donations at two sites one morning per month, and delivering them to a site where they are needed. This generally takes about one to two hours. If we receive several volunteers, we could either make this job less frequent (i.e. once every six to eight weeks), or begin picking up donations from additional sites.
Fundraising	You bring your ideas, have fun, and raise money for the animals! Some ideas for fundraising in the past have been to coordinate a poker run, fundraising through Panera bread, or hosting a chili or spaghetti dinner. Several people are needed to make fundraising a success, and we welcome as many people as possible that can help us with this endeavor.
Grant Writing	Not only does NWRI need general operating funds, but we would also like to expand our education programs, and receive grants to purchase radio-tracking equipment to track our large carnivores after release, and a Web cam for our resident bobcat. We also still plan on building a wildlife rehabilitation and education center in the future. Grant writers and fundraisers are welcome additions to our team as we work towards this goal!
Hotline	Answering calls on our hotline frequently takes more time than our team leaders have in the summer when caring for baby animals. If you can't take animals, but would like to help coordinate their pick-up and care and educate the public, maybe the hotline is for you!
Volunteer Coordinator	NWRI frequently receives calls from people interested in helping our organization; however, in the summer, our team leaders are frequently too busy to visit at length with people regarding their interests. A volunteer coordinator would help us quickly address the interests of the people who contact us, and put them to work helping NWRI.