HOME FOR GOOD DOG RESCUE INC
Your home is the best shelter a dog can have.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We are a 100% foster-based, non-profit 501(c)(3) dog rescue established in 2010 in Summit, New Jersey, with offices in Berkeley Heights. We socialize, care for, and provide rescue dogs with life-saving medical care at our Wellness Center in Aiken, South Carolina, transport them to New Jersey, and nurture them in our network of foster families while they await adoption into loving homes - giving them a second chance at life. We have rescued over 9,000 dogs from deplorable and dangerous environments, including high-kill shelters, hoarding situations, and abusive conditions, such as in-breeding and puppy mills, neglect and abuse. We give hope and purpose to the dogs we save and the families who have been enriched through fostering and adoption.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Animal Adoption & Rescue Program
We focus our rescue areas specifically on areas throughout South Carolina and Georgia—in area that demonstrate considerable populations of unwanted dogs, high rates of euthanasia, and significant need for animal rescue respite.
Once a dog comes into our care from either an owner surrender or high-kill shelter, it enters either our fully staffed rescue facility in Aiken, SC and is fully vetted with the help of a third-party veterinarian.
Under our staff’s watchful eye, every animal, from senior dogs to mothers and their puppies, is altered, vaccinated, microchipped and provided any specific care their unique circumstances require. When a dog is medically cleared and well enough to travel, he or she then arrives in New Jersey via either overnight transport van or volunteer rescue flight. Each year, approximately 30 transports arrive pairing dogs with the their "homes for good."
At our Berkeley Heights headquarters, each dog is bathed, groomed, medically checked, and then finally sent to one of our 130 local foster homes.
With a growing volunteer base of over 120 members, we now save an average of 1,050 lives a year and pride ourselves on our ability to educate our communities both in New Jersey and abroad on the importance of spaying and neutering, on proper dog handling and mutually fulfilling pet ownership, and on the importance of rescue in reducing the population of unwanted dogs in the United States.
We strive to inspire and to motivate our volunteers, adopters, and supporters of all ages to join us in this mission and create a future of which we can all be proud, one that enriches not only the lives of the dogs we rescue but the lives of the families and communities in which they live.
Included in the budget for our rescue program is shelter fees, veterinary care, animal microchipping, alteration, food, shelter, transportation, and grooming.
Volunteer Education Program
Through our rigorous volunteer training program, we are able to educate the public at large and thus instill our values of proper dog ownership and handling, of animal alteration, and of the importance of rescue into the communities in which we work. Our volunteers then welcome our dogs the day they are transported to New Jersey, keep them comfortable during adoption events, and interface with the public as ambassadors for the work we do.
Foster Program
Our unprecedented uniquely 100-percent foster-based animal housing program allows us to place each and every dog in our care into a loving temporary home until adoption. Our protocols are used as standards of care for leading national animal rescue organizations, and each dog, in turn, enriches the lives of the families with which they live. Those families are additionally educated on proper care and ownership and become ambassadors for our mission.
Education & Outreach Program
Our team frequently hosts session in local schools to educate children about our mission, proper dog ownership, and the importance of rescue, especially in regard to spaying and neutering as a tool to decrease dog overpopulation. We can thus instill our values in the younger generation and adequately prepare them to extol those values in their adult lives while also encouraging their own families and communities to get involved in the work we do.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of animal adoptions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Family relationships
Related Program
Animal Adoption & Rescue Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
By placing approximately 1,000 or more dogs in permanent, loving forever homes, Home for Good Dog Rescue is proud to have facilitated close to 12,000 animal adoptions since its inception in 2011.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
By targeting its rescue efforts toward areas of the southern United States that have demonstrated significant populations of unwanted dogs, high rates of euthanasia, and palpable need for rescue respite, Home for Good Dog Rescue works to combat unwanted canine overpopulation in the United States, to decrease ongoing rates of euthanasia for adoptable domestic dogs, and to encourage mutually-fulfilling pet ownership, designated by the high standards of care to which we hold our ourselves and our agents, including our volunteers and foster families. We work to demonstrably decrease the number of animals living in conditions of squalor and under threat of loss of life by rescuing, medically treating, fostering, transporting, and finally adopting those animals into loving homes, which we forge into ambassadors for our mission of humane companion animal ownership that recognizes the dignity of each and every individual life. We strive to leave no dog left behind.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Once a dog comes into our care from either an owner surrender or high-kill shelter, it enters our fully staffed rescue facility in Aiken, SC and is fully vetted with the help of a third-party veterinarian. Under our staff's watchful eye, every animal, from senior dogs to mothers and their puppies, is altered, vaccinated, microchipped and provided any specific care their unique circumstances require. When a dog is medically cleared and well enough to travel, he or she then arrives in New Jersey via either overnight transport van or volunteer rescue flight.
At our Berkeley Heights headquarters, each dog is bathed, groomed, medically checked, and then finally sent to one of our 135 local trained foster homes. With a growing volunteer base of over 150 members, who have passed successfully through our orientation and instruction program, we now save an average of 1,000 lives a year and pride ourselves on our ability to educate our communities both in New Jersey and abroad on the importance of spaying and neutering, on proper dog handling and mutually fulfilling pet ownership, and on the importance of rescue in reducing the population of unwanted dogs in the United States.
We strive to inspire and to motivate our volunteers, adopters, and supporters of all ages to join us in this mission and create a future of which we can all be proud, one that enriches not only the lives of the dogs we rescue but the lives of the families and communities in which they live. Through our intake, adoption, and education programs, we hope to accomplish our overarching goal of directly impacting canine overpopulation and euthanasia in the communities in which we work.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
In 2014, an anonymous benefactor purchased 10 acres of land in Aiken, SC. Today, we operate our southern rescue operations off that completely fenced-in property and house our dogs there in preparation for transport to our primary headquarters in New Jersey. More than 1,600 dogs have passed through it since its inception. On this site, we host a fully renovated, up-to-code kennel that can house approximately 50 adult dogs. Additionally, in an adjacent building, we host puppy kennels in order to encourage healthy quarantine from general population as young canines go through their formative weeks and are brought up-to-date on vaccinations and medical treatment. Under our southern staff's watchful eye, every animal in our care is altered, vaccinated, microchipped and provided any specific care their unique circumstances require with the assistance of a third-party veterinarian whose services we retain.
Our South Carolina staff arrives promptly at 7 AM each morning, and they feed, socialize, and begin training each dog in preparation for finding their forever homes up north. Our safely enclosed property allows each dog the opportunity to run, play, and grow in a safe environment under the supervision of our professional team. In addition to a sprawling grassy yard, we also enjoy several enclosed concrete play areas to allow for easy cleaning and sterilization as part of our commitment to our dogs' ongoing health.
Once a dog is medically cleared and well enough to travel, he or she arrives in New Jersey via either overnight transport van or volunteer rescue flight. In New Jersey, we are proud to be 100-percent foster-based. All of our dogs live with well-trained volunteer families up to the point of adoption, rather than in a kennel or shelter. To date, we have adopted out more than 9,000 rescue dogs in New Jersey and surrounding states, and through our rigorous adoption application process, we are able to ensure our animals are matched with the best possible families for their specific needs.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Thus far, we have rescued, passed through our foster program, and placed over 9,700 rescue dogs with loving permanent families throughout New Jersey and the surrounding states. However, we hope to double or even triple the number animals we are able to accomodate through construction of a new rescue facility. Our southern property in Aiken, SC is site of the Almost Home Wellness Center, a state-of-the art facility that will not only provide interim medical care and housing, but also community resources that includes a low-cost spay and neuter clinic and education center to tackle the root causes of dog overpopulation. It will allow us to double or even triple the number of dogs we can intake and thus save and thus allow us to enhance the efficiency and humaneness of our rescue center, to continue combating companion animal overpopulation, and to interface with our southern community about dog ownership, sterilization, and humane rescue.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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HOME FOR GOOD DOG RESCUE INC
Board of directorsas of 01/19/2024
Ms. Toni Ann Turco
Rescue Advocate
Term: 2011 -
Mr. Rich Errico
Rescue Advocate
Term: 2011 -
Kim Deskovick
Thomas F Callahan
Blackrock
Bernard Cicirelli
Peacock Printing
Howard Shallcross
Morgan Stanley
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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