well, I volunteer at our local petsmart adoption center, I had a love of animals and at the age of 14 I wanted to volunteer with animals. The shelter I first checked in with, you had to be 16 to volunteer. I found out by looking on pet finder, then finding alternative humane society on petfinder and clicked on our website. on our adoption site they said jr. volunteers needed, can take age 14 and up, fill out a application. That's how I found out and have been voluteering 1 1/2 years since!!!