Specific Positions:

For details on any of the following positions, click here

Vice President -- Dog Support  

Vice President -- Customer Support

Intake Coordinator & Assistant Coordinator

Foster Home Care Coordinator & Assistant Coordinator

Customer Service Team Coordinator & Assistants

Pre-Adoption Home Visit Coordinator (Team Lead) &

      Home Visit Assistant Coordinator

New Adoption Follow-up Assistant Coordinator

Administrative Assistant

Petfinder Dog Biographies Assistant

General Positions:

Foster Home Team

Foster homes are always are biggest need. Experience great joy and deep satisfaction when you see, through your fostering efforts, an abandoned or neglected Golden gets a second chance at life and can share his or her unconditional love with people who care. Not only do foster homes have the joy of seeing their foster dog placed into a new, great, forever home, but also there is the additional joy of seeing the happiness of the new family. Many of these homes need the dog as much as the dog needs them.  Click 

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Home Visit/Follow-Up Team

Ever wonder how good a new home will be for a rescued Golden, or if a placed Golden has truly found their "forever home?" This team takes the responsibility of making home visits before adoptions or follow-up calls and/or visits after adoptions. This is not done for every dog we place, but primarily for special needs situations or dogs coming from out-of-state. The team may also be called upon to answer questions and offer help to new adopters.

Transportation Team

Transportation volunteers are a very necessary part of the rescue process and your willingness to come to the aid of a Golden that needs a ride on an occasional basis will be most appreciated. It could involve being picked up at a shelter and taken to a foster home, taken from a kennel to a vet, or even picked up out of town or in another state. Transportation volunteers should use a crate in their car. The family dog(s) should not be taken along when transporting a rescue dog due to the possible exposure to disease or incompatibility between dogs. If it involves a long trip, soliciting volunteers from other groups to drive ‘legs’ of the journey may be needed. 

Volunteer Interaction Program (Kennel Walking/playing with rescue dogs)

Some rescued Goldens won’t find their new homes right away and may not be able to go to foster homes for a variety of reasons, but they ALL need the best care and attention we can give them in the meantime. VIP volunteers can make a huge difference in the quality of their lives. While they lounge in our kennel spaces at Sage Valley Pet Center in Golden awaiting their lucky day, they need to be played with and walked and reassured as much as possible; it greatly benefits them to have people-contact during their stay at Sage Valley Pet Center. We ask that you are able to commit to a regular schedule such as once every week or two, depending on the number of dogs being kenneled at the time. You must be age 18 or older for this position.

Special Events Team

It is important for GRRR to host special events like its annual Halloween party and to participate in local dog events such as the Buffalo Bill Days Parade in Golden. Volunteers on this team will be responsible for orchestrating these functions, as well as planning new events or suggesting participation in events sponsored by other like organizations. They will be expected to pass out information about the breed, and best of all, show off our Goldens. This team also plans the annual Rescue Reunion Picnic at which we honor all the Goldens adopted through the program.

Fundraising Team

Join the fundraising team, where there are many ways to become involved with fundraising and grant writing, including planning special events and selling fabulous GRRR merchandise, along with an opportunity to feel good about raising funds for our beloved Goldens. 

Website/Newsletter Team

The GRRR Newsletter is an integral part of the rescue process because it keeps everyone in touch and makes everyone aware of what is going on with this organization. This team writes articles for the quarterly newsletter, including labeling and mailing it. These volunteers will take pictures and write profiles of Goldens awaiting adoption. The GRRR website updates are also part of this group’s efforts.

Facility Help

GRRR's new facility (nicknamed Phoebe's Place) is in need of a "deep clean," as well as some repairs (bathroom remodel, HVAC work, general outside cleanup, fencing, interior painting, to name a few). We are looking for volunteers who can help on weekends with various projects throughout the spring and summer of 2011.

Thank You and Sympathy Card Writers

Are you one of those special people with lovely handwriting? If you have regular access to email, we will provide the cards and postage for you to thank our donors - you supply the handwritten note of gratitude and represent GRRR's heartfelt gratitude. We know that our generous donors like to see that their hard-earned money was received and will be put to great use. Without our important Thank You card and Sympathy Card Writers, GRRR's connection to those donors would be lost.  connectio

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