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All our Friends...
Go Big AND Go Home
Volunteer Contact Update form

Welcome to the volunteer section of our website, the purpose of this page is to provide you with most up to date policies, procedures, forms and best practices. Please let us know if something is missing or needs editing.

MANDATORY Volunteer Development Course

We need ALL VOLUNTEERS to take this short volunteer development course, it’s self-paced and can be completed in multiple sessions or just one. Please complete by Aug. 1, 2026 for our Insurance company.

Learner instructions:

  1.  Register for Maddie’s Pet Forum/Maddie’s University: https://forum.maddiesfund.org/register if you haven’t already done so.
  2. Go to https://university.maddiesfund.org/p/JustGiantsVolunteers
  3. At the top right of the screen, sign in to Maddie’s University. (It is important to sign in before going on to the next step.) If you see your name there, you are already signed in.
  4. Click the green ENROLL (FREE!) button under the title of the portal.

You can find more information on the Maddie’s University FAQs page. If you experience any issues, email maddiesuniversity@maddiesfund.org and they will get right back to you.

PRO TIP: When you are finished with a course and wish to return to the training portal, you can click the Back to Training Site button. Or, you can always find the link to the portal in your dashboard. 

Giant Dogs and Giant Hearts

Just Giants is made up mostly of volunteers. Without volunteers, we wouldn’t be able to save any dogs! It’s pretty simple—the more volunteers we have, the more dogs we can help.

Get Started

The steps to joining the JGRI Team are the same whether or not you’re fostering dogs. Big hearts save Giant lives.

    1. Complete a Volunteer Application
    2. Interview with one of our applications team members
    3. Complete our self-paced onboarding process (in beta testing)

Things to know

  • Access to the internet and a mobile phone
  • Must be 18 years or older (required by insurance)
  • If fostering you must have access to reliable transportation that allows giant dogs
  • Complete the self-paced volunteer training

Just Giants Rescue has loads of opportunities to volunteer and we always appreciate the help! Aside from general day-to-day rescue operations, we have several long-term and short-term volunteer opportunities available.

You don’t have to be able to foster to help out—we have so many projects that need helpers. Remember, if you have a skill set that you think could benefit the rescue, don’t hesitate to apply to volunteer.

Take a look at just a few of the ways you can get involved in our rescue organization. For a list of specific volunteer positions that are currently available, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator.