Ways to Help Animal Shelters & Welfare Organizations

1. Volunteer

Most animal shelters and organizations rely completely on the generosity and support of the public. Without the help of volunteers, they would not be able to handle all the animals that need their support. Helping a cat or a dog who might have lost hope in people due to what they have gone through, to feel safe and loved again is priceless and also increases the chance of them being adopted.

2. Donate Items

Donate items you don’t need at home. You might not realize that a lot of things you have at home could be extremely useful at shelters. See a list of items that most shelters accept here.

3. Foster an Animal

Foster an animal from an animal shelter. Fostering an animal means that one more animal is able to get space at a shelter as your home functions as an addition/extension to their space/facility and care. You are saving one life already by doing this even though fostering is temporary as that animal is waiting for someone to adopt him/her while in your care.

4. Special Programs (for Canada)

If you are living or spending time in Canada: Buying Royale products can help an animal shelter in need. See the video below.

How this works

For more details visit Royale-Pets

If you are living or spending time in Canada: Donate your car to a charity via Donate-Car

Donate a Car makes car donations simple for both you, and the charity you love. They make used car donations, car removal, car recycling, or simply junking a car an easy process for you by:

• Free Towing or Pick-up in Every Province.
• Simple online form, or Toll-Free Number to Donate 1-877-250-4904.
• Hundreds of Charities to Choose from.
• Guaranteed Tax Receipt for every donation.

5. Donate Money

Donate money. Search for your favorite animal shelter on Gazdiravar here & check how they accept donations. This can differ from organization to organization. However, most shelters will accept checks, money order, money sent to their bank account, or online payment via PayPal or credit card. If both you and your spouse donate, here is a link where you can get some advice on pooling your donations to maximize your benefit income tax time in Canada: Turbotax. If you cannot find the animal shelter you are looking for on Gazdiravar, email us at gazdiravar@yahoo.com and we will get the information for you. We will also add that shelter to our website so that others may donate to them as well.

When You Donate Money, Make Sure Your Donation Qualifies. Not all donations qualify for a credit at tax time. Due to a number of scams involving fake 'charities', it's best to make sure your donation is actually going to a good cause. If you live in Canada, check out the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA’s) list of qualified charities before donating: Qualified-Charities. Also, take a look at your donation receipt for validity purposes so that it contains specific information including:

• A statement that the receipt is for tax purposes.
• The full name and address of the organization as well as the name and website address for CRA.
• The date the donation was made as well as the amount.
• The CRA registration number of the charity.

As with other credits, it’s not necessary to send in your receipts with your return in Canada. Keep them on file for at least five years, just in case CRA requests more information.

6. Request Donations or Special Occasions

Ask for donations to go to your favorite animal shelter when it’s your birthday, Christmas, wedding day, or during other special occasions when you would expect gifts from relatives and friends. You could check with the shelter in mind in terms of what they need most to make sure that they can definitively use everything that will be donated, let it be money or certain items they need. This will also be a great PR for that organization as you will be spreading the word about what they do by doing this to all of the people you know.