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

  • Become a foster home: offer temporary shelter to a dog
          that we've evaluted.  We do our best 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, cruise the web for dogs in need, or anything esle 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