Nicola has been a Golden Rescue Golden Retriever Believer for over 10 years. Her first Golden, Coco, was her inspiration to get involved, which started small with participation in events like the car rally and selling Wishbone Lottery tickets. Soon, however, Nicola wanted to do more to help her favourite breed. She thought about fostering but knew she couldn’t because...
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Posted: February 18, 2024
Andrew has been a Golden Rescue foster, adopter, supporter, and sponsor for more than 20 years. After losing his first Golden at the age of seven, he was introduced to Golden Rescue and thought fostering might be the perfect way to fill the void created by his loss. Since then, we have lost count of the number of Goldens Andrew...
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Posted: January 28, 2024
Lynn is certainly the consummate Golden angel. Recently, she went above the call of duty in heading up a rescue team to find one of our escaped Goldens, Rocky #4472 (who is now named Kaladar). Lynn gained her experience as she had joined a Search & Rescue team in 2018 as her own Golden, Cello, was a flight risk so...
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Posted: August 30, 2023
When the world came to a halt a few years ago, Nena wanted to do something useful with the extra time she had on her hands. She has always loved Goldens and knew Golden Rescue as a terrific organization that aligned with her values. With everyone stuck at home, Nena decided to help by creating virtual trivia nights to help...
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Posted: August 30, 2023
When Liz lost her beloved Golden Nel, she was heartbroken and felt the best way to honour her memory was to volunteer for GR. Liz has been an integral member of the Placement Admin team for several years. She has entered innumerable adoption applications, sent out hundreds of follow-up emails, and updated our adoption spreadsheet…all to ensure the placement team...
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Posted: August 30, 2023
Cheryl’s philosophy is ‘Winning the lottery, great. Love of a Golden, priceless’. Wow ~ what a great saying! Cheryl is a long-term volunteer with Golden Rescue. She started volunteering after she adopted Roxy #936 and many years Fennie #2202. She has done a multitude of home visits and has volunteered at many events including The Pickering Markets and St. Jacobs...
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Posted: June 11, 2023
When Patricia’s beloved Golden, Kyla, passed away in 2020, she started to volunteer for GR in Kyla’s memory. Patricia is a key member of the intake team, bringing countless Goldens into the arms of foster families and the great care GR will provide. She also handles the important job of transferring vet records from our GR vets to adoptive families’...
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Posted: June 11, 2023
Lora has been a consummate volunteer and supporter since 2008. She has worked at many events such as the Canadian Pet Expo and Pickering Markets. She has fostered several Goldens including her own foster failure, Lola #2756. Lora is on the placement team and she supports the team by entering all the adoption applications into the database. She is also...
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Posted: June 11, 2023
Sue and her family have adopted three Goldens over the years and have given Scout #1575 and Oliver #1576, a bonded pair, and Parker #3826 from Cairo a wonderful loving family. When Sue’s youngest daughter went to university, she had more time to give to Golden Rescue…lucky for us! Sue claims that “volunteering with GR allows me to give back...
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Posted: March 16, 2023