P.O. Box 7722 Charlottesville, VA 22906

(434) 738-2228 /// catactionteamva@gmail.com

(434) 738-2228 /// catactionteamva@gmail.com

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    • About CAT
    • Donate
    • TNVR
    • Foster & Adopt
    • Other Programs
    • Get Involved
    • News & Events
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  • About CAT
  • Donate
  • TNVR
  • Foster & Adopt
  • Other Programs
  • Get Involved
  • News & Events
Cat Action Team

We're here because of people who care about cats.

There's tons of ways to volunteer with CAT! Keep reading to see our biggest needs and some volunteering ideas...


  • Support Our Pet-Food Pantry Mission | We hold monthly food drives at various pet stores around Charlottesville. Dates can be found on our NEWS & EVENTS page. Donations support cat colonies across central Virginia and pet cats whose owners would be unable to care for them otherwise due to low income, disability, and other factors. Thank you!


  • Foster Homes Needed | Could you provide a temporary home for a cat? Without foster families, CAT would not have the means to save hundreds of needy felines.  CAT provides foster families with crates, litter and litter boxes, food, all medical care, as well as training on how to socialize shy cats or kittens. Thank you to our foster families!


  • Barn Buddies | Do you have a barn, shed, or some kind of outbuilding? Consider adopting a "working" cat. These are shy or feral cats who need a place to live.  CAT provides for cats to be spay/neutered, vaccinated and tested for FIV and FeLV.  Thank you to those who have adopted a barn buddy!

Volunteer with Us

CAT is an IRS 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organized and managed solely by volunteers. We would love your help to further our mission in helping cats all around central Virginia!


Click the button below to be directed to our online volunteer application. (Or use the downloadable version further below to print and return to us.)

CAT Volunteer Application

Downloadable Volunteer Application & Agreement Forms

CAT Volunteer Application_Revised 2022.02.15 (pdf)Download
CAT Volunteer Agreement_Revised 2023.01.27 (pdf)Download

More Ideas for Volunteer Roles Include...

Data Genius

Love data? or creating/updating systems for collecting and organizing data? Help us get our act together! We have lots of volunteers and donors, but we need to input information to keep track. It’s needed for publication and for grant applications. How many S/N surgeries did we do? How many cats did we foster? How far did our food donations go?

Early Bird/Night Owl

Love staying up late or getting up early? Like taking drives in the wee hours of the night or morning? Join our on-call field crew! Trapping cats is much harder than it sounds. Every time we set a trap for a feral/colony cat, we must go back and check the trap many times during the day and night and early morning. Working as a team means no one person gets burned out doing everything. You can specify what area you’d like.

Social Butterfly

 Love talking to people? We need you at our pet-food drives! Pet-food donations are the lifeline to people who can’t afford to feed large cat colonies or sometimes even their own few cats. We need energetic folks to talk us up at our monthly food drives.

Coffee-Shop Crawler/Lady Who Lunches

Do you visit area coffee shops, restaurants and shops often? Please take and hang our fliers every time you go! Community bulletin boards get cleaned off monthly or weekly. We need help blanketing pet-food stores, libraries, post offices, you name it, on a regular basis. You can volunteer for a specific area or county.

English Major

Have a way with words? Please help us write grant applications, fundraising letters and newsletter articles.

Mama Cat/Daddy Cat

Can’t adopt a cat permanently? Have an extra room in your home? How about becoming a temporary foster parent? We desperately need temporary homes for kittens as they wait to be adopted. We provide food and medical care. You get to enjoy playing/socializing.

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