Donate to Support the Cats and Dogs of Community Animal Network
Community Animal Network's mission is to provide veterinary medical services for homeless, or “at-risk” shelter dogs and cats; including community outreach programs, spay/ neuter, veterinary medical treatments, procedures and surgeries to facilitate the adoption these animals and to provide the financial resources necessary to support them. Visit: http://www.communityanimalnetwork.org/
Donate to D.E.L.T.A. Rescue
Dedication & Everlasting Love to Animals, also known, as D.E.L.T.A. Rescue is the largest "No Kill, Care-for-Life," Animal Sanctuary of its kind in the world. Founded by Leo Grillo, he D.E.L.T.A. Rescue super sanctuary is home to more than 1500 animals that have all been abandoned in the wilderness. Dogs and cats who have been abandoned are about to live out their lives in comfort and safety with warm homes, high-quality food, and medical care. D.E.L.T.A. Rescue is the only organization that absolutely refuses to accept animals from the public when they want to give them up. D.E.L.T.A. rescues only animals that are abandoned in the wilderness. D.E.L.T.A. does not adopt out its rescued animals and instead provides them a safe and loving home for the rest of their lives. Donate to help this unique shelter continue its work improving the lives of animals: https://donorbox.org/help-d-e-l-t-a-rescue-s-animals
Support Weekly Pet Food Pantries with Michelson Found Animals
Pack food bags or help distribute dog and cat food to those in need in various LA communities with Michelson Found Animals. Must be at least 13 years old, and 13-15 year olds must volunteer with a guardian. Must be flexible and willing to help with a variety of tasks as assigned. Must have a friendly, compassionate attitude toward all people and their pets. Visit: https://www.foundanimals.org/volunteer/
Join the Pet Wellness Day Event Crew with Michelson Found Animals
Help out at check-in or with general setup at monthly wellness events, providing free pet services, resources and humane education to surrounding communities. Must be at least 13 years old, and 13-15 year olds must volunteer with a guardian. Must be flexible and willing to help with a variety of tasks as assigned. Must have a friendly, compassionate attitude toward all people and their pets. Visit: https://www.foundanimals.org/volunteer/
Become a Lifesaving Volunteer with NKLA
Best Friends and NKLA volunteers are lifesavers and are key to ensuring that the animals thrive and find loving homes. Whether you want to work hands-on with the animals, help facilitate adoptions or drive a transport van, they have opportunities to match your special skills.Sign up to volunteer. After you complete your volunteer profile, you will receive an automated email with details about volunteer opportunities along with sign-up instructions. Please familiarize yourself with the Best Friends Volunteer Handbook and Orientation (available in Digital Cheetah once you create a profile). Visit: https://bestfriends.org/nkla/ways-help
Foster a Dog wiith NKLA
By opening your home to an animal in need, NKLA -Best Friends able to rescue another at-risk animal from the shelter. They're center has a set capacity for kennels, so fostering is crucial in their life saving efforts. Additionally, your observations of the dog's behavior out of the kennel can offer valuable insights for potential adopters. Their team will match you with a dog that most suits your abilities and home environment. They’ll also take into consideration if you have other pets at home and if you have the capacity to keep them separate. When you become a foster, you offer the space and time to care for the pet, and they provide all the supplies you will need, including food and medical assistance for the animal during their stay with you. You must be at least 18 years old to participate in our foster program. If you are under 18, you are welcome to foster alongside a parent or guardian. Please have them complete our foster on-boarding process below. Community Service: Fostering for community service hours is permitted on a case by case basis. Please contact volunteerla@bestfriends.org before taking in a foster pet if hours are needed. Visit: https://volunteers.bestfriends.org/?nd=intake&entry_point_id=46&unit_id=4
Donate to Support Pasadena Humane Society
Pasadena Humane is more than an animal shelter; they are a community-supported animal resource center providing compassion and care for all animals. Since 1903, Pasadena Humane has offered lifesaving programs and services for animals and the people who love them in the Greater Los Angeles Area. At their Pasadena campus, they provide shelter, dedicated care and new beginnings for thousands of their community’s most vulnerable animals every year. In addition to pet adoptions and foster, they focus on programs and services aimed at helping people care for and keep their pets, such as free and low-cost spay/neuter and vaccines, a pet food pantry, and an animal support call center. In 2022, Pasadena Humane helped nearly 40,000 animals through adoptions, wildlife rehabilitation, lost & found, veterinary services, and surrender prevention assistance. Visit: https://pasadenahumane.org/give/
Adopt a Pet at Pasadena Humane Society
Thank you for your interest in adopting a pet from Pasadena Humane! There are two ways you can adopt a pet: make an appointment or as a walk-in. Visit: https://pasadenahumane.org/adopt/adoption-process/
Volunteer at Pasadena Humane Society
Share your love for animals by becoming a Pasadena Humane volunteer. Their amazing volunteers support all areas of the organization. Here are some ways adults and teens 15 and older can volunteer to help the animals: Working with Animals, community programs, foster care, On-Site Support, Administrative Help, Corporate Volunteers. Visit: https://pasadenahumane.org/get-involved/volunteer/volunteer-opportunities-15-and-over/
Volunteer at Pasadena Humane Society
Do you have a child that wants to help animals? Pasadena Humane offers a select number of volunteer opportunities for kids between the ages of 6 and 14. All volunteers under 15 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian who is also a volunteer at all times.Volunteer opportunies include: Shelter Greeter, Ambassador, Boredom Busters. https://pasadenahumane.org/get-involved/volunteer/kid-teen-volunteers-under-15/
Donate to a Wishlist to Support Pasadena Humane Society
Donate an item from Pasadena Humane Society's Amazon Wish List to be delivered directly to the shelter! Visit: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/33710K1ESPR2Y?ref_=wl_share
Adopt a Labrador with Southern California Labrador Retriever Rescue
Looking to adopt a dog? The Southern California Labrador Retriever Rescue has plenty of Labs that are in need of a home! SCLRR is a non-profit rescue, adoption and referral organization, dedicated to placing unwanted and abandoned Labradors in new homes. Their goal is to match each of our rescued Labs with just the right family in the hopes that each new home will be a permanent one. Currently they serve most of Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura Counties. SCLRR also serve the coastal communities of Santa Barbara County from Goleta south to the Ventura County border and, in the southwestern corner of San Bernardino County we serve the cities of Chino, Chino Hills, Upland and Rancho Cucamonga—dependent on volunteer availability. If you'd like to find out more and potentially adopt one of these wonderful dogs, please visit their website at: https://www.sclrr.org/rescue/adopthow-it-works/
Foster a Labrador with Southern California Labrador Retriever Rescue
Please consider opening your home to a Lab in need with the Southern California Labrador Retriever Rescue! Fostering is important, fun and a great way to help out at no cost to you. SCLRR will provide veterinary care, food, and equipment for your foster dog. They ask their foster families to treat the foster dog as they would their own pet – with love, attention, discipline, and structure. Aside from regular day-to-day care (feeding, grooming, exercise), the responsibilities of a foster home may include basic training, socialization and evaluation, and of course plenty of playtime and snuggling. If you live in Los Angeles, Orange, or Ventura County, in a coastal community of Santa Barbara County between Goleta and the Ventura County line, or in the southwestern corner of San Bernardino County in Upland, Chino, Chino Hills, Rancho Cucamonga, Victorville, Apple Valley or Hesperia, consider becoming a Lab Rescue foster parent! For more information check out their website! Visit: https://www.sclrr.org/rescue/volunteer/foster/
Volunteer as a Family Representative with Southern California Labrador Retriever Rescue
SCLRR is looking for volunteers to serve as family representatives. Family representatives help them by doing home visits, then matching approved families with available Labs. Without volunteers to homecheck families, they couldn't know that their foster dogs would find safe and loving homes. They need people who live in Los Angeles, Orange, or Ventura County, in a coastal community of Santa Barbara County between Goleta and the Ventura County line, or in the southwestern corner of San Bernardino County in Upland, Chino, Chino Hills, Rancho Cucamonga, Victorville, Apple Valley or Hesperia to become family rep volunteers! For more information and to apply, please check out their website! Visit: : https://www.sclrr.org/rescue/volunteer/family-rep/
Donate to the Southern California Labrador Retriever Rescue
Southern California Labrador Retriever Rescue, Inc. was started in early 1998. Since then, they have grown from their initial seven volunteer members to nearly 150 volunteers who work throughout Southern California assisting Labrador Retrievers in need. They are completely dependent on donations and since they have no paid staff, all contributions are put toward caring for the dogs. They would appreciate all donations, both large and small! To donate, please visit their website, Visit: : https://www.sclrr.org/rescue/donate-now/
Find a Furever Friend and Adopt a Pet Through the Amanda Foundation
For over 30 years, The Amanda Foundation has been rescuing dogs and cats from city and country shelters around Los Angeles and finding them loving homes. The organization is a safe haven for homeless dogs and cats, where they receive the care and love they deserve, as well as the medical attention so many so often need. Be an “I Rescued” family, and give one of their orphan dogs or cats a furrever home. Browse their adorable pets on their website and contact them to begin the adoption process. Visit: https://www.amandafoundation.org/adoptions
Donate to The Amanda Foundation
For over 30 years, The Amanda Foundation has been rescuing dogs and cats from city and country shelters around Los Angeles and finding them loving homes. The organization is a safe haven for homeless dogs and cats, where they receive the care and love they deserve, as well as the medical attention so many so often need. Support the Amanda Foundation so that they can continue offering incredible care and finding amazing homes for their shelter animals. Visit their website to make a donation. Visit: https://www.amandafoundation.org/donate
Adopt a Pet Through The Brittany Foundation
Ready to invite a furry friend into your home? Consider adopting a Brittany Foundation doggy! Fill out the adoption application on their website to get started and visit their Instagram (@thebrittanyfoundation) to see the available pups. Visit: http://www.brittanyfoundationonline.org/adopt.html
Sponsor a Special Needs Dog at The Brittany Foundation
The Brittany Foundation houses many special needs dogs at their sanctuary. Most of these dogs are available for adoption, but due to age, medical issues, or emotional issues, it's unlikely that they will be placed. These dogs are expected to spend the remainder of their lives at the sanctuary. Veterinary expenses for these dogs are significantly higher than average. Sponsoring these dogs is a great way to offer direct help to their special needs pups, even if you can't adopt right now. To make a one-time or recurring monthly donation in support of these dogs please visit their website. Visit: http://www.brittanyfoundationonline.org/specialneeds.html
Volunteer as a Grant Writer at The Brittany Foundation
Volunteering is a great way to offer help to The Brittany Foundation. Their sanctuary relies largely on grants to keep their doors open, so if you’re experienced with grant writing and wish to use your volunteer time this way, they would greatly appreciate it. Contact them at brittanyfoundation@gmail.com and find out more information on their website. Visit: http://www.brittanyfoundationonline.org/volunteer.html
Featured Projects
Spend a Day with Rescue Dogs and Us at The Brittany Foundation!
Big Sunday,
info@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
Join us for a day of walking, bathing, and working alongside the dogs of The Brittany Foundation! Volunteering is a great way to offer direct help to the dogs at the rescue and you’ll get to see first-hand the difference you're making! They need your help with dog walking, socializing dogs, playing with the dogs, grooming, and landscaping. Whatever you know how to do, there’s a place for you! The event will take place outside, so please remember to dress warmly and wear comfortable shoes. All ages are welcome, but all children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. VIsit: https://bigsunday.org/wildwoollyapril24/
Get Your Pet Portrait Taken with Big Sunday
Big Sunday,
info@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
Bring your pet by Big Sunday headquarters to have their portrait taken (for FREE!) by a professional photographer. The portrait can include people (e.g., you) or just be your pet. For every portrait we take, Big Sunday will donate 5 cans of dog food or cat food (your choice!) to our Wild & Woolly Pet Food Collection! (The goal in April is 2024 cans of each. You do the math!) Please Note: This is a limited capacity event. Please sign up for the event if you would like to attend. All ages welcome! Visit: https://bigsunday.org/wildwoollyapril24/
Come to Big Sunday’s Kitty-Palooza!
Big Sunday,
info@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
Join Big Sunday and Kitty Bungalow for a Volunteer/Adoption/Kitty-Palooza! We'll be building kitty supply kits, kitty-sized fleece blankets, helping Kitty Bungalow staff with cleaning and care maintainance and facilitating their weekly adoption event. Bring your best cat-themed outfit and get ready to party! Visit: https://bigsunday.org/wildwoollyapril24/