Looking for innovative virtual fundraising ideas for animal shelters? Consider hosting a virtual pet talent show, organizing online auctions, or creating engaging social media challenges. Fundraising ideas for animal shelters can also include virtual 5K runs, online pet photo contests, and livestreamed events. For more creative fundraising ideas for animal nonprofits, visit Nonprofit Point.

Shelter dogs often face challenges in finding forever homes, but there are ways you can help. By learning how to help animal shelters and volunteering at a dog rescue facility, you can make a difference in the lives of rescue pets. Save this pin for later to discover the joy of helping animals and becoming a shelter dog advocate.

At this time of year animal shelters are bursting at the seams. This poem shows how much love a rescue dog has to give, and how they should never be abandoned, neglected or treated cruelly/ #AdoptDontShop

Make your dream a reality. Read invaluable advice on how to start a rescue, including how to navigate various bureaucratic channels to get a well-respected and successful group up and running.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to start your own animal rescue or sanctuary? I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this would be a dream come true. It’s so inspiring to read about others who’ve gone before and turned their ideas for rescues into realities—for instance, Farm Sanctuary, The Gentle Barn, Bat World Sanctuary, Center for Great Apes and The Wild Animal Sanctuary (just to name a few). If starting an animal rescue sounds like your true calling in life, here are four questions to ask…

Spread the loveOh Chunk, what happened to you and how did you end up in a shelter in Dallas scheduled to be euthanized because no one has come to your aid? Shelter and rescue volunteer Murphy Rescued, is asking everyone to just take a look at three-year-old Chunk and share his heartbreaking story. No one […]

Note from Cory: Claire is a good friend of mine, a world-class writer, and one of the people I trust most when it comes to understanding how to raise money for artistic projects. I’m excited to have her guest posting here. You should check out her upcoming course on grant writing. I talk to a […]

There's the financial costs and then there's the emotional payoff. A great reminder of the costs of people neglecting pets and what we can all do, for a small fee, to counterbalance. #rