As many of you know, my wife has been involved in volunteering for a local dog rescue for a couple of years. Monique and a number of her friends, who also have many years experience rescuing dogs, decided to start their own dog rescue called Home To Stay.

Home To Stay focuses on dogs that are slated to be euthanized, although they help dogs in all types of situations. The rescue is not breed specific, rather choosing to help as many dogs as they possibly can.

The role of Home To Stay, and the volunteers that work there, is to identify a dog in need and get it out of the dog pound as quickly as possible. Transportation is arranged, through rail or trucking volunteers, to bring the dog to the rescue. Once here, the dog is taken to the vet and brought up-to-date on all its shots, neutered or spayed, and all care is given to ensure it receives a clean bill of health.

The dogs are fostered with caring volunteers, in their homes, until a permanent home can be found for the dog. The search for a permanent home isn’t just to take the first application that comes in, but rather to find the right fit for each dog and owner.

The adoption process consists of a meeting with the potential adopters, a home visit, and then a sleep over for the dog. If all goes well, the dog will have found a new home and the rescue will have saved another life.

Home To Stay is a non-profit organization that relies solely on the contributions of others. Everyone at the rescue works for free, allowing all donation money to go directly to the care, feeding and placement of the dogs.

If you can afford to help the rescue with a donation, please visit its PayPal page. No donation is too small to help pay vet bills, food, training or other unforeseen costs.

I would like to thank Rene Ritchie, the editor-in-chief of iMore.com, for donating $1,000 to help the dogs. Rene’s contribution is funding the first couple of dogs coming through the rescue.

You can donate via PayPal or with a credit card. You can even make the donations a monthly contribution if you like.

Thanks for your help.