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Donating to animal shelters While I am a yorkie lover and owner, I am first and foremost an animal lover. I currently make monthly contributions to the ASPCA and will be voluteering at the local delaware humane association for about two days a week. I will also be able to contribute more money once my car is paid off in a couple of months. I have not decided which organization to contribute to yet but I was thinking about one of the local animal shelters here in Delaware. With Yorkie talk having a membership of 42,000, just imagine how much we can do to help all animals. Since joining this forum, I am almost 100% sure that everyone here is not just an yorkie lover but an animal lover. Do any of you contribute or volunteer, if so, what organizations do you help with? Thanks |
I donate $$ to a local yorkie rescue group and the ASPCA. We are Hospice Pet Therapy Volunteers and visit people in Hospice Program in nursing homes. |
That's great, you are killing two birds with one stone (so to speak) with the hospice. ....helping animals and people at the same time. Hopefully, we can inspire those who have not gotten involved as of yet!:) |
i donate to the humane society |
I donate to my local rescue. I wonder if we could get a sticky thread with links to donating to the aspca and specific yorkie rescues? |
I tried volunteering at our ASPCA. Filled out all the forms, and everything and they never called me??? |
Yes! All of my charitable donations go strictly to animal welfare :). I donate here: Best Friends Animal Society (and I give gift memberships too) AZ Humane Ass'n Cochise County Humane Ass'n Human Assn of the United States ASPCA Noah's Wish PETA Various Rescues The Petsmart Walk And, emergency occurrences like Bobo the burned dog :( And, I donate extra if/when there is important legislation in the works |
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Yeah, I don't know how much trouble it would be from an administrative perspective. Maybe we could get a volunteer from each state to put the links together? It's totally not my decision to make, of course. |
Yes, we donate regularly to the Austin Humane Society. However, this month there were two puppy mills here in Wa state that were busted, with 100's of dogs rescued, so this month I sent my check to them. Here's a question for those that donate of their time. I really, really would like to volunteer here locally, it's something I have thought about for a long time, actually. My problem is that I am afraid I would have a hard time with wanting to adopt every animal no one else wanted. My husband and I travel quite a bit, and we are maxed out with our two, we don't leave them and always take them and so we can't really add another, we really can't. So my question to those who volunteer, how do you NOT end up with one of those others won't adopt (age, illness, etc) and how do you NOT become the crazy dog lady? It kills me when I go to Petco and they have those animals there, you don't know how many times I have almost come home with one. |
I donate to the BCSPCA. When I hear about an emergency rescue that really breaks my heart, I will write a cheque and send it. |
I donate to this site... And members of the ASPCA, and local Humane Society. I'd like to volunteer at our animal shelter, however I hesitate becasue I am scared that I'll bring home a deadly disease to my furbutt.. Not all the animals are healthy over there... :eek: Perhaps a rescue foundation could use volunteers:thumbup: |
Well, I volunteer at a no-kill shelter, so the animals stay as long as they need to before they are adopted. Most dogs are adopted right away, and a few take several months. However, they ALL find someone. So maybe that would work for you, since there are no "unwanted" animals. However, you mention that you travel a lot -- I think shelters generally would like someone who can make a weekly commitment for at least six months, so that might affect what kind of volunteering you do. Maybe you could help with fund raising, or build their website, or something like that. |
I doante to the 2 local animal shelters on a regular basis. Just last Saturday I volunteered at a pet adoption the Tails Of Hope rescue was having and it felt so good to help those babies. This Saturday they asked if I could pick up a few of the dogs and bring them to the adopathon. So I will be helping out 2-3 Saturdays a month. The owner was talling me today she is going to be doing a lot of fundraisers and could use help. On 2/13 they are going to have a cocktail part at the doggy daycare where they hold the adoptathons so that should be fun. I also thought that I couldn't do it becasue it would be so hard to not want to take them all home, but I know I can't since I am already over the limit with 4. But it felt so good to spend time with the dogs and show them some love. |
I just started looking into being a sponsor for a yorkie (a "forever in foster/rescue" yorkie) with United Yorkie Rescue as well - has anyone else done a sponsorship with them? |
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