After his retirement in 2013, Dan was looking for something interesting to do when not golfing. A friend introduced him to GR and he was fascinated with the many volunteer opportunities. Dan chose fostering and his knack for training became immediately useful as his first foster, Chloe, was a difficult case. After several weeks, Chloe’s whole demeanor improved with Dan’s...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
The love that Cynthia had for her two Goldens, Fred #801 and Ginger #802, spills into her tireless volunteer efforts for Golden Rescue. Ever since Cynthia first googled GR and clicked send on her adoption application, Golden Rescue has been the lucky recipient of Cynthia’s time and talent. Her can-do attitude stretches as far as her taking vacation time to...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Dennis is a treasured supporter of GR and an integral member and the assistant transport coordinator of the transportation team. Dennis grew up in Ancaster, graduated from McMaster, and married Lynda 40 years ago. He lived for many years in Prince George and Winnipeg but eventually moved back to Ancaster. Dennis retired in 1994 from John Deere’s Construction and Forestry...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Erin heard about Golden Rescue from a friend. She loves her family’s Golden, Buster, so she decided to see if there was something she could do to help other Goldens. Her first foray into volunteering was during an LCBO Tag Day. After that, she attended the GR picnic where she met board member Candace Weel. Candace recruited Erin to help...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
You are one cool dude, man ~ serving on the Board of Directors for xxx years (is that like 35 in dog years?) and playing a vital role as the Co-Director of the Events team. We’re sure gonna miss you around here. So what does the Co-Director of Events do you ask? Well, our Eric had four paws…er, two feet...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Julie is GR’s transportation team leader. This is big job as almost everything we do requires transportation. Picking up dogs…delivering dogs…and some of these transports come from heartbreaking situations. Transport is a constant GR requirement and since Julie initiated this critical role, the GR wheels run very smoothly. Julie has built a database of drivers and this, coupled with her...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
John is a GR adopter and a Wishbone Lottery superstar. When he was asked if he would help by selling some tickets, he was reluctant to ask friends for money until he thought about his two rescues, Scarlett #1836 and Hughie #2047, and realized what a good cause this was. So armed with his passion, John utilized his extensive email...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Janice has been volunteering with GR for three years. If one talks about ‘wearing many hats’, Janice wears several. An active hotline team member, she loves talking on the phone about Goldens and GR. Her help certainly doesn’t stop there as Janice does home visits, helps organize LCBO Tag Days and Pet Value Days, and works as a Volunteer Coordinator...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Kelly and her family have been long term animal lovers and contributors to animal welfare causes. Like many of us, Kelly and her family know the pain of loss. When they adopted their beautiful Golden girl, Blondie #2079, she helped fill the hole in their hearts and home when they lost Mia, their first Golden. Blondie also gave them their...
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Posted: March 22, 2018