Donate to Love on 4 Paws
Love On 4 Paws is a non-profit, volunteer based organization committed to making a positive difference for those in need through animal assisted therapy. Their volunteers accomplish this by sharing the joy, comfort and healing power of their pet's unconditional love. Their emphasis is visiting with adults and special needs children in hospitals and health care facilities, although they also visit schools and participate in community events. Love On 4 Paws was established in 1997, and provides services to many facilities throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Love On 4 Paws has around 80 volunteer teams, and visits with around 50,000 people each year. Love On 4 Paws is a section 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization, FEIN: 95-4638836, California Charity Registration Number 107352. Non-Profit organizations have a saying: "No Money, No Mission." And it is true! They have a continuing need for funds to cover cameras, film, uniforms, sanitary supplies, yearly vet checkups, outreach expenses, and more.Your donation will help. See below for the different options. Visit: https://www.loveon4paws.org/donate/
Donate to Support OC Animal Care
Oc Animal Care's Amazon Wishlist is a great, contactless, way to donate! Their Wishlist is kept up to date with items that they can always use and, thanks to fast shipping, your donation will arrive quickly and be put to good use right away! Drop-off Donations: They can accept drop-off donations during normal operating business hours. They are always in need of blankets, towels, and newspapers! They are not accepting sheets, pillows, or blankets with stuffing. Monetary Donations are also welcome! Looking to specifically donate towards our Medical Pet Program? Donate to pets in need of high-priority medical care through the Noble Friends Foundation for OC Animal Care. Visit: https://ocpetinfo.com/get-involved/donate
Donate to Support PVPLP
Donate Now to Protect Nature! By giving an online donation, you are providing essential funding for conservation initiatives that will help protect the natural lands of the Peninsula now and forever. Adopt-a-Goat! Any Gift Over $100 and you will be invited to get your portrait with a hungry, weed eating goat. If you choose, you will be invited to an Adopt-a-Goat reception in spring (invitation will arrive in March), where you will receive a photograph with a goat. If you are donating in honor or in memory of someone, please be sure to provide us with the appropriate name and mailing address (not an email address) so that we can send an acknowledgement card. Visit: https://pvplc.org/donate-pvplc/
Donate to Support PalsnPets Work
PalsNPets is dedicated to help people experiencing homelessness and their pets. Their mission is to support interim housing with veterinary assistance, pet education, grooming, and dog training. By offering these services, they enable individuals to access shelter while keeping their beloved pets by their side. Visit: https://palsnpets.org/support-our-work-1
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/
Donate to a Miracle Medical Fund to Support Pasadena Humane Society
Sweet Maple arrived at Pasadena Humane in horrible shape. She was covered in ticks with a severely infected laceration across her neck. She was lethargic, feverish, and dehydrated. On top of it all, the poor girl was fighting a painful bacterial infection. They aren't sure how she ended up in this awful state, but they knew that Maple desperately needed their help. Their veterinary team acted quickly, manually removing around 100 ticks from her tiny body. She was then rushed into surgery, where they cleaned and repaired the infected wound on her neck. With fluids, medications and a lot of love, Maple finally began feeling like herself again. Ensuring that every animal like Maple can make a full, speedy recovery takes so many resources. Your gift today to their Miracle Medical Fund will help to provide animals like Maple with the lifesaving medical care that they need to survive. Visit: https://give.pasadenahumane.org/give/259457/#!/donation/checkout
Make a Donation to Support Paws 4 Healing
Paws 4 Healing was founded in September 2003 by a group of experienced Animal-Assisted Therapy teams. Since that time their membership has grown and they now have eight chapters located in southern California. Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a goal-directed intervention in which an animal that meets specific criteria is an integral part of the treatment process. AAT is directed and/or delivered by a health/human service professional with specialized expertise, and within the scope of practice of his/her profession. AAT is designed to promote improvement in human physical, social, emotional, and/or cognitive functioning. AAT is provided in a variety of settings and may be group or individual in nature. All AAT interventions are documented and evaluated for their effectiveness. Visit: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/paws-4-healing
Donate to Help Pet Care Foundation Find a New Loving Home for a Shelter Pet
