There are many ways you can help our group without having to adopt or foster a dog.

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1. Transport a dog.
2. Donate a dog bed or towels or other *bedding* type items.
3. Donate MONEY.
4. Donate a Kong. A nylabone. A hercules. An antler.
5. Donate a crate.
6. Donate an x-pen or baby gates.
7. Donate a food dish or a stainless bucket for a crate.
8. Donate a leash.
9. Donate a collar.
10. Donate some treats or a bag of food.
11. Donate a halti or promise collar or a gentle leader.
12. Walk a dog.
13. Groom a dog or pay for a dog's grooming.
14. Donate some grooming supplies (shampoos, combs, brushes, etc.).
15. Make a few phone calls.
16. Drive a dog to and from vet appointments.
17. Donate a gift certificate to a pet store.
18. Donate a raffle item if your club is holding a fund raiser.
19. Donate flea and tick prevention meds (Advantage, etc.).
20. Donate heartworm pills.
21. Donate a canine first aid kit.
22. Pay the boarding fees to board a dog for a week. Two weeks.
23. Be a Santi-paws foster to give the foster a break for a few hours or days.
24. Bake some homemade doggie biscuits.
25. Host rescue photos with an information link on your website.
26. Donate time to take good photos of foster dogs for adoption flyers, etc.
27. Conduct a home visit or accompany a rescue person on the home visit.
28. Have a yard sale and donate the money to rescue.
29. Be volunteer to do rescue in your area.
30. Talk to all your friends about adopting and fostering rescue dogs.
31. Donate or sponsor vet services (e.g. spay or neuter or some vaccinations).
32. Interview vets to encourage them to offer discounts to rescues.
33. Write a column for your local newspaper or club newsletter on rescue dogs currently looking for homes or ways to help rescue.
34. Help organize and run fundraising events.
35. Help maintain the paperwork files associated with each dog or enter the information into a database.
36. Tattoo a rescued dog (proof of spay/neuter).
37. Microchip a rescued dog.
38. Use your video camera to film a rescue dog in action.
39. Pay the cost of taking a dog to obedience class.
40. Be the one to take the dog to its obedience class.
41. Go to the foster home once a week with your children and dogs to help socialize the dog.
42. Offer to test the foster dog with cats.
43. Lend your artistic talents to your club's newsletter, fundraising ideas, brochures, and t-shirt designs.
44. Go to local businesses and solicit donations for a club's fundraising event.
45. Provide post-adoption follow up or support.
46. Donate a coupon for a free car wash or gas or inside cleaning of a vehicle.
47. Pay for an ad in your local/metropolitan paper to help place rescue dogs.
48. Volunteer to screen calls for that ad.
49. Buy two of those really neat dog-items you "have to have" and donate one to Rescue.
50. Make financial arrangements in your will to cover the cost of caring for your dogs after you are gone - so Rescue won't have to.
51. Make a bequest in your will to your local or national rescue.
52. Donate your professional services as an accountant or lawyer.
53. Donate other services if you run your own business.
54. Let a rescue know when you'll be flying and that you'd be willing to be a rescued dog's escort.
55. Donate a doggy seatbelt.
56. Donate a grid for a van or other vehicle.
57. Organize a rescued dog picnic or other event to reunite the rescued dogs that have been placed.
58. Donate other types of doggy toys that might be safe for rescued dogs.
59. Donate a roll-a-treat or Buster cube.
60. Donate clickers or a video on clicker training.
61. Take advantage of a promotion on the web or store offering a free ID tag and instead of getting it for your own dog, have the tag inscribed with the Rescue's name and phone # to contact.
62. Do something not listed above to help rescue.

Remember that rescuing a dog involves the effort and time of many people and make yourself available on an emergency basis to do whatever is needed.