Ideas on items that can be donated to our organization:

• Dog bed

• Towels

• Other Bedding type items

• Kong

• Nylabones

• Rawhides

• Crate

• X-pen or Baby Gates

• Food/Water Dish

• Leash/Collar

• Treats

• Food

• Halter

• Gentle Leader

• Grooming Supplies (shampoo, combs, brushes, etc.)

• Use of a digital camera

• Use of photocopier

• Gift Certificate to a pet store

• Flea Preventative

• Heartworm Preventative

• Canine First Aid Kit

• Homemade doggie biscuits

• ID Tags

• Vet services or help by donating a spay/neuter each year or some vaccines

• Microchips

• Bleach/Cleaning Supplies

• Envelopes

• Stamps

• Paper

• Doggy Seatbelt

• Toys

• Engraving tool kit to make ID tags

Here is an idea on what our organization puts out for vet services:

Ideas on donating your time to our organization:

• Walk a dog

• Transport dog from shelter, foster home, etc.

• Groom a dog

• Go to the local shelter and see if that dog is an American Eskimo or American Eskimo Mix or go with rescue to be a second opinion on the dog

• Make phone calls

• Mail out newsletters, flyers, applications, etc.

• Provide local vet clinics with contact information for educational materials on responsible pet ownership

• Drive a dog to and from vet appointments

• Attend public education days and try to educate people on responsible pet ownership

• A raffle item

• A shoulder to cry on when a rescue person is overwhelmed

• Pay boarding fees to board a dog for a week or two

• Provide a foster home a break for a few hours a day

• Clip coupons for dog treats

• Host rescue photos with an information link on your website

• Time to take good photos of foster dogs for adoption flyers, etc.

• Conduct a home visit or accompany a rescue person on a home visit

• Help take dogs to the vet when there is more than one dog having an appointment

• Have a yard sale and donate the money to rescue

• Interview vets to encourage them to offer discounts to rescues

• Write a column for your local newspaper or club newsletter on dogs currently looking for homes or ways to help rescue

• Take photos of dogs available for adoption for use by the organization

• Talk to your friends and family about adopting and fostering rescue dogs

• Help organize and run fundraising events

• Use your video camera to record a rescue dog in action or event

• Take a dog to obedience training

• Go the foster home with your children once a week to help socialize a dog

• Help clean the yard (Pooper Scoopin')

• Offer to test the dog around cats

• Pay for the dog to be groomed

• Lend your artistic talents to our newsletter, fundraising ideas, t-shirt designs, etc.

• Go to local businesses and solicit donations for fundraising events

• Loan a crate if a dog needs to travel by air

• Put together an "Owner's Manual" for those who adopted rescued dogs of your breed

• Provide post-adoption follow up or support

• A coupon for a free car wash or gas or inside cleaning of a vehicle.

• Pay for an ad in your local/metropolitan paper to help place rescue dogs

• Volunteer to screen calls for that ad

• Professional services such as an accountant or lawyer

• Organize a rescued dog picnic or other event to reunite the rescued dogs that have been placed