Don't want to adopt
but do want to help?
We depend on donations to supplement our adoption fees.
Sometimes, the cost to rescue a dog far exceeds our adoption fee.
We accept checks or Paypal.
You'll receive a letter acknowledging your gift for your tax records.
You can also help by visiting our Paws To Shop section.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Donate with PayPal
(You don't need to have a PayPal account yourself.)
You can do a little or a lot:
no experience necessary!
Make reference check phone calls, do home visits, help with transporting dogs, fundraise, maintain webpages, help at rescue booths, or become a foster home.
Your fellow New Spirit volunteers will be there to help every step of the way!
What we do: We evaluate Australian Shepherds and Australian Shepherd mixes from selected shelters and private owners no longer able to keep their Aussies. If we judge a dog suitable for placement with an average adopter, we foster it in private homes and get to know the dog. We then post the dog to our website and place it in an adoptive home where the energy levels, expectations and personalities are a good fit.
Think of us as a "doggie dating service"!
New Spirit 4 Aussie Rescue, Inc.
New Spirit 4 Aussie Rescue is an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)(3) organization serving Australian Shepherds and Aussie
mixes in the eastern half of the United States.
The K9 JYM is the largest and most complete indoor facility for dog fitness, sports and
training in the region.
New Spirit Updates
Read the latest New Spirit newsletter here!
See our New Spirit video featuring New Spirit dogs
Fun Day 2010
As we began our third year rescuing Australian Shepherds and Aussie mixes, we once again gathered at the president's house in Collegeville, PA, just outside Philadelphia, to meet and greet other volunteers, dogs, adopted and available, and our wonder adopters. More than 40 dogs played and an estimated 60-70 people came and went on a picture perfect Saturday, May 15.
New Spirit has now placed hundreds of dogs in wonderful new homes, treated many medically needy and heartworm positive dogs, and brought joy to dogs, volunteers, foster homes, and adoptive families. We've grown from a handful of people in January 2008 to over 200 volunteers from ME to FL, and as far west as IL, IN, WI, and MI, and all states in between, and new people join us almost daily!
Best of all, the "new spirit" which we set out to create has thrived: we're a larger community now, but the camaraderie and respect for people we were determined to have continues to grow. Not only do we help dogs, we help one another. We rescue dogs and we have fun doing it. Not that all the news is good: rescue is never "all sunshine and flowers" as one volunteer noted, but on the sad days when we have to let a dog go due to health or other issues, we join together to support one another and commiserate, and most important, lift our eyes to the horizon so we can start over again the next day.
With many thanks to all our wonderful volunteers and associated rescues and shelters, we want to especially thank the many people who have supported New Spirit so generously: driving a leg of a transport, writing a check, a donation of dog food, giving their time and expertise to produce a newsletter, keeping our records straight, processing checks and reimbursements, flying dogs to new homes for us . . . the amount of talent and hard work contributed by so many is truly staggering. So thank you, thank you, and thank you!
Spectators line up for the first show of the day
So many herding dogs:
let's make a big circle and run fast!
Off to the races! Ron, on left, can't bear to watch, but Joe seems resigned to the mayhem.
Kathy Roe with a huge pack of dogs wondering how to get into the garage where the food is. . .
Merri Roe keeps the pool filled despite non-stop use
Mary served tirelessly to keep the troops fed, including Letha Boust, shown here.
Donna Fogle, one of our ace adoption application processors!
The inevitable crash at the end of the day . . .
The New Spirit Aussie Ambassadors:
left to right, Kye, 15, Shasta, 4, and Ranger 2, appeared at many fundraising events in 2009 and thank you for your generous support of New Spirit.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sept. 11&12
Outlaw Days
9:00am-5:00pm
Tuckahoe Equestrian Center,
Queen Anne, MD
Sept. 25
Walk for the Animals & Walktoberfest
10:00am-2:00pm
First Energy Stadium, Reading, PA
Sept. 25
Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival
11:00am-4:00pm
Lee Park, Charlottesville, VA
Oct. 2
Bark in the Park
11:00am-3:00pm
Nottingham County Park,
Nottingham, PA
Oct. 2
Burlington County Pet Expo 5
11:00am-4:00pm
Burlington County Library, Westampton, NJ
Oct. 3
Bark in the Park Dog Walk & Fun Fest
12:00noon-5:00pm
Chesapeake City Park,
Chesapeake, VA
Oct. 3
Woofstock
8:00am-1:00pm
Banning Park, Wilmington, DE
Oct. 10
Tailwaggers Trot
12:00pm-4:00pm
Buchanan Park, Lancaster, PA
Oct. 23 & 24
Smyrna's Fall Jonquil Festival
Sat 10:00am-6:00pm
Sun 12:00noon-5:00pm
Village Green Downtown, Smyrna, GA
Oct. 23
Baltimore BARCStoberfest
11:00am-4:00pm
Patterson Park, Baltimore, MD
Nov. 6
Reston Home 4 the Holidays
Super Pet Adoption Event
11:00am-4:00pm
Reston Town Ctr, Reston, VA
