Northern Bark - Newsletter

Volunteers are always needed & appreciated!

Especially NOW that the summer is in full swing - we need reliable & regular volunteers to help with turn-outs and the tag sales.

Without regular & reliable volunteers no non-profit can exist!!!!

If you, or someone you know, would like to volunteer their time to help Northern Greyhound Adoptions, please leave a message for Dorothy or Sue at (802) 524-6659 OR fill out the below form and e-mail it to info@NorthernGreyhoundAdoptions.org (or print and mail it to the street address above).

Volunteer Info Form: PDF & Word Doc

We are most especially in need of help for turn-out times right now - though not the most glamorous part of volunteering for a rescue kennel it is the most important of the job - directly taking kind & consistent care of these beautiful creatures!   (And it's a chance to adore every dog in the kennel, too!)  Turn-out involves letting dogs out in groups or individually into the turn-out yard for water & potty time and cleaning up after them - we happily give training for the ins & outs of this job.  The times we need help most are the 5-7pm and 9-11pm shifts - all days of the week would be appreciated!

You can also put up flyers in your area, make crafts to sell thru our website to help raise funds for the dogs' care, donate goods for our Summer yard sales at the kennel, help feed and let the dogs out for turn-outs at the kennel.  Just call the kennel - or e-mail us - and let us know you'd like to help!

Volunteers always needed to help man booths at Meet-and-Greet events; helping set up, answer questions about Greyhounds, and help break down after the event is done - see the Events calendar for what events are coming up.  Tag Sale season is soon upon us too; what a greyt way for a consumate tag-saler to have first-morning access to a tag sale AND help out the 'hounds!

See, download & print our brochure here: Download Brochure
Hand them out wherever you can - especially for Meet-and-Greets!

Is there an event in your area that you'd like to represent N.G.A. at?
Events like Home & Garden shows are great for meet-and-greets - contact us please!


  • We are in need of support most particularly for turn-out times here at the kennel. Turn-out times are 6-8am, 11am-1pm, 5-7pm and 9-11 pm - help would be appreciated any day of the week, but is most especially needed for the last two turn-outs of the day!
  • Please note, if you are doing volunteer time for class credit/"job experience" or the like, stopping in to take dogs for extended walks does not count.  Not just because these dogs are sprinters (meaning they cannot just start going on extended walks but need to build up to it carefully) but also because walking dogs is what folks do for fun.  For volunteering to count for credit a true service is needed.  Those needed services are help with turn-outs, cleaning the kennel and yards, or helping set-up/take-down the tag sales.  Thank you kindly for understanding!
  • We also look for people to work on socialization with the dogs at our site in St Albans - especially the shy ones that need gentle handling.  Please contact someone at the kennel regarding your experience and interest.

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