Shelter animals need fundraising events to survive.
Raising money for a pet shelter during tough economic times can be a real challenge. Shelter volunteers are always looking for a good way to raise money. The easiest way to solicit donations is to bring your events to the local community to make them aware of the needs and how they can help.
Christmas Tree Donations
Santa won't have to deliver Christmas tree donations.
A good fundraising idea for the Christmas season is to place a Christmas tree in a local mall or other public place and hang paper ornaments on it with items people can purchase for donation to the pet shelter. Some people are more apt to donate an item than cash and the pets in the shelter still benefit. Ask for treats, toys, pet food or gift cards to local discount or pet stores and designate the day your rescue with be there with the pets to collect the donations. You could also have people purchase the paper ornaments as a donation.
Walking Shelter Ambassadors
Walking your shelter dogs can actually help raise money.
One of the least expensive fundraising ideas also takes the least amount of people to execute. Take an animal from your pet shelter to a local outdoor event like an art or car show and let them be a walking shelter ambassador to collect donations.
Make sure you select the most well-behaved animal from the shelter, create a lightweight shelter donation sign to hang from the animal's neck or over their back and walk them through the event to raise awareness and funds for your shelter.
Print On Demand Website
Put your shelter's logo on printed T-shirts and other items to raise funds.
Any pet shelter can create a Print On Demand (POD) website to raise funds for their organization. POD sites are free to open. All you have to do is upload images or logos from your pet shelter to the site and the POD company will print, produce, ship and collect the money from your sales of items like T-shirts, tote bags or coffee mugs. All you have to do set the prices and open an account to receive the funds.
Volunteer Service Auction
Auction volunteer services to help a shelter.
If you have an organization with a group of willing volunteers, you can raise money for your pet shelter by holding an auction of services. Advertise your auction event on local radio stations and hang posters throughout the community. Then find a park or other local venue to hold an auction of volunteers who will rake leaves, clean windows or any other household chore. The highest bidder for each volunteer is the winner and the shelter reaps the benefits.
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