Fundraising: Animals | Fundraiser Ideas and Events

Donations For Our Rescue Dogs

The following is a guest post by Nancy L. Houser at WayCoolDogs.com, who together with her sister runs a dog rescue for elderly and unwanted dogs and also has founded Nebraska Pets Meals on Wheels for struggling pet owners: Getting donations and help and making the most of them for our rescue dogs and a [...]

Start With A Small Fundraiser: Why the Yappy Hour Should Come Before the Fur Ball

The following is a guest post by Susan Daffron, the author of ‘Funds to the Rescue: 101 Fundraising Ideas for Humane and Animal Rescue Groups.’ Thanks for the fundraising tips Susan! When you run a non-profit animal rescue group, you can’t do it all alone. But time and time again people try. A few months [...]

How To Write A Donation Request Letter For An Animal Charity

Sending out a donation request letter to members of the community for an animal charity can be a daunting task. Letters asking for donations are sent out all the time by various animal charities and groups, so how do you make yours stand out? How do you make yours successful? Just remember that the importance [...]

Fundraising For A Dog Park With Dog Houses and Doggie Bowls

To keep you up-to-date on creative and innovative fundraising ideas, we will occasionally inform you about how others raise funds for their groups and how you can apply their fundraising strategies to your own fundraiser: The Provincetown Dog Park Association in MA auctioned off artist embellished dog houses and a local gallery owner helped with [...]

Starting Up Fundraising Campaigns For Animal Shelters

Raising funds for animal shelters is not a lot different than fundraisers for other organizations, but animal shelter fundraisers are unique and actually have some advantages over other fundraising campaigns. Supporters For Animal Shelters Animal shelters have the advantage of having a wide potential support-base. Animal lovers are everywhere, and many are very dedicated to [...]

Zorro The Traveling Cat!

Update: Unfortunately the following project has been discontinued, but it was a clever and fun way to bring attention to the well deserving charities WWF World Wildlife Fund and the SPCA. This post is the first in the series of guest posts on “How Others Raise Funds”. Zorro The Traveling Cat! by: Eric of Zorro [...]