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Golden Angels Lora Chow

Lora has been a consummate volunteer and supporter since 2008. She has worked at many events such as the Canadian Pet Expo and Pickering Markets. She has fostered several Goldens including her own foster failure, Lola #2756. Lora is on the placement team and she supports the team by entering all the adoption applications into the database. She is also...

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Golden Angels Sue Valencia

Sue and her family have adopted three Goldens over the years and have given Scout #1575 and Oliver #1576, a bonded pair, and Parker #3826 from Cairo a wonderful loving family. When Sue’s youngest daughter went to university, she had more time to give to Golden Rescue…lucky for us! Sue claims that “volunteering with GR allows me to give back...

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Golden Angels Deb Symington

Deb and her husband have been fostering for GR for over eight years. They have been spectacular foster failures twice, adopting Andy and Sally. These Golden goofballs could not have found more perfect families. Deb volunteers in many capacities besides fostering ~ she helps out at events, is at the ready whenever a Golden needs to be transported, helps with...

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Golden Angels Bruce Horton

Bruce has been a lifelong animal lover. He first came in contact with Golden Rescue after his beloved Golden, Dana, crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Bruce and his wife weren’t ready to adopt another but started to foster with us, which helped fill the hole that Dana left. Since then, they have been wonderful GR supporters, fostering, transporting, and greeting international...

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Golden Angels Louis Thouin

Over the years Louis has done everything Golden Rescue has asked of him and more…and he always does everything with such good humour, even in adversity. Louis does many of our Montreal airport arrival greetings and also transports whenever needed. He never says no to long, long drives and if we need overnight holds for our international Goldens, he is...

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Golden Angels Katie McDade

Katie is the loving mom of Barnaby #3469. She started volunteering with Golden Rescue in January 2021, a few months after the loss of her sweet Golden boy, Bennet. She was looking for a way to help heal from his loss so she offered to help where she could and to connect with other Golden lovers during a time of...

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Golden Angels Ian McClelland

Ian and his wife Cindy are long-term supporters of GR. They used to live in Ontario and moved to PEI not long ago. They have adopted multiple times and currently have three amazing Goldens ~ Prince #2048, Molly #3078, and Ozzy #3773. They have volunteered in literally every area and simply have never said no if they are needed. Not...

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Golden Angels Airport Volunteers

Golden Rescue has rescued over 1,500 Goldens from overseas. This has been a monumental task that has involved a huge number of volunteers, including the placement team, the foster team, and those looking after our supporting vets and ongoing Golden care…not to mention our amazing international partners in Cairo and Istanbul. Perhaps the largest group, however, are those angels who...

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Golden Angels Paul Rogers

Paul first discovered GR while reading The Guardian in his vet’s waiting room. Since then, he has done a number of things for Golden Rescue including joining the transportation team. His longest journey was from Toronto to Boston to pick up some Golden beauties arriving from Istanbul. Paul describes this trip as follows, “The Goldens were hilarious. They had no...

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