Below is list of ways to help rescue:

1. Transport a dog for a ‘leg’ of it’s journey to a safe haven.
2. Sponsor a dogs needs while it's being rehabilitated
3. Write your favorite rescue organization into your will. Create a legacy in your name
   
4. Have a yard sale and donate some of the money to rescue
5. Offer to do a shelter ID for a rescue
6. Provide local vet clinics with contact information for responsible rescues that have volunteers in your area.
7. Volunteer to create a brochure for the rescue of your choice
8. Drive a rescued dog to and from vet appointments
9. Walk a dog, brush a dog, clean out a crate etc. . . Equipment requirements -  Responsible rescue volunteers keep new dogs totally separated from other dogs for cautionary health quarantines if the dog has come from a shelter, behavioral evaluations, health concerns, or other possible contagious conditions that need treatment time.   Some items that rescues and shelters often need:
   
10. Any grooming equipment:  shampoos, combs, brushes, etc.
11. Crate or wire cage ... appropriately sized for the specific breed
12. Exercise pens a/k/a 'X-pens'  ... you can't imagine how helpful these are to rescue volunteers!
13. Donate or loan a portable dog run to someone who doesn't have a quarantine area for quarantining a dog that has an unknown vaccination history and has been in a shelter.
14. Baby gates - do you have one in your basement or garage?
15. Leashes and/or collars
16. Long distance calling cards
    
17. Dog beds or crate pads
18. Gift certificate to a pet supply store .. either online or in your neighborhood.
19. Flea preventative (Advantage, Frontline, etc.), or heartworm preventative Facility Maintenance Needs:  In order to know the dog well enough to properly represent it to potential adoptors, rescues need to keep dogs in residence long enough to do behavior, health and temperament evaluations.  This evaluation time requires much which is always welcome from supporters:
20. Quality kibble & canned foods
21. Food  & Watering dishes
22. Treats for training/behavioral modification
23. Paper towels by the case (!)
24. Canine First Aid Kit
25. White vinegar
26. Bleach & cleaning products
27. Towels, blankets, old quits, etc.
28. People to come by and give the dogs treats to socialize Administrative:  There is much clerical work that accompanies the rescue and rehab of animals.  The following are related needs:
29. Scanner or digital camera .. (or just loan it to a rescue)
30. Sponsor a toll free number for your favorite rescue organization
31. Facsimile machine
32. Printer
33. Photocopier
34. Paper
35. Desk/chair
36. Answering machine
37. Help maintain the paperwork files associated with each dog or enter the information into a database
38. Volunteer to file, answer mail, run off adoption applications, etc.
39. Be a Santa-paws foster to give the foster provider a break for a few hours ... or a day or two ....   full-time fostering of needy fluffs can be exhausting.
40. Provide a shoulder to cry on when the rescue person is overwhelmed
41. Bake some homemade doggie biscuits
42. Attend public education days and try to educate people on responsible pet ownership
43. Host rescue photos on your website ... give the info link ..
44. Take good photos of foster dogs for adoption flyers, etc.
45. Conduct a home visit or accompany a rescue person on the home visit
46. Go with a rescue person to the vet to help if there is more than one dog
47. Donate a raffle item if your rescue affiliate is holding a fundraiser
48. Be a volunteer contact in your area (this means learning about responsible rescue policies and procedures.)
49. Take advantage of a promotion on the web or store offering a free ID tag and instead of getting it for your own dog, have the tag inscribed with your local rescue's name and phone # to contact
50. Talk to all your dog savvy friends who have the time ...about adopting and fostering rescue dogs
51. Donate vet services or a spay or neuter or some vaccinations now and again
52. Interview vets to encourage them to offer discounts to rescues
53. Write a column for your local newspaper or club newsletter on dogs on dogs currently looking for homes and/or ways to help rescue
54. Be a spokesperson in your community for rescue .. encourage people to surrender their unwanted dog to a responsible rescue instead of a germ ridden shelter.
55. Maintain web links to www.petfinder.com rescue dogs
56. Volunteer to help organize and run fundraising events (the life of rescue ..)
57. Sponsor a microchip for a rescued dog
58. Loan your carpet steam-cleaner to a rescue foster home.
59. Speak to children in school about the important and spaying & neutering.  Many do this through 'animal care' special topic classes.
60. Use your video camera to film a rescue dog in action
61. Pay the cost of taking a dog to obedience class
62. Be the one to take the dog to its obedience class
63. Go to the foster home once a week with your children and dogs to help socialize the dog
64. Help the foster clean up the yard (yes, we also have to continually scoop up what those foster dogs poop)
65. hire a lawn service to mow, etc. for busy rescue volunteers.
66. Offer to test the foster dog with cats
67. Pay for the foster dog to be groomed or take the dog to a *Do It Yourself* Grooming Place
68. Bring the foster family take out supper so they don’t have to cook dinner
69. Pay a house-cleaning service to do the spring cleaning for someone who fosters dogs all the time
70. Lend your artistic talents to a rescue newsletter, fundraising idea, and t-shirt design
71. Donate printer paper, envelopes and stamps to your club
72. Go with a rescue person to the vet if a foster dog needs to be euthanized - this job is the worst ....
73. Go to local shelters and meet with shelter staff about how to identify your breed or provide photos and breed information showing the different types of that breed may come in and the different color combinations
74. Go to local businesses and solicit donations for a club's fundraising event
75. Offer to try and help owners be better pet owners by holding a grooming seminar
76. Help pet owners be better pet owners by being available to answer training questions
77. Loan a crate if a dog needs to travel by air
78. Put together an *Owner's Manual* for those who adopt rescued dogs of your breed
79. Provide post-adoption follow up or support ...  All responsible rescues followed up after adoptions.
80. Donate a coupon for a free car wash or gas or inside cleaning of a vehicle
81. Pay for an ad in your local/metropolitan paper to help place rescue dogs and volunteer to screen the calls fromt he ad
82. Get some friends together to build/repair pens for a foster home
83. Microchip your own pups if you are a breeder, and register the chips so if your dogs ever come into rescue, you can be contacted to take responsibility for your pup
84. If you are a breeder, donate a small percentage of the sale of each pup to rescue
85. Buy two of those really neat dog-items you "have to have" and donate one to Rescue
86. Make financial arrangements in your will to cover the cost of caring for your dogs after you are gone. (Also, be sure you have designated someone to care for them, to prevent them from becoming dogs in need)
87. Donate your professional services as an accountant or lawyer or other Professional services
88. Donate the use of a vehicle if you own a car dealership
89. Loan your cell phone (and cover costs for any calls) to someone driving a rescued dog
90. Donate your *used* dog dryer when you get a new one
91. Let rescue know when you'll be flying and that you'd be willing to be a rescued dog's escort
92. Donate a grid screen for a van or other vehicle
93. Donate a used van or suv for transport or to a rescue auction
94. Organize a rescued dog picnic or other event to reunite the rescued dogs that have been placed and elevate awareness of pet overpopulation
95. Donate other types of doggy toys that might be safe for rescued dogs
96. Donate a roll-a-treat or Buster cube
97. Donate clickers or a video on clicker training
98. Donate materials for a quarantine area at a foster's home
99. Donate sheets of linoleum or other flooring material to put under crates to protect the foster's floor?
100. Donate an engraving tool to make ID tags for each of the rescued dogs

Remember. . . rescuing a dog involves the effort and time of many people. Little things DO mean a lot. Just being available to do whatever is needed can be a great help. Rescued animals really need YOU!!
Begin the habit .. do one little thing starting today ..
and continue every month! Be creative, use your talents, job, or hobbies to do what YOU can do to help save a life - make a difference to one.