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Give by July 4 and your donation will be doubled!

Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Thanks to the kindness of a generous donor, all gifts up to $5,000 will be matched this week!

Will you join us between now and July 4 on our lifesaving mission to rescue, rehabilitate, and find new, loving homes for vulnerable cats and dogs?

When we say your support saves lives, here’s how:

  • It costs us $18 to fully vaccinate each adult dog we take into our care.
  • Our veterinary hospital operates at a net deficit, meaning we always take in less money than we spend on caring for pets belonging to families of modest means.
  • Bottle-feeding two litters of infant kittens for a month costs about $100.
  • Every month, we spend a little over $600 on suture supplies for the spay and neuter surgeries we perform on our dogs and puppies.
  • On the first day of each month, we deliver heartworm preventative medication for every dog in our shelter, which costs more than $1,200.
  • On average, every two weeks we spend about $5,000 on medical supplies for our shelter pets.
  • It costs us $10,000 on average to heat or cool our shelter and hospital space each month.

Thank you for helping us turn $5,000 into $10,000 and save hundreds of homeless pets this month alone! We put your gift to work immediately. First, a wonderful member of our Board of Directors doubled it! Then, we used your generosity to save the life of a vulnerable pet in our care.

We are grateful to you for supporting pets who depend on the kindness of strangers. Your gift will save lives.

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