Welcome!
Welcome to the official website of Cairn Rescue USA! We are an all-volunteer, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing purebred Cairn Terriers and mostly-Cairn mixes. We are incorporated in New York, but we rescue Cairns nationwide.
Our rescue Cairns come from animal shelters and humane societies; others are released to us by their owners due to changes in family circumstances or to the owners realizing that a Cairn is not a good match for them; still others come from puppy mills and backyard breeders where they have been used as breeding stock. Our rescue Cairns are spayed/neutered, tested and if necessary, treated, for heartworm and other parasites, and brought up-to-date on their inoculations prior to their placement in loving forever homes. To see a list of our available Cairns, please see Cairns For Adoption.
To learn more about our work and how you too can make a difference, please watch this video:
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We do not have a shelter or facility but depend instead on a wonderful network of foster homes throughout the United States who under our officers' guidance evaluate and rehabilitate our rescue Cairns until they are ready for placement. We are committed to rescuing as many Cairns as our funding and number of foster homes and volunteers will permit. Fostering a CRUSA dog is easy and very rewarding and no experience is necessary. We have a video below to give you a glimpse at what fostering a CRUSA dog is all about. To become a foster home and help us save more Cairns, please see our Foster page.
You can also help us by volunteering to transport a rescue Cairn or to help us run the administrative side of our operations, making a tax-deductible donation of cash, Cairn items or other crafts that we can auction on Ebay to raise funds, participating in our eBay auctions, doing your online shopping through our affiliate program links, becoming a member of CRUSA, participating in our rescue working list, sponsoring a senior or special needs dog through our Godparent Program, or sponsoring any other of our available dogs through our Buddy Program. Together we can make a difference!
Cairn Rescue USA is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming purebred Cairn Terriers and mostly-Cairn mixes. We are incorporated in New York, but we rescue Cairns nationwide.
Our Board of Directors consists of 7 members comprising the Class of 2007, the Class of 2008, and the Foster Home Representative. All directors, other than the Foster Home Representative, are elected by our members for 2-year terms. The Foster Home representative is elected by our foster homes for a 1-year term. All directors have equal voting rights and any director may run for reelection. None of our directors receives any compensation for their services.
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Class of 2007 Debbie Hodgens |
Class of 2008 Violetta V. Argueta Shell Lewis Linda W. Savage |
Foster Home Elected Director
Brenda J. Kelley
Richmond, KY
Our officers are appointed by, and serve under the direction of, our Board of Directors. None of our officers receive any compensation for their services.
| Chairman | Open |
| President & CFO | Violetta Argueta |
| Vice President, Communications | Open |
| Vice President, Fundraising | Open |
| Vice President, Home Visits | Open |
| Vice President, Intakes | Brenda Kelley |
| Vice President, Marketing | Jen Guthrie |
| Vice President, Membership | Bob Shire |
| Vice President, Post Adoptions | Katie Lindsay |
| Vice President, References | George Brittain |
| Vice President, Transports | Open |
| Vice President, Volunteers | Open |
| Vice President, Website Mgt | Veronica Hudak-Moe |
| Directors of Foster Homes |
Linda Savage (NE) Gayle Kiesow(Midwest) Open (West) Brenda Jo Kelley (Southeast) |
| Placement Director, Northeast | Linda Savage |
| Placement Director, Midwest | Shell Lewis |
| Placement Director, West | Linda Savage |
| Placement Director, Southeast | Brenda Jo Kelley |
Our Annual Report
A copy of our latest annual report may be obtained upon request from Cairn Rescue USA, FDR Station, PO Box 6798, New York, NY 10150-6798, or from the New York State Attorney General's Charities Bureau, Attn: FOIL Officer, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. Copies can also be viewed and dowloaded by going to the Financial & Tax Matters section of our web site.
Our Bylaws
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Cairn Rescue USA will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for any reason. Any and all information provided to us here or elsewhere on our web site will be used solely to help us fulfill our mission of rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming Cairn Terrier dogs and mostly-Cairn mixes.