Volunteers Archives - Golden Rescue

Golden Angels Ron Howard

Ron is a treasured GR volunteer. He and his wife, Joan, have fostered so many Goldens they have lost count and they currently share their home with Scooby #3867. Their commitment to our Goldens has been unparallelled since 2010. Ron is a treasured transport volunteer who never says no to any request we’ve made. He has done many long-distance transports. He has driven to Alberta and Northern Ontario to pick up Goldens in...

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Posted: June 21, 2026

Fundraising Team Lead

Help Me Save My Friends!

Hi… I’m Prince #4995 ~ okay, technically I had help typing this! I hear the humans at Golden Rescue need a fundraising leader…someone with great ideas and a bit of experience, to help raise money so more Goldens like me can be saved. They’re already pretty good at fundraising…but they need someone to lead the pack and sniff out new opportunities ~ like grants, corporate sponsorships, and creative ideas that we haven’t thought of yet. And, you don’t have to do it alone ~ we can build a team of lovely humans to help. But you do need to be the kind of person who says, “Hey, I’ve got an idea…let’s try this!” If that sounds like you…please step up because there are a lot of wagging tails depending on it.

Time commitment: approximately 5-10 hours per month

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Categories: Volunteer Opportunities|Volunteers

Posted: April 9, 2026

Golden Angels Marilyn Burgess

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

Golden Angels Lee Trempe

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

Golden Angels Britt Mauro

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

Golden Angels Johanna Skitt

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

Golden Angels Pieter Helmke

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

Golden Angels Liz Wood

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

Golden Angels Sue Montgomery ~ A Golden Update

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