We will be at Petfood Express in Fremont, CA on October 22 & 23 from 1pm- 4pm where people can meet some of our adoptable dogs!

On October 22nd we will feature our adoptable small dogs Hopper, and Scarlett (click on their photos to read their profiles. Freya, although not yet available for adoption, will be there too as we are looking for a foster or foster-to-adopt for her.

On October 23rd we will feature our adoptable big dogs Athena, Nellie, Rhea, and potentially Atlas (click on their photos to read their profiles).

If you’re interested in adopting any of these dogs (or fostering Freya or Atlas) and would like to get ahead of the process, feel free to fill out an application before our adoption events!

We also need volunteers to do the following activities at the adoption events:

• Engage passersby who stop by our tables, talk about our organization, answer questions about our organization/dogs, or direct people to the right person who has the answers to the questions.
• Pass out flyers
• Check in with our fosters from time to time to make sure they have what they need.

To sign up to volunteer at our adoption events, please submit the following form & email us which date/dates (Saturday Oct 22 and/or Sunday Oct 23) and what time (1pm – 4pm) you will help with.

• Volunteer Agreement

  Thank you for offering your time to volunteer with BARK Rescue CA. The work we do for dogs is only possible with the help of our volunteers. By completing this form you are acknowledging that you are voluntarily agreeing to serve as a volunteer for BARK Rescue CA, a registered 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization, whose goal is to help reduce the overpopulation of homeless companion pets by 1. rescuing companion pets from the stressful and sometimes overcrowded shelter environment, 2. placing them in foster homes to decompress, and 3. placing them in loving forever homes after they have been spayed and vaccines have been updated.
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• All work is on a voluntary basis. I will not charge any cost to BARK Rescue CA for the work I have done for BARK Rescue CA. *
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• I agree to treat all volunteers and affiliates of BARK Rescue CA with respect. *
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• Confidentiality

• During my association with BARK Rescue CA and thereafter, I agree to keep confidential and refrain from disclosing to others all confidential or proprietary information that I create, learn about, have access to or utilize during my volunteer work at BARK Rescue CA. I understand this agreement covers all confidential business and technical information of BARK Rescue CA that is not generally known to persons outside BARK Rescue CA and that I have not been authorized to disclose or use. Examples of confidential information includes, but is not limited to, contact information and addresses of BARK Rescue CA’s foster parents, information on finances, donors, internal meetings, discussions, private emails, text messages and social media threads, as well as information contained in BARK Rescue CA’s system of records. *
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• Assumption of Risk and Responsibility for my own acts and omissions.

• I agree to be legally and financially responsible and will hold BARK Rescue CA harmless for my own acts and omissions relating to the service I am voluntarily providing to BARK Rescue CA. I acknowledge that I am responsible for providing my own medical, liability and auto insurance during my volunteer service for BARK Rescue CA. I understand that I am not covered by workers’ compensation nor am I insured by BARK Rescue CA during the performance of my volunteer duties and tasks. *
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• I am knowingly and voluntarily participating in the activities of BARK Rescue CA with full knowledge and appreciation of the risks and dangers involved with animal care and hereby agree to accept all risks of injury, death or damage to myself and/or my personal property associated with my volunteer work. As a volunteer, I may come into contact with and interact with dogs, and such work has an inherent risk of personal injury, risks of injury associated with the position include, but are not limited to, being bitten, falling or subject to trauma, and possibly exposed to animal borne diseases. *
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• I agree to be held criminally liable if I take any of BARK Rescue CA’s dogs away with me without authorization of any BARK Rescue CA representative. *
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• In exchange for being permitted by BARK Rescue CA to participate in activities and provide services, I hereby agree that I, my assignees, heirs, guardians and legal representatives will not make a claim against or sue BARK Rescue CA for injury or damage resulting from my participation in activities and performance of services. *
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• Photo, Video and Audio Release

• I understand that as a volunteer of BARK Rescue CA, I may be recorded on film, video or other electronic recording media. I hereby consent to such recording and the use by BARK Rescue CA of any recorded images or other media recordings to further the objectives of BARK Rescue CA. I further grant BARK Rescue CA permission to copyright and use, reuse, publish and republish A-V Recordings, for art, advertising, or other purpose it sees it. *
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• Representation to the Public

• I agree not to wear attire or advertise my association with BARK Rescue CA with regard to my participation in any political statement, protest, or organization. I also agree not to modify, distort, or change the BARK Rescue CA logo on any clothing or attire I wear in public. *
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• I have not been convicted of a violent offense relating to animal cruelty, domestic violence, sexual violence, child endangerment assault, or armed robbery. *
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• I am currently under no court order restricting my participation in any animal welfare organizations. *
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• Parent/Guardian Responsibility and/or Permission for Minor Volunteers

• Volunteers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian at in-person event who will assume full responsibility for the minor volunteer and accept all conditions of this NDA and Volunteer Waiver on the minor’s behalf. Parents and guardians accept that this NDA and waiver agreement extends to activities by minor volunteers that are not in-person activities. If the parent/guardian is not present at in-person activities, by signing this agreement, the parent/guardian agrees to release BARK Rescue CA of liability of the volunteer. *
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• Acknowledgement

• I have read this Release and fully understand that I will waive any and all claims and actions now or in the future against BARK Rescue CA. I am of legal age and competent to sign this agreement. I am signing this agreement of my own free will without the influence of anyone at BARK Rescue CA. I further acknowledge that this agreement will apply for the entire term of my volunteer relationship with BARK Rescue CA. My signature below shall serve as my acknowledgement and agreement to the terms, conditions, waivers and disclosures contained herein. *
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