Marylin and her husband rescued their first Golden from the SPCA. The experience was very rewarding and they fell in love with the breed. In time, Marilyn decided to look for further rescue activities and, during her online research, discovered Golden Rescue. Impressed with the website and overall professionalism, she decided to see how she could help. After their beloved...
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Posted: January 5, 2026
Lee has been a treasured supporter of Golden Rescue almost since its inception. As a member of the Board in the early years, Lee helped grow GR into what it is today. Stepping back during its growing-pain years to enable fresh blood to come in with new ideas, Lee stayed involved helping many fundraising efforts including the golf tournament and...
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Posted: January 5, 2026
We are looking for a creative and action-oriented fundraising team lead to develop and implement fundraising efforts. The demand to rescue and save Goldens continues to grow and rescue is expensive so we need to ramp up our fundraising efforts with innovative ideas. This is an opportunity to build a team of passionate supporters to make an impactful difference.
Estimated Time Commitment: 10-20 hours per month.
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Posted: October 1, 2025
Britt Mauro, self-professed ‘crazy dog lady’ joined GR after her beloved Golden crossed the rainbow bridge. Britt wanted a much-needed diversion from her loss and decided that she wanted to give back by helping Goldens in need. In 2023, Britt started doing whatever she could to help. She has done transports, helped sell Wishbone Lottery tickets, participated with the International...
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Posted: August 31, 2025
Johanna is a GR volunteer and supporter extraordinaire. Since 2021, when she lost her Golden, Johanna has been an active GR supporter, donor, and volunteer. After her loss, she rescued Jackson #4254 from Istanbul and fell in love with him and the organization. Since then, she has tirelessly worked to help Goldens get the second chance they deserve. She has...
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Posted: July 24, 2025
Pieter has been volunteering with Golden Rescue for almost 20 years. This dedicated volunteer fostered a pup named Bodon #910. Bodon was adopted; however, according to his new family, he was totally miserable with them. He was returned and Pieter fostered him once again. It became obvious that Boden wasn’t going to be happy without Pieter so they became a...
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Posted: June 22, 2025
Liz has been a dog lover all of her life. She is pictured here with her husband, Scott, and Goldens, Molly and Bailey and her Mini-Aussie, Piper. Liz has always been a rescue advocate but in 2021 while treating Bailey for a very rare condition (lymphangioma), she realized how many people have challenges looking after their beloved pets and wanted...
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Posted: May 25, 2025
Sue has been an invaluable volunteer for eight years. She and her husband Don are full-on rescue advocates and currently have three rescues ~ Buddy, an 8-year-old Golden who is blind, Koffee, a springer/cocker mix who is 10, and Miss Frankie #4442, a sweet Golden girl from Istanbul who is between 8 and 10 years of age. They cannot imagine...
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Posted: April 26, 2025
Laura-Lee loves Goldens and, as a result of having three goofballs from Golden Rescue, she wanted to give back by volunteering. In 2020, she joined the photography team; however, with the pandemic, there weren’t many events so she decided to help in other areas as well. Since then, she has worn many hats by helping with home visits, transports, and...
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Posted: April 26, 2025