Donate to support Pet Care Foundation! $50 helps them find a new loving home for a shelter pet. All donations are greatly appreciated! Pet Care Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the advocacy of shelter animals in Los Angeles City and County Shelters. All donations are tax deductible. Visit: https://petcarefoundation.org/donate/
Donate to Support PAWS/LA
PAWS/LA is dedicated to preserving the human-animal bond for the most vulnerable, disenfranchised pet guardians. More than twenty (20) research studies conducted over the past ten (10) years document the positive correlation between contact with animals and improved emotional outlook and health stability. For impoverished pet guardians the additional expense of caring for their companion animals is a burden they are only able to bear at a great personal price. In order to provide for their cherished companions, particularly in emergency situations, they often sacrifice their own medicine, food and other essential needs. This usually provides only a temporary “solution." PAWS/LA steps in to bridge the gap between pet companionship and relinquishment. Consider these numbers in Los Angeles County: 1 out of every 7.6 residents lives in poverty. Approximately 900,000 pet owners live at or below poverty level.Average annual cost of pet care is $9,000. Cost of pet care is among the top 5 reasons for shelter relinquishments. YOUR DONATION CAN HELP their FAMILIES! Visit: https://www.pawsla.org/why-pawsla.html
Donate to PAWS/LA’s Wishlist
Thousands of low-income seniors and individuals with life-threatening illnesses in Los Angeles rely on the unconditional love of their companion animals. They struggle to meet their own basic needs and have a difficult time providing basic care for their pets. At PAWS/LA, they know that a companion animal can provide both emotional and psychological benefits. They believe it is vital to keep people and pets together. To meet the great demand for pet food, toys, bedding and other necessities, they rely on caring neighbors like you. If you are interested in supporting PAWS/LA by donating your new or gently used items, please see their WISH LIST to find out what items are needed to assist the animal guardian who call on them for help. Visit: https://www.pawsla.org/our-wish-list.html
Donate to Support Project Minnie
With your donation, Project Minnie can: Feed a homeless dog or cat for a week, Provide a clean water bowl for a homeless animal, Improve a dog’s safety by providing a leash, harness and/or collar, Keep a pet warm with a sweater or bed, Pay for a veterinary visit to diagnose and treat a sick or injured pet, Purchase medication for a sick pet, Provide annual vaccinations to keep a dog or cat healthy, and Spay or neuter a pet, preventing more pets in overcrowded shelter. Visit: https://www.projectminnie.org/donate
Make a Difference by Donating to Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship
Each week Ride On spends just under $2,000 to care for our 34 horses – feed, shoes, shots, cleaning and vet care. Each week Ride On pays their 9 riding instructors and 8 therapists just under $5,000 to provide the high quality treatment and instruction you see when you visit their ranches. If you regularly include Ride On in your annual giving, this is a great time to make that gift. Families can help. If your family rides at Ride On consider donating your program fees to help offset keeping their horses and staff well. Donors can help. If you regularly include Ride On in your annual giving, this is a great time to make that gift. The next six months will be enormously challenging. Visit: https://www.rideon.org/give.php
Sponsor a Rider at Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship
There is nothing more important to them than to provide safe and effective lessons and to ensure that those with financial hardship are not excluded. Each year Ride On must raise over $600,000 to provide 6,000 lessons and therapy treatments – 1,200 of which are scholarships. They Wouldn't Be Here Without You! Ride On is committed to providing their therapeutic programs to all who can benefit from them regardless of their ability to pay the full fee. Demand for scholarships continues to increase as the full effects of the recession settles through the community. They Wouldn't Be Here Without You! More and more, services are curtailed or eliminated and parents continue to seek treatment opportunities they find invaluable to their children. Please consider a $5,000 donation to create a scholarship fund in your name. Visit: https://www.rideon.org/give.php
Sponsor a Horse at Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship
They Wouldn't Be Here Without You! Without their very special equine therapists, the remarkable accomplishments of their riders would not be possible. It costs OVER $3,000 a year for the care and maintenance of each of Ride On’s horses, including such essentials as shoeing, feed and vet bills. Their wonderful horse sponsors help make miracles happen through their tax-deductible donations of $3,000 towards the cost of maintaining one horse for one year. Sponsors may choose from a list of horses and their donations will be set aside exclusively for their care at Ride On. In return, sponsors receive the following: A personalized Certificate of Sponsorship including a picture of their sponsored horse, A tax deductible donation receipt, The sponsors name placed on their horse’s stall in the barn. Visit: https://www.rideon.org/give.php
Volunteer Onshore with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Helping to conserve, protect, and defend marine life requires time, dedication and passion and most importantly the readiness to show up and promote the Sea Shepherd mission through public awareness. The below are just a few of the things you can do as an Onshore Volunteer to support Sea Shepherd’s mission: table at a local event, expo, festival or create your own tabling event, hold a benefit for Sea Shepherd at a local restaurant, pub or community meeting place, organize beach and other marine environment clean-ups, cultivate public awareness through distribution of Sea Shepherd materials and giving presentations at schools and community forums, host a Sea Shepherd party at home for friends and family, provide valuable skills like graphic design work, photography or donate art for auctions. There is a $30 non-refundable donation required for each applicant. Not only does this help cover the cost of processing your application, but if you are approved as an Onshore Volunteer, this will help cover the cost of training, orientation, and the outreach materials they send you. If you have any questions about the Onshore Volunteer program, please reach out to [email protected] or check out their website! Visit: https://seashepherd.org/get-involved/onshore-volunteer/
Volunteer At Sea with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society needs people who are compelled to fight the injustices perpetrated upon whales, dolphins, seals, sea turtles, sea birds, fish, and every living thing in the world’s oceans. They need such people on their ship and in the ranks of our supporters. They are looking for navigators, sailors, engineers, electricians, carpenters, welders, cooks, medics or nurses, small boat operators, photographers, videographers, electronics technicians, radio and antenna technicians, and even a few unskilled but dedicated Ocean Defenders. Volunteering means dedicating usually at least a month out at sea while pulling destructive longlines from the ocean, saving ocean wildlife, educating future generations, & making good friends. The objective is to protect and save ocean wildlife and to uphold International Conservation Law. For more information, check out their website: https://seashepherd.org/get-involved/crewing-at-sea/
Donate to Support Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Sea Shepherd has been patrolling the high seas for over 40 years. With your help, they have saved countless lives of dolphins, seals, whales, fish, and much more! Your support is what drives their conservation efforts, strengthens their resolve, and makes their successes possible. Sea Shepherd campaigns cannot happen without your help. Your continued investment in Sea Shepherd is crucial in securing a future for the fragile oceans and the wonderful beings that inhabit them.There are a number of ways in which you can support them. No gift is too small and all gifts are greatly appreciated. Sea Shepherd is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the USA (Tax ID 93-0792021), and donations are fully tax-deductible. Visit: https://seashepherd.org/support-us/
Adopt a Wild One at Shambala Preserve
As an adoptive parent you will have the exclusive privilege of visiting your "Wild One" on Parent's Day, currently the first Saturday of the month. Although this day is exclusively set-aside for the “Wild Parents,” you will have the privilege of bringing two guests with you per year, so you will be able to show off your “Wild One!” The first step in joining the distinctive group of Adoptive Parents is to choose your "Wild One". After your third monthly payment you will receive an 8"x10" photo of your "Wild One", and a Certificate of Adoption signed by Tippi Hedren. When you visit on Parent's Day a member of the Shambala animal crew will be happy to tell you about the characteristics of the species and the individual personality traits of your special animal. For more information contact their Adoption Coordinators at [email protected] and check out their website! Visit: https://shambala.org/adopt.htm
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/
Donate to Support Stop Poaching Now
Stop Poaching Now (SPN) is dedicated to wildlife conservation, the fight to combat poaching by supporting and coordinating community-based conservation efforts and the use of education to reduce the demand for illegal wildlife products. Visit: https://www.stoppoaching-now.org/give/
Featured Projects
Spend a Day with Rescue Dogs and Us at The Brittany Foundation!
Big Sunday,
[email protected],
(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,
[email protected],
(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,
[email protected],
(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/