So many people think fostering is the only way to help rescue. Fostering is only one aspect, while an important one, of rescuing needs. So you can't foster or adopt a dog, here's the on-going variety of ways to Help Rescue:

• Make a few phone calls.
• Mail out applications to people who've requested them.
• Transport a dog.
• Donate a dog bed, towels, or other bedding type items.
• Donate MONEY.
• Donate appropriate toys.
• Donate a crate, x-pen or baby gates.
• Donate food/water dishes.
• Donate a leash, collar, halti, promise collar, or gentle leader.
• Donate some treats or a bag of food.
• Walk a dog.
• Groom a dog.
• Donate grooming supplies (brushes, shedding blades, zoom grooms, etc.).
• Provide local vet clinics with contact information for educational materials on responsible pet ownership.
• Drive a dog to and from vet appointments.
• Donate the use of your scanner, digital camera, or photocopier.
• Attend public education days and try to educate people on responsible pet ownership.
• Donate a gift certificate to a pet store.
• Donate a raffle item if your club is holding a fund raiser.
• Donate Advantage, Heartworm pills, or a first aid kit.
• Provide a shoulder to cry on when the rescue person is overwhelmed.
• Pay the boarding fees to board a dog for a week? Two weeks.
• Be a Santi-paws foster to give the foster a break for a few hours or days.
• Clip coupons for dog food or treats.
• Host rescue photos with an information link on your website.
• Donate time to take good photos of foster pets for adoption flyers, etc.
• Conduct a home visit or accompany a rescue person on the home visit.
• Go with rescue person to the vet to help if there is more than one dog.
• Have a yard sale and donate the money to rescue.
• Be volunteer to do rescue in your area.
• Take advantage of a promotion on the web or store offering a free ID tag and instead of getting it for your own dog, have the tag inscribed with your Club's name and phone # to contact. This makes a reusable ID tag for dogs while in foster care.

• Talk to all your friends about adopting and fostering rescue dogs.
• Donate vet services or can you help by donating a spay or neuter each year or some vaccinations.
• Interview vets to encourage them to offer discounts to rescues.
• Write a column for your local newspaper or club newsletter on pets currently looking for homes or ways to help rescue.
• Help organize and run fund raising events.
• Tattoo a rescued pet.
• Microchip a rescued pet.
• Loan your carpet steam cleaner to a foster home.
• Donate a bottle of bleach or other cleaning products.
• Donate or loan a portable dog run to someone who doesn't have a quarantine area for quarantining a dog that has an unknown vaccination history and has been in a shelter.
• Take a dog to obedience class, or pay for him to attend.
• Go to the foster home once a week with your children and dogs to help socialize the dog.
• Help the foster clean up the yard (yes, we also have to scoop what those foster dogs poop).
• Offer to test the foster dog with cats.
• Pay for the dog to be groomed or take the dog to a *Do It Yourself* Grooming Place.
• Bring the foster take out so the foster doesn't have to cook dinner.
• Pay a house-cleaning service to do the spring cleaning for someone who fosters pets all the time.
• Lend your artistic talents to your Rescue's newsletter, fundraising ideas, t-shirt designs.
• Donate printer paper, envelopes and stamps to your Rescue.
• Go to local shelters and meet with shelter staff about how to identify your breed or provide photos and breed information showing the different types of that breed may come in and the different color combinations.
• Go to local businesses and solicit donations for a club's fund raising event.
• Help pet owners be better pet owners by being available to answer training questions.
• Donate or loan a crate if a dog needs to travel by air.
• Provide post-adoption follow up or support.
• Donate a coupon for a free car wash or gas or inside cleaning of a vehicle.
• Go to the local shelter and see if that dog is the breed the shelter says it is or go with rescue to be a second opinion on the dog.
• Do something not mentioned on this list to help rescue.
• Gently-used dog equipment is always welcomed.