MuttShack's Marvelous Mission

Get A Million Stray Pets Off the Streets and Out of Overcrowded Shelters. 

• Register as a MuttShack Member

• Start Your Rescue Efforts

• Join MuttShack Community

• Post on MuttShack Blog

MuttShack Volunteer Dictionary
 

A MuttShack

	A safe place for a pet for a few days in a home while his patron finds him a new family. A MuttShack can be a warm blanket in the corner of the garage, a fancy dog-house, a comforting pillow or just a safe place they can hide out until they feel brave again. Register Your Muttshack
A MuttShacker
	A Good Samaritan who rescues a dog or cat and takes care of him, socialize him and become his promoter. Find and adopt a pet Spay and neuter and provide medical care Socialize and train Advertise in local newspapers and post flyers.  Join the MuttShack Community Groups, for support and counsel. Become a promoter for the rescue dog.  Screen potential families and choose the most suitable home. Register Your Muttshack
MuttShack Bow-Wow-Know-How's
	MuttShack experts of all sorts: Legal Professionals Veterinarians Shelter Workers Administrators PR's and Publicists etc. who give their opinions to questions posted in the MuttShack Blogs and Newsgroups. Register Your Muttshack
MuttShack Paper Trailer
	One who makes flyers of shelter animals and posts them on local bulletin boards.  Giving the dog publicity that saves his life.  Type in Your Zip Code to find a local shelter and choose a dog to save. Make up flyers, giving the information about the dog, the shelter address and the pet's ID number.  Hand-made signs are great.  Post the flyers on local bulletin boards in your neighborhood, at vets, pet stores, parks.  Prospective adopters contact the shelter directly, with the information you provided and adopt!   Check new dog listings frequently!  Stay connected through the MuttShack Community for support. Register Your Muttshack
MuttShack Keyboarder
	One who's internet active, creating posts for MuttShacks, promotes MuttShack events and the MuttShack Mission, through e-mails, newsgroups, Blogs and media connections.  Write Articles for the Press Write Petitions Blog and Join Online Chats Submit posts to Community Newsboards We are looking for volunteer writers and web activists. We need more volunteer feature writers, weekly columnists, cartoonists, etc. to keep the site robust with content.  (Tim is exhausted!) Register Your MuttShack
MuttShack Event Volunteers
	Those who physically handle fundraising, pet adoption and sponsorship events. August 20, 2005 is National Homeless Pet Day We need group leaders and event co-ordinators. Please contact us today! Register Your Muttshack
Donations, Sponsorships and Bequests
	MuttShack is A Project of the National Heritage Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal rescue organization. MuttShack depends on corporate and private sponsors to maintain the MuttShack mission and complete this agenda. Donations you make to the foundation is tax deductible.  Donations can be made on-line or mailed. To contact Us    Donations, Sponsorships and Bequests
Employment at MuttShack Foundation
Willingness to Receive Income The employee must be ready, willing and able to receive compensation. Even though we accept volunteers for other positions this is NOT a volunteer  position.  NHF and MuttShack believe that people should be paid a reasonable compensation for his or her time and talent. We pay the best rate to get the best and most qualified person.	POSITIONS AVAILABLE: We currently have a position for: ANNUAL GIFTS OFFICER  The Annual Gifts Officer, reporting to the Founder, will organize and execute MuttShack’s annual gifts fund raising for the greater MuttShack Animal Rescue Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 charity Our Goal: "Create  MuttShack foster homes for abandoned and abused animals.  Rescue, rehabilitate, and nurture them to health and find them new quality forever homes. Stop killings of healthy animals in overcrowded shelters by re-homing, spaying and neutering.

How it Works...

Become a MuttShacker!

Step 3:  Find A Pet  
»  Type in your ZIP CODE to view adoptable pets in a shelter near you. 
»  Visit the shelter and bring home your rescued pet.

or ...

Volunteer!  If you have skills, share them with MuttShackers.
Outreach! We need Online Networkers, Journalists and Writers, Advisors, Publishers, Bloggers, Flyer Distributors, Event Organizers! 
Experts! Animal experts, Lawyers, Veterinarians, Shelter Workers etc.

Step 1: Register A MuttShack Name!
Step 2: Come to the MuttShack Forum!

or ...

"How do we save a million animals from death? 
      ~ By creating a million little MuttShacks, one shack at a time!"

Join Patrick McDonnell in his dedication to raising awareness of animals in shelters and to encourage animal adoption.