A Letter from our Volunteer Coordinator

Thank you so much for your interest in becoming a volunteer with Colorado Puppy Rescue. We hope that you will enjoy your time helping our puppies in need and maybe get a few puppy licks along the way.

All of CPR's rescued puppies come from shelters

in rural areas. These puppies may have been turned

into the shelters by the owners or simply been left

on the side of the road and picked up by shelter workers. Some come with stories but most do not. Shelters in rural areas can not handle large numbers of puppies. They may not have the funding, the facilities, the personnel or the population to adopt; so puppies in these shelters are euthanized. CPR is entirely a foster based organization. We do not own a facility to house our rescue animals. All of the puppies that come to CPR are fostered with families from day one.

Please let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to working with you.

volunteer@coloradopuppy.org

Administrative -
Ages 18 and up are encouraged

Follow up calls to adopters, Inputting puppies into our Petpoint program, various other office tasks--most tasks can be completed in your home.

Intake Volunteers -
Ages 18 and up are encouraged

Intakes are generally on Thursday afternoons. This is where we meet the puppies coming in from shelters, evaluate them, complete thair puperwork and get them ready to go home with a foster family. This is one of our most important jobs.

Duties can include:

Attending intakes
Weighing and evaluating puppies
Puppy baths
Washing out crates
Feeding and watering puppies
Wash dog dishes
Take photos of puppies for our web site
Helping with Foster Puppy Pick up

Adoption Event Volunteers-

Ages 18 and up are encouraged (Adoption Event Hours Only)

Puppy Host-
This position deals one on one with the puppies and is just what is sounds like. Our puppy hosts are the first friendly faces that our adopters see. Puppy Hosts Manage our crowd and sign-up sheet, answer visitor questions and call visitors into the viewing area.
Puppy Posse- This position also deals one on one with the puppies. A stepping stone to Adoption Counselor. Our "go to" volunteers during adoption events. We need volunteers that don't mind working with people and puppies. Duties can include:

[] Setting up for adoption events.

[] Possible puppy walking.

[] Greeting adopters.

[] ALOT of hands on work with our puppies.

[] Helping the adopters through check out.

[] Taking pictures of puppies and adopters.

[] Running errands.

[] General help.

Committee Volunteers

Fundraising Committee-
Grass roots style. Table top fund-raisers, dog washes, candy sales, donation envelopes at work, pet photo contests, rummage sales, bake sales, ect. These are the type of fun and easy fund-raisers that help to get the word out about Colorado Puppy Rescue and raise some money, too. This can be done on your own schedule.
Adopter/Alumni Meetup Committee- That's right! We're planning a BIG meet up. We need volunteers who love to plan and organize.
Comminity Outreach and Public Relations- Help us educate the community by visiting schools and representing CPR at community events.
Spay & Neuter Committee- While we try to save the current puppies, we need a plan for the future. We have to look at the BIGGER picture and approach the problem of pet overpopulation through spay and neuter. We need volunteers who would like to help with brainstorming ideas, implementing programs, and advertising the importance of spay and neuter.
Volunteer Moral and Meetup Committee- Everyone needs to party sometime!

Professional Services-
Adults encouraged

There are many ways to help Colorado Puppy Rescue in addition to volunteering time at puppy intakes and adoption events. Here are a few examples:

- Do you work at a printing shop? We need low cost printing for our adoption paperwork.

- Do you work in construction or as a contractor? We need help building a nursery in one of our foster homes.

- Do you edit a local newsletter? We need donated adverting space.

- Do you have a knowlege of phone message systems? Ours only lets us leave a 1 minute message.

- Do you have experience writing grants and asking for corporate donations? We need help with this too.

If you can help us with these projects or if you have ideas of your own please contact our Managing Director at info@coloradopuppy.org

Do something that you will want to brag about.