Volunteering at Mini Cat Town Made My Life Better
When I first visited Mini Cat Town in Stoneridge Mall, I knew instantly that this was the place for me. All the people were very nice, there was music, and best of all — cats everywhere.
Mini Cat Town is a wonderful non-profit organization with several locations in California. All their cats come from local animal shelters or other Mini Cat Town branches. They are mostly run by volunteers like myself, and all proceeds go to helping more cats. All these cats are adoptable, spayed or neutered, and healthy.
The average customer pays $15 to be in there for half an hour but I get to be there for three hours for free. Volunteers don’t have to do much, except play with cats, and I don’t count that as work.
You do have to do some cleaning, take out the trash, scoop kitty litter boxes if you’re unlucky, sweep, mop, or vacuum the floors (sometimes all three) and you have to watch people to make sure they’re not playing too rough with the cats but it’s very much worth it.
You get volunteer credit if you need it for anything, it looks great on college applications and it’s helped me to be more responsible because you have to sign up for shifts beforehand.
It’s fun when my friend and I go at the same time because I can hang out with them and cats at the same time! It’s just a great experience all around because you become a better person, learn how to deal with cats, or any animal better, become more professional in a worklike setting, and be a better person too.
The application process is very easy. You fill out a form and write a short essay about yourself saying why you want to work there. I would highly recommend anyone who likes cats and wants something fun to do after school to check it out because it’s awesome. You only need to do one shift every two weeks at minimum, but you can do it however often you like.
Mini Cat Town is a part of my life and I am better for it. Volunteering there teaches you important life skills and it is a really good opportunity to do something that you love for free.
I didn’t realize you could volunteer at this place. Seems super fun and cool. Its nice to know that the cats are being treated well despite being open to the public.
This article made me come to realize how beneficial volunteering is especially at a place similar to a shelter. I never realized you could volunteer at Mini Cat Town, but now after this article, I feel like I would want to volunteer as well and help these cats get adopted. I like how you said it makes you a better person, volunteering and getting to hangout with kittens all day would make me happy too.
This article changed the way I thought about this business. A lot of places like this mistreat animals and are very unethical, it’s nice to know that Mini Cat Town is different.
This artical definitely influenced me to visit mini cat town and possibly volenteer because I am a massive animal lover and it is great to see a non profitable organization to helping cats have a better life.