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/ ''~~G~ C G Descriptions of Volunteer Programs in Select North Carolina County Animal Shelters Durham County Animal Shelter (Operated by the Durham County Animal Protection Society) The shelter is an open door facility contracted with the county to accept all animals including those brought by Durham County Animal Control. The volunteer coordinator spends 75 to 80% of her time on this task area. There are 140 "active" volunteers. An "active volunteer" is described as one who has given an hour in the past 2 months, In 2003, volunteers donated 6900 plus hours of service, In January 2004, volunteers recorded 671 hours in the shelter and an estimated 250 hours planning a dog walk event. Volunteers clean cat cages, feed, water and walk dogs, answer phones, greet visitors, move dogs around, file, collate, address envelopes and provide limited assistance to potential adopters, The shelters website was developed and is maintained by volunteers. Volunteer training begins with an orientation session (there are two per month). Volunteers schedule their training as well as their service hours, Wake County Animal Shelter (Wake County Animal Control) The shelter serves all of unincorporated Wake County as well as about six of the smaller municipalities in the county, and is an "open door" shelter that receives all animals impounded by county animal control. Volunteers logged about 700 hours of in-shelter service during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, Weekday volunteers include one or two community service workers on any given day and about as many regular volunteers, Weekend volunteer numbers range from five to twenty, Loretta Kelly, Animal Control's Administrative Assistant, nuns the program with about 3 to 5% of her time, She does this with the help of a twenty hour per week volunteer coordinator who is herself a volunteer and'who, in turn, coordinates