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Adoption Tips for Homeless Pets
Offer online viewing of your homeless animals through your own website. Register your homeless pets at Petfinder.com This website gets lots of traffic and is a known “brand” for animal […]
Ways You Can Volunteer to Help Homeless Pets
Volunteer to help with pet adoptions at outlying locations. Many shelters partner with chain stores such as PETCO to set up temporary adoption locations on certain days of the week. […]
Finding Volunteers for Your Animal Shelter
Be aggressive and creative in asking for low-cost and/or volunteer professional services. Following are some places you may find helpful: Local colleges If you’ve ever taken a class in media […]
Seniors Can Save Lives of Homeless Pets
Senior citizens are one of the most underutilized and underappreciated age groups. Active seniors in good health have the time and often the financial ability to be partners and supporters […]
Ways Shelters Can Involve Kids with Helping Homeless Pets
Coordinate activities for kids such as: Include kids (and parents) at pet adoptions at local events, pet stores, etc. Give them jobs to do and get them involved. Coordinate contests […]
How Kids Can Volunteer at Animal Shelters
Help the kids in your life improve the lives of homeless pets. Following are some ideas. Donate to Pet Food Banks Does your community have a pet food bank? If […]
Start a Pet Food Bank
You’ve probably seen an increasing number of news stories about pets being surrendered by owners who can’t afford to feed them. With the steady stream of news about layoffs and […]
Competing for Nonprofit Donations: How to Get Donors to Donate to You Rather than Other Nonprofits
Unfortunately, many very worthy nonprofit groups are competing for fewer dollars. What can animal shelters do to compete for these dollars? Since animal shelters represent the difference between life and […]
Outdoor Fundraising Ideas to Help Homeless Pets
Spring is a great time to schedule fundraisers for homeless pets. Animal shelters or animal lovers who want to help homeless pets can plan events outdoors with adoptable pets in […]
How to Find Individual Donors for Your Pet Food Bank
Following are ideas for getting the word out about your pet food bank. Your goal is to maximize the number of donors. Make a plan on how to best do […]
Finding Ongoing Donors and Sponsors for Your Pet Food Bank
Fundraising for a pet food bank on an ongoing basis is a challenge, particularly in our economic environment. But pets are part of the family, and meeting their food needs […]
Fundraising in a Recession
Just about everyone is looking for ways to save money. Being practical and thrifty are “in.” Raise money for homeless pets with budget-conscious fundraisers – not a lot of money […]