Welcome to EENP's volunteer site! Your help changes lives -- whether the lives of our inmate-trainers as they learn to shape our pups into highly-skilled assistance dogs, or the lives of our clients, who have the support of canine partners to assist them in their daily lives. You might even find that the experience of volunteering changes your own life...
Trainings for volunteer activities, including volunteer orientation and Canine Care & Safety.
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canine Care & Safety Training | 1 | 11/19/2025 | 11/19/2025 | |
| Volunteer Information Session | 1 | 11/19/2025 | 11/19/2025 | |
Staffing information booth at fairs and festivals.
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EENP Open House | 1 | 1/16/2026 | 1/16/2026 | |
| Hillsborough Light Up the Night Holiday Parade - crowd greeters | 1 | 12/7/2025 | 12/7/2025 | |
| Hillsborough Light Up the Night Holiday Parade - parade participants | 1 | 12/7/2025 | 12/7/2025 | |
| Hillsborough Light Up the Night Holiday Parade - volunteers and clients with dogs | 1 | 12/7/2025 | 12/7/2025 | |
| Vet School Open House booth setup and break down | 2 | 3/28/2026 | 3/28/2026 | |
| Vet School Open House booth shift | 3 | 3/28/2026 | 3/28/2026 | |
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABEL Training Assistant | 10 | 11/13/2025 | 2/3/2026 | |
Activities related to program work -- includes dog training, training assistants, training room assistants, novel dog volunteers, scent sample volunteers, etc. These volunteer opportunities are typically on-going and not event-related.
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puppy Wrangler and Training Room Helper | 31 | 11/13/2025 | 12/31/2025 | |
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough/Henderson: Warren CI ABEL Furlough Dog Prison Transport | 0 | 11/26/2025 | 12/31/2025 | |
Puppies puppies puppies puppies puppies! When we have a litter of puppies, we need lots of dedicated volunteers to help us take care of the little nubbins. Most litter care shifts are locked to people who have been trained. If you'd like to become part of a litter care team, contact us at info@eenp.org or 919-408-7292.
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivers - Litter Care Helper | 36 | 12/1/2025 | 12/18/2025 | |
| Rivers - Litter Care Lead | 36 | 12/1/2025 | 12/18/2025 | |
| Rivers - Litter Puppy Sitter | 0 | 12/1/2025 | 12/19/2025 | |
Pup assignments will be posted here. Please sign up if you are available!
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/23/26-01/25/26 Elphie | 0 | 1/23/2026 | 1/25/2026 | |
| 09/30/25-02/01/26 Paris | 0 | 9/30/2025 | 2/1/2026 | |
| 09/30/25-02/01/26 Rory | 0 | 9/30/2025 | 2/1/2026 | |
| 11/08/25-11/16/25 Comet | 0 | 11/8/2025 | 11/16/2025 | |
| 11/13/25-11/14/25 Paris | 0 | 11/13/2025 | 11/14/2025 | |
| 11/13/25-11/18/25 Ginger | 0 | 11/13/2025 | 11/24/2025 | |
| 11/18/25-11/24/25 Ginger | 1 | 11/13/2025 | 11/24/2025 | |
| 11/19/25-11/20/25 Cypress | 1 | 11/19/2025 | 11/20/2025 | |
| 11/20/25-11/30/25 Elphie | 1 | 11/20/2025 | 11/30/2025 | |
| 11/20/25-12/01/25 Paris | 1 | 11/20/2025 | 12/1/2025 | |
| 11/21/25-11/27/25 Louise | 0 | 11/21/2025 | 11/27/2025 | |
| 11/22/25-11/29/25 Esme | 0 | 11/22/2025 | 11/29/2025 | |
| 11/23/25-11/23/25 Hollis (daycare) | 1 | 11/23/2025 | 11/23/2025 | |
| 11/25/25-11/30/25 Merlin | 1 | 11/25/2025 | 11/30/2025 | |
| 12/09/25-12/10/25 Tova | 0 | 12/9/2025 | 12/10/2025 | |
| 12/10/25-12/19/25 Esme | 1 | 12/10/2025 | 12/19/2025 | |
| 12/11/25-12/14/25 Anna | 0 | 12/11/2025 | 12/14/2025 | |
| 12/12/25-01/06/26 Merlin | 1 | 12/12/2025 | 1/6/2026 | |
| 12/18/25-01/05/26 Elphie | 1 | 12/18/2025 | 1/5/2026 | |
Volunteer opportunities helping with administrative, management, and technical tasks. Generally these are on-going shifts or as-needed activities (such as stuffing envelopes for a mailing).
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact Vets for Graduate Teams (Remote) | 3 | 1/19/2026 | 9/14/2026 | |
| Cook Bland Diet | 2 | 11/24/2025 | 12/29/2025 | |
| Make Special Treats for Pups | 2 | 11/24/2025 | 12/29/2025 | |
| Provide Carrots and Celery for Training | 7 | 11/17/2025 | 12/29/2025 | |
Activities that don't fit in other categories
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provide Diabetic Scent Samples | 2 | 11/21/2025 | 12/19/2025 | |
Sign up for these activities to indicate your interest in helping when needed.
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Bland Diet | 1 | |||
| Dog Transport | 1 | |||
| Interested in remote volunteer opportunities during COVID-19 response? | 1 | |||
| Scent Samples | 1 | |||
| Video! | 1 | |||
Eyes Ears Nose and Paws partners people with dogs to improve lives.
We collaborate with the correctional system to train assistance dogs that we partner with people who have disabilities. Our incarcerated trainers develop interpersonal, leadership, and job skills while giving back to the community despite their incarceration; and our clients receive life-changing support for their disabilities in the form of a highly-trained canine partner.
Our mobility service dogs assist people with mobility impairments. These dogs assist with a wide variety of daily tasks, including retrieving items, opening doors, operating buttons and switches, and helping prevent and recover from falls. Our medical alert dogs are trained to detect and alert to changes in medical conditions such as diabetes; retrieve medical kits; and get help in an emergency.
