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Our dogs love volunteers!

Some folks think they won’t be helpful as GRRIN volunteers if they aren’t experts in dog care and rehabilitation.  Rest assured that none of us are experts.  But each of us has talents, and there are many ways to put your talents to work if you’re interested in volunteering for GRRIN.

None of us can do all these jobs ourselves, but when we team up, we make a great volunteer organization!  If you’d like to contribute your talents to a GRRIN job, please fill out the form below and someone will contact you.

 

  • If you’re creative, you could volunteer on the team that plans and organizes events.  We’re always looking for people with fresh ideas about games to play and ways to build attendance at functions that showcase our foster dogs and help us raise money.
  • If you work all day and can only volunteer at night or on weekends, you could work on our Goldline phone team, returning calls and interviewing people who want to surrender a Golden or adopt one.
  • If you have short blocks of time available during the day, and you love dogs but not paperwork, you could volunteer to transport Goldens as they come into foster care.
  • If you like meeting people, you could volunteer to do home visits.  You’d get a chance to screen people who’ve applied to foster or adopt a GRRIN dog.
  • If people aren’t your thing but you’re dog savvy and love meeting canines, you could volunteer to assess incoming dogs to make sure they’re Goldens and of sound temperament.
  • If you’re detail oriented, you could help with intake.  You’d interview people who are surrendering dogs, gather their vet records, recruit assessors, and drive the overall process to bring Goldens into rescue.
  • If you love having a new dog in the house, you could volunteer to foster a Golden.  You’d do what it takes to get them ready for adoption, from housetraining to obedience training.  Then you’d help screen adopters to find a perfect forever home for a GRRIN dog.  Go to Foster A Golden for more information.

None of us can do all these jobs ourselves, but when we team up, we make a great volunteer organization!  If you’d like to contribute your talents to a GRRIN job, please fill out the form below and someone will contact you.

Volunteers Welcome from Across Nebraska

You don’t need to live in Omaha or Lincoln to make a difference with us. No matter where you are in Nebraska, there are meaningful ways for you to get involved and help support our families.

To become a volunteer, fill out our form below

  • Our main method of communication with our volunteers is via email. Please make sure to enter your email address correctly.
    I will familiarize myself and comply with GRRIN's policies and procedures applicable to volunteers. In particular, I fully understand that GRRIN expects high standards of moral and ethical treatment of the animals under its care. I will adhere strictly to these standards in my capacity as a volunteer. I will remember that in all my interaction with the public as a volunteer, I am representing Golden Retriever Rescue in Nebraska, and that the public will consider my words and actions regarding rescue activities representative of the attitude and position of GRRIN. I agree that I will responsibly and respectfully use all forms of communications involving GRRIN, its volunteers and the public, including but not limited to, email and social media venues.
    As a volunteer for Golden Retriever Rescue in Nebraska I will have access to and may learn certain information of a proprietary or confidential nature. I agree not to share such information with any other persons, inside or outside the organization, without proper consent.
    I affirm that I am not currently under disciplinary action by the American Kennel Club, any national breed club, or any local kennel club, have not been convicted of any charges of cruelty, abuse, or neglect of animals, and am not engaged in large scale commercial breeding or sale of dogs.
    I will be contacted by the GRRIN Volunteer Chair to determine where I may be able to volunteer for the organization. I agree that I will not conduct any volunteer activities until I have signed a Release and Hold Harmless Agreement provided by the Volunteer Chair.