National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week: 5 Ways You Can Help
It’s National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, November 1-7.
During this economic crisis, shelters are over-populated with the additional onslaught of pets who (along with their caretakers) have lost their homes. On top of the additional pets in shelters is a sharp decline in support and donations. Some shelters have even had to close their doors. This is a crisis and a heartbreak for many; people, their pets, and shelter volunteers.
5 things you can do to help:
1. Help spread the word
Attention needs to be brought to this national crisis so tell your friends, Tweet it, Facebook it or get creative!
2. Make a monetary donation to your favorite shelter.
3. Donate your time.
Money isn’t the only thing they need. Sign up to walk dogs, clean litter boxes, sit and pet a sick or elderly dog, or even ask how you can bring a pet home to foster.
4. Donate some of your old pet goods that are still in good shape.
Toys, coats, boots for injured paws are just a few of the things they may be able to use. Call your local shelters and ask what they need.
5. Join Dr. V @ Pawcurious for their first Blogathon! Dr. V will blog every hour for 24 hours, starting Friday evening, to raise money for the San Diego Humane Society. She will have prizes and lots of other fun stuff. This is an interactive, so check it out and help her stay awake so she can raise more donations!
Biscuits by Lambchop is donating 10% of it’s biscuit sales November 1-7, 2009, to a shelter (TBA), when you mention “Shelter Week” with your order. We are also donating treats for prizes during the Pawcurious blogathon and have a few other things in the works, which we’ll let you know about on our Facebook Fan Page as they get organized so stay tuned.
If you have any other great ideas, please share them with us. Maybe they’ll become contagious and others will join in and help shelters and their animals too!
November 4th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Annette,
This is a great blog. Is it new? I love the guy in the photo. He looks like a well-cared for dog through, not a shelter dog. Is he?
November 4th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Thanks Mary! The blog is not new, just getting a little better at it! This is Starr in the photo, when she was in the shelter before we got her. Our friend Ana who volunteer dog trains there took her home when the police brought her in because she worried leaving her at the shelter over the weekend would be too traumatic for her. She brought her back Monday and she did very well!