HERE'S WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP!
As an all-volunteer organization, First State is always in
need of assistance to make our organization run effectively and efficiently.
Take a look at the list below; maybe you will see an area where you
can apply your interests, experience and expertise. Is there something
that you are particularly good at that can be applied in our rescue?
Just let us know and maybe we can make it fit!
DONATIONS
Monetary Donations If you have a specific area to which you would like
a monetary donation directed, please let us know. Your donation can be
made payable to First State Greyhound Rescue, Inc., and mailed to PO
Box 67, Blandon, PA 19510. We thank you on behalf of all of the greyhounds.
There are other ways to earn donations for FSGR.
- Join iGive.com. Visit the site, become a member, pick FSGR as the recipient of the merchant’s donation and every time you make a purchase from this site, FSGR earns money!!!! There are over 600 merchants to choose from, like Barnes & Noble, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Drugstore,com, Staples, GNC! Questions? Email Deb at doggs@rcn.com.
- Join Redner’s SAV-A-TAPE Program. It’s easy. Just go to your local Redner’s Market, go to the courtesy desk & ask for a SAV-A-TAPE card and you are on your way! Have your card scanned every time you make a purchase, save your receipt & forward it to: Deb DeLucca, 1412 Blair Street, Easton, PA 18045. One percent of your purchases are donated to FSGR! Questions? Email Deb at doggs@rcn.com.
FOSTERING
What would we do without our foster families? Take a hound off of the
truck, send it to the vet and then to its foster family to learn what
it means to live in a home…learn the steps and learn not to walk
through the sliding glass door! Most importantly, fosters provide information
to our Adoption Coordinator…information such as the hound’s
personality and behavior profiling so we can make the best match with
its new family. Fostering is very worthwhile, demanding, and can be very
emotional when you say "goodbye."
If you are interested in learning more about our foster program,
please contact Christine at gbink26@enter.net,
or 610.395.0443, or 484.201.5756 cell.
MEET & GREETS
We need volunteers to not only find new venues for Meet & Greets
but to host events. Think out of the box to locate someplace other than
a pet store to show off our hounds! If you can't make a specific commitment
to volunteer, visiting our table at a Meet & Greet with your greyhound/s
and talking to the public will be very helpful! Visit our website for
the location of an event and come visit. You'll learn how to talk " First
State" and educate the public about the greyhound and its history.
Please contact Debbie DeLucca at doggs@rcn.com or
610.559.9744 for more information.
FUND RAISERS
Contact Steve at greytevents@aol.com or
484.256.3893 to learn more about upcoming events and how you can help.
We need assistance with coordination, scheduling, and planning. There
are exciting and fun events in the making!
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation could mean moving a hound from its foster home to the
adoption rep who will be conducting a turnover. Or, it could mean traveling
to Ohio to meet the last leg of a GUR (Greyhound Underground Railroad)
and bringing the pups back to Pennsylvania. Maybe you'd drive to the
track to pick up our next group of hounds. If you have a van or SUV,
wonderful! It's not a requirement, of course. We could always pair you
up with someone who does. Chris Guth will tell you more about transportation.
Contact him at gbink26@enter.net or
610.395.0443 if you would like to move dogs.
VOLUNTEER AT LARGE
This person will fill in anywhere we need help…for instance, if
we are planning an event and need someone to coordinate volunteers, or
to make phone calls to ask for baked goods. Or stuff envelopes for a
mailing. You'll be "on call" as needed. Please contact greythndz@yahoo.com.
First State Volunteers...Where
Are You?
Please click on the link below, and post your location on the map. This
way, we can develop a visual record of where our volunteers are! Thanks!
