Now in this segment of your orientation we will now discuss where MAGDRL as an organization is going. Perhaps the best place to start is with our Mission Statement, which reads as follows:
MAGDRL is staffed completely by volunteers. Like all humane groups, MAGDRL is in the unique position of helping both humans and pets. In our case, the pets are Great Danes and mixed Dane dogs, and the people are all those who have or want the companionship of the breed or, often, just dogs in general.
MAGDRL helps people to:
-Determine the right breed of dog for their lifestyle
-Find healthy and companionable Danes that fit their circumstances
-Find loving replacement homes for Danes they can no longer keep
-Become knowledgeable about the care and training of their Great Danes
-Resolve their Danes physical/behavioral problem
-Overcome their grief at the loss of their loved pet
-Stretch their tax dollar by assuming the Dane burden from public shelters
MAGDRL helps Danes
-By providing for the rescue and care of those who have been abandoned, neglected and/or abused by their previous owners.
-By spaying/neutering and providing medical treatment as necessary to return the Dane back to good
health.
-By supplying training/socialization to ensure their adaptability to new, good homes.
-We work to place rescue Danes with people who will provide secure, loving and healthy homes
Decisions are made by an annually elected board of directors which is why it's so important for you to become a member of MAGDRL. These people are your voice. If you would like to see our By-laws which are public information, they are available for review on the main website here:
As we move into the specifics of each area, you will see in detail how we go about helping the Danes who come to us. But now we come to the reason you're here...to help us help the Danes. So let's get started on determining what you'd like to do as a volunteer with MAGDRL.
Let's look at the Opportunities to Volunteer and try to determine what tasks are a good fit for you. While this may seem redundant as we asked this in a condensed version on the application, here we expand the choices and also provide a brief overview of each task. Here's the list. Click on an item to learn more about it.
Now that you've been provided with an explanation of each of the items listed above, you may have decided there are other things you didn't originally select in which you may now want to participate. On the other hand, perhaps you selected an item and, after reading, you feel this is not really for you.
So now we'd like to ask again for you to tell us your areas of interest. Please complete the volunteer survey which lists these same 22 options. Simply check your desired task(s) and click on the submit button to E-mail back to me. After we determine what it is you would like to do, we'll tell you just how to do it.
Maybe you'd like to know if there are still more ways you can help MAGDRL. There are! And if you click on this link we can show you over fifty ways you can help:
