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Transport a dog.
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2.
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Volunteer to hold a dog at an adoption event.
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3.
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Walk a dog.
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4.
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Talk to all your friends about adopting and fostering rescue dogs.
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5.
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Make a few phone calls.
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6.
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Answer emails.
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7.
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Help maintain and update our website.
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8.
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Call vets to follow-up on adoption applications.
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9.
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Help maintain the paperwork files associated with each dog or enter the information into a database.
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10.
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Donate a gift certificate to a pet store.
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11.
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Donate flea preventative (Frontline, etc.)
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12.
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Donate Heartworm pills.
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13.
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Pay the boarding fees to board a dog for a week. Two weeks.
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14.
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Donate a dog bed or towels or other *bedding* type items. (Gently used dog equipment is always welcome)
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15.
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Donate a Kong. A Nylabone. A Hercules.
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16.
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Donate a crate.
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17.
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Donate an x-pen or baby gate.
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18.
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Donate a food dish or a stainless bucket for a crate.
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19.
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Donate a leash.
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20.
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Donate a collar.
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21.
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Donate some treats or a bag of food.
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22.
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Donate some grooming supplies (shampoos, combs, brushes, etc.)
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23.
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Donate printer paper, envelopes and stamps.
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24.
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Donate printing services.
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25.
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Donate your professional services as an accountant or lawyer.
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26.
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Donate other services if you run your own business.
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27.
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Drive a dog to and from vet appointments.
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28.
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Donate long distance calling cards.
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29.
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Donate the use of your scanner or digital camera.
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30.
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Donate the use of a photocopier.
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31.
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Be a Santi-paws foster to give the foster a break for a few hours or days.
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32.
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Bake some homemade doggie biscuits.
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33.
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Host rescue photos with an information link on your website.
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34.
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Donate time to take good photos of foster dogs for adoption flyers, etc.
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35.
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Conduct a home visit or accompany a rescue person on the home visit.
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36.
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Go with rescue person to the vet to help if there is more than one dog.
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37.
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Have a yard sale and donate the money to rescue.
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38.
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Donate vet services or help by donating a spay or neuter each year or some vaccinations.
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39.
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Support our partners listed on the website by frequenting their stores or using their services.
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40.
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Help organize and run fundraising events.
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41.
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Loan your carpet steam cleaner to someone who has fostered a dog that was sick or marked in the house.
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42.
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Use your video camera to film a rescue dog in action.
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43.
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Pay the cost of taking a dog to obedience class.
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44.
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Be the one to take the dog to its obedience class.
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45.
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Lend your design talents to for fundraising ideas, t-shirt designs.
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46.
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Go to local businesses and solicit donations for our fundraising events.
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47.
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Provide post-adoption follow up or support.
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48.
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Buy two of those really neat dog-items you "have to have" and donate one to Rescue.
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49.
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Donate MONEY.
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50.
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Remember that rescuing a dog involves the effort and time of many people and make yourself available on an emergency basis to do *whatever* is needed.
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