Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Arizona Bat Rescue! There are both in-person and remote volunteer opportunities. These will be updated as needs change. 
Volunteering does not allow you to rescue, rehab, or care for bats on your own and everything you do under our supervision is at your own risk. 

Easy Ways to Help Arizona Bat Rescue Wherever You Are

Share Socials, Website, Donation Campaigns and Events It may not seem like a huge help to share socials and the website but this is how people find Arizona Bat Rescue. So many finders tell us that they called a ton of places before finally getting our number. We've had rescues come through from Instagram and Facebook as well as from the website.  We get referrals from local wildlife clinics, Bat World, and Arizona Game & Fish but it isn't enough. The more people we can tell about Arizona Bat Rescue, the better the chances are that a bat in need will find its way here. Sharing donation campaigns helps to support Arizona Bat Rescue and get the word out.

Social Media and Website Management & Optimization: We're always looking for ways to reach more people. If you have social media or website thoughts, please let us know. 

Merch Design & Ideas We're always looking for ideas or art for shirts, stickers, and other merch. We can talk about how you would like to be credited and profit sharing for content produced. Please send samples of your work if this is something you'd like to be involved in. You will always retain all rights to your artwork and can revoke its use at any time.

Arizona Bat Rescue Volunteer Opportunities: Local

Transport Team Many times finders can bring bats to us but not always. If you would like to be on the transport team, you wouldn't have any particular time or schedule commitment. You would only be agreeing to being asked if you are free to travel when the need arises. This could be once a month or several times a week. We will send out a group text and you can say yes or no depending on your availability. There is no obligation to say yes to continue to be on the team.  If you do agree to transport, the bat will already be contained in a box and you will bring the box from the finder to our address. You can stay and see how we examine the bat and meet other bats if there is time and no current medical emergency. 

Vendors If you or anyone you know might be able to give AZ Bat Rescue a break on costs for printing, feeding supplies, housing supplies, etc, please give us their contact info so we can check with them to see if they want to help out. 

Hands-on bat care You must have completed the full cycle of rabies pre-exposure shots in order to do any hands-on care.  In some rare cases, rabies pre-exposure shots can be covered by insurance. If they are not covered, they cost about $800 for the series. 

Events Let us know about any events that Arizona Bat Rescue might fit in with. We've done museum drop in days, Bat nights, local  Halloween enthusiast groups, homeschool student group field trips, etc. Other possible events would be things like oddities fairs, pretty much anything Halloween, nature or science education, etc. Also looking for opportunities to give "Bat Talks" to educate the public about bats.

Contacts for Arizona Bat Rescue Services We are constantly talking to people about Arizona Bat Rescue and giving our info to anyone who might encounter bats in need. Tell people you know about us and if there is a particular business or person you think might want or need extra information, we can send them introductory emails and post cards. We are open to any suggestions about businesses or organizations that may need to know about Arizona Bat Rescue.

It's important to note that rehab involves difficult situations, bats in pain, and death. Sometimes a bat will die, or need to be humanely euthanized. You won't be making medical decisions or doing euthanasia but be aware that rehab can be very hard and very sad.