How you can help GRR
Thank you for visiting this special page on our web. What makes this uniquely special is that without the support of people, such as yourself, we would not be able to keep our organization going.
There are so many golden retrievers in the Central Texas region that need our immediate love, time, and veterinary attention. Many of these dogs are Extraordinary Goldens and have extensive medical needs. Please consider giving of your time and/or making a financial contribution to GRR.
| Extraordinary Golden Fund |
GRR Membership
By joining GRR you are helping cover costs such as production and mailing of our quarterly newsletter and operating expenses like our hotline and website. Get your GRR Membership, Today! .
GRR members are invited to all special functions and are considered valuable assets to our on-going rescue efforts. Members who volunteer 20 hours of their time annually are considered “voting members” and participate in the general elections to shape GRR for the years to come.
Gold Ribbon Donations
Your monetary contribution will help care for the dogs we are fostering in preparing them for new homes. In addition to the smile that this will bring to a healthy dog, your donation is fully deductible as a non-profit donation, for we are a 501(c)(3) organization as designated by the IRS.
While many of us make donations each year to different non-profit organizations, we probably don’t think about what monthly expenses that charity undertakes. Here at Gold Ribbon Rescue (GRR) our operations are run strictly by volunteers, thus we have no paid employees, and no office rent overhead. Our reoccurring monthly office expenses are our traveling “hotline” mobile phone, newspaper classifieds and postage. It’s the monthly veterinary care bills that our donors probably don’t know about.
Our only source of funding comes from private donations and from our adoptions. For each dog we currently charge an adoption fee of $315.00. This money goes toward veterinary bills GRR incurs to insure that each dog adopted out is current on all shots, spayed or neutered and tested/treated for heartworms.
Many of our rescue dogs come to us with heartworms, ear or leg problems, and/or have other medical attention needs. We work closely with our vets, and they do provide us with a discount on their services. However, the $315.00 adoption fee doesn’t always cover our expenses to place these dogs in loving homes.
GRR volunteers help by providing their valuable
time to help our rescue dogs. However, we realize that sometimes there
just isn’t enough time in the day, week or month to volunteer. Many people
choose to help support our rescue efforts by donating financially to these deserving
dogs in need.
All donations, large and small, do make a big difference in the lives
of homeless and unwanted GR’s in Central Texas. To donate by check or Visa/MasterCard enter your donation amount
on the following screen. If you are making a donation in honor or in
memoriam you can add that before checking out.
Please note, if your donation is $40 or more, the first $40 will be applied to your membership of Gold Ribbon Rescue, unless you specify otherwise. Memberships are not tax-deductible, while donations are tax deductible as designated by the IRS.
The dogs in the Extraordinary Golden Fund are just some examples of where your donation is needed most. To make a donation to the EGF, please Click Here.
Please note, if your donation is $40 or more, the first $40 will be applied to your membership of Gold Ribbon Rescue, unless you specify otherwise. Memberships are not tax-deductible, while donations are tax deductible as designated by the IRS.
Gold Ribbon Donor Club
Every dollar helps us rescue and place dogs. Sometimes these dollars will be used for dogs that need surgery to keep them alive, and sometimes it is just to pay the vet bill to have the dog current with his shots.
650If you would like to support GRR on a regular monthly basis, we have come up with a simple and easy way for you to join the “Gold Ribbon Donor Club”. By joining our Gold Ribbon Donor Club you are volunteering and helping assure the programs of GRR will continue for our rescue dogs.
We can process a check or credit card draft.
To join the Gold Ribbon Donor Club please click on the subscribe button below:
As always, thank you for your support!
Golden Retrievers Need You!
We are often told what a great group we are and what a wonderful service we provide for our dogs. We are always grateful for the compliments and are quite proud of the job we do. We have worked hard to make a successful program for homeless Goldens in Central Texas. But, like any successful business, we are only as good as our help. We have a number of wonderful volunteers and we'd like to thank each and every one-- without you, there would be no GRR!
In order for GRR continue through the years, we need your help. The long-lasting success of this organization depends on you, our future leaders and volunteers. Without your time, talent and leadership, we will not be able to continue our program for the years to come. We've built a great infrastructure, policies and procedures are in place, training programs are well documented and in use and there are over 2000 happy dogs alive and living the life of luxury as the ultimate testimonial to our success. The core group of volunteers that started this group is still in place and we've added several new faces along the way. We've spent countless and tireless hours building the foundation and we've thoroughly enjoyed it all. We have a vision for the future need your help to fulfill it.
Any volunteer organization is at the mercy of its volunteers. If we had the budget, we could hire employees and life would be so easy…but we don't. We need the money to save dogs as that is the primary and never forgotten purpose of GRR. Imagine trying to run your office with 10 people giving 4 hours a week instead of one full time employee and you see our challenge. It has worked, very successfully, and we'd like to keep the momentum. The main thing we need is leadership and guidance. We always need team members and we desperately need people to chair or co-chair the teams we've built.
Don’t have a clue about how to run a rescue or even know much about Goldens? Don't worry, all training and mentorship is provided, you just need to have a fondness in your heart for homeless animals and a desire to help them through their roughest time: that of being left unwanted. We have four great volunteers who don't even own a dog and that hasn't stopped them!
What exactly do we need? We need everything under the sun and no doubt whatever your talent is, we can use it, dog or non-dog related:
Can you talk on the phone and fill out a form?
Work full time, have a family with a busy schedule, travel a lot, or just have a lot on your plate and wonder how much use a few hours a month could really be? The answer is PLENTY! We have built this group on people who can only give 4 hours a month and if we had 40 of you, we'd be set! We aren't looking for full-time volunteers (but we'd gladly take some), we are looking for people who can share just some of their time and talent, at their own pace, and on their own schedules. Most of the work we do can be done from anywhere and at any time.
If you'd like more information, please contact us on the hotline at (512) 659-GOLD and we'll be happy to get back to you. Thanks so much for helping GRR become GRReat!
Post a
Flyer in your church, school, grocery, work to help us find foster homes
flyer 1
flyer 2
Print out business cards to post or pass out to others, prints on 10 2" x 3-1/2" business card stock. The pdf is compatible with Avery 5371, 5372, 5376, 5377, 8371, 8372, 8376, 8377 and other Avery 10 per sheet cards, we recommend printing on white card stock.
As always, thank you for your support!
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