How To Help
Volunteer!
Do you have a little spare time? Become a volunteer! You can help with shelter checks, grooming, transportation, home visitations, mailings, fundraising and many other ways. Just fill our our Volunteer Application and pay your dues online. Then tell us about your interests!
Become a Member!
2024 MEMBERS & FEES (Jan. 1 – Dec. 31)
Annual Members – $20/single or $30/family (2 adults in same household). Annual Members will receive all communications from NEOCR, can volunteer at all NEOCR events, can participate on NEOCR committees, and have voting privileges. Annual renewal is required.
Lifetime Members – $500 (per household). Lifetime Members will receive all communications from NEOCR, can volunteer at all NEOCR events, can participate on NEOCR committees, and have voting privileges. There is no expiration date, however, annual registration is required to keep contact information current.
Honorary Members – The Honorary Member donates at least $500, but does not want voting privileges. Honorary members will receive all communications from NEOCR, can volunteer at all NEOCR events, however, cannot sit on NEOCR committees and do not have voting privileges. There is no expiration date. However, annual registration to keep contact information current is required.
Cosmo Fund for Senior Dogs
Northeast Ohio Collie Rescue created the Cosmo Fund for Senior Dogs to provide support to both senior collies, and their senior caregivers. The fund was created in honor of the late Cosmo Plottke, and initially funded with a generous bequest from his lifelong companion, the late Ed Plottke.
Who can benefit from the fund?
The Cosmo Fund can be used to help cover high, or unexpected, medical expenses that become more common in senior dogs. It can also provide extra help to senior care-givers who are faced with fixed or declining incomes that threaten their ability to keep a companion animal. The fund will also provide financial support for medical expenses to foster homes housing hard-to-place senior dogs, so that they may live out their lives in dignity and comfort.
Also, in recognition of the value that a companion animal can bring to seniors who may otherwise be faced with limited social opportunities and resulting loneliness, the fund will be available to provide resources to NEOCR intake and adoptions volunteers in obtaining senior dogs and restoring them to optimal health and condition before matching them up to their new home. And, understanding the concerns of senior caregivers facing end-of-life issues, the fund will be available to assure them that surviving companions will be re-homed, or placed in a permanent foster home where they will be safe, loved, and valued as they live out their own lives.
It is also hoped that the fund can help coordinate the activities of volunteers who can keep in touch with homes to help assure the needs of all are being met. If you think to fund could help you, or someone you know, please contact Northeast Ohio Collie Rescue at contact@neocr.org.
Amazon Wish List
Help provide everyday items needed for Collies in NEOCR care. This list is updated periodically.
