What can you do to help save a dog?
                                           Join us!

  • Become a foster home: offer temporary shelter to a dog
         that we've evaluated.  We do our best to match your home to what we know               about the dog: its suitability with cats, kids, other dogs, etc.  We cover vet               expenses and ask our foster homes to pay for food.

  • Make reference calls for applications.  This can be done from home, usually in the evenings or on weekends

  • Help transport dogs: usually in one hour legs on major roads close to home, or be a "Run Captain"  who arranges transports by setting up routes and e-mailing them out to lists of volunteer drivers

  • Evaluate dogs for possible intake (we'll provide training)

  • Do home visits: get to know prospective adopters so we can match them with the right dog

  • Public Relations - get the word out about New Spirit!  Post flyers at local pet stores,vets, dogs parks --anywhere you can think of!    Look for opportunities where New Spirit can set up a table to educate and raise funds, or come up with new ideas!

  • Fundraising - help man a booth, march in a parade

  • Help with recordkeeping, website maintenance, or anything else you might like to do.


Benefits of volunteering

Make new friends - dog people are great people! 

At New Spirit, we welcome you into a whole community of dog people, many with years of experience in training, evaluations, behavior modification, agility, obedience, etc.. 

You don't need to be an expert to join New Spirit - you just have to love dogs!

We'll also invite you to our on-line discussion list:  get advice on dog issues, share your experiences, talk about dog health and behavior, get sympathy and support, and so on.
 
Oh, and plan to laugh a lot!
We love what we do but we don't take ourselves too seriously :)
Ewing NJ 4th of July Parade, 2008
Fairfield, PA Community 4th of July Celebration, 2008
Ewing, NJ  4th of July  "Meet and Greet" - an opportunity to talk with kids about safe behavior around dogs.
Young parade volunteers and their marching partners. Ewing NJ, 4th of July 2008
New Spirit 4 Aussie Rescue Second Annual Fun Day!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
With a little luck from the skies, we managed to have a great Fun Day with at least 40 dogs and over 50 people!   We had volunteers from Maine to the north to Florida in the south, and all points in between, as well as many New Spirit adopters and prospective adopters.
Joe Kern with 11 friends including two honorary Aussies.
New Spirit VP, Laura Scudder.
L-R: Julie Stevens, CT, volunteer and foster home, Jody Richwagen (standing) New Spirit adopter, April Haldeman, PA foster home, and Dr. Sue Smith, a FL volunteer and foster home.
Let the games begin!  Joe and Janet Kern, foster home in NJ, in the middle of the pack.
Anne Meacham and Steve Boucher with foster dog Misty and adopted dog Freckles.
Ron Jenkins, volunteer from NC, hands off Olga who got over 1,600 hits on PetFinder, to her adopter, Maudie St Denis
Lori Jablon, New Spirit Treasurer and ME volunteer, with her new puppy, Shawnee (r) and her new bro, Mickiak.
The FL volunteers including Jan Sebald, seated, enjoyed the extra warmth of the fire pit!
Catherine Roth, PA foster home, demonstrating how not to let dogs steal your food!
Heather Leake of NJ, New Spirit Tag Goddess, with her adoptee, Shelby.
L-R: Laura Scudder, New Spirit VP, Ron Jenkins (partial), Pam Caldwell, New Spirit President just home from the hospital that day with a new hip, and April Haldeman, PA foster home and adopter.
Martha MacDonald of MD, foster home and New Spirit Secretary, with Heather Leake of NJ.
Martha and friends
Tyson, all tuckered out.  All dogs were reported to be solidly asleep on the way home after Fun Day!
Fun Day Adoptions
Cheryl Kresen, volunteer and PA foster home, with Fred, her honorary "Aussie for a Day"
Kait and Britt, seated right, our intrepid volunteers who drove all the way from Maine to join us!