Atlanta Golden Retriever Rescue

Atlanta Golden  Retriever Rescue

There is no shortage of abandoned “potentials” needing a new life. When I was looking for a dog in Atlanta, went to the Atlanta Golden Retriever Rescue, and asked about cost. I am not exaggerating, actually, they were looking at personal investment accounts and bank statements when we’re looking at potential homes for a dog. I am all for house visits and interviews, but when they first wanted to see financial statements, told me to go pound some sand.

What was this guy thinking? He actually had two kids and his wife had passed away. He didn’t want to put the dogs on the list for adoption, he wanted to volunteer to help with the displaced families in Atlanta. The volunteer coordinator was not amused and demanded that the volunteer stop using Facebook. So, this gentleman decided to give her the link to a dog adoption website that he helped her create.

I was very disturbed by this because it makes me uncomfortable to know that some people are using Facebook while helping those in need.

I also feel that this type of volunteerism is not compassionate. It’s almost like someone walking around with a cross on their back and wearing sandals. What type of image is this portraying for Georgia families? Is this a person that you would want your kids or your children to have standing next to you while helping those in need?

This particular website, and others like it, have been helping families in the state of Georgia for over 10 years. This is a service organization and not a for-profit business. In other words, they do not receive any funds from the government. One family that was on the phone with the owners of this particular website was asked if they would consider allowing their child to volunteer with them and they said yes, and the owner asked if they could speak with the children’s principal.

Now then, I got to thinking to myself, well actually this website and others like it are there for a reason.

So, if someone has a website, is that not a way to get into contact with people for a good cause, and to help spread the word about a charity? And if we as citizens of the United States do not have time to check every single website out there that may in some way benefit our nation then why do we need to promote organizations like the Atlanta Golden Retriever Rescue?

One website worth checking out is the Atlanta Golden Retriever Rescue’s Facebook page. You see, there are many instances where volunteers of this rescue group will go on Facebook and spread the word to their friends and such, and one of the people who commented on one of those pages was none other than our own Governor Deal. He is a former Republican Governor of Georgia and also served two terms as President of the United States, and he may want to use his new position to help get this website, and others like it started to make our country a better place.

And then, I’d like to bring up another issue, one that goes hand in hand with the aforementioned discussion on Facebook.

That issue is the “fake news” issue, and I am wondering if the fake news being spread about this rescue group on Facebook may be hurting the image of the American people. Why is that so? Well, consider if you will the following:

One: Georgia state law says that people must disclose their political affiliation when becoming a volunteer for non-profit organizations. That means that anyone who wishes to be involved in assisting those animals that need assistance from rescue groups must state that they are a member of a political party. Now if you don’t tell them that they are a registered member of a political party, then they cannot call themselves politicians, which would be fine if they weren’t running around pretending to be one.

In any event, this law was enacted to ensure that people are not misled in any way. Therefore, I ask that all Georgia dog rescue groups, and any candidate for elective office, consider this law and do not mislead people by using false political affiliation statements while seeking volunteers, or voters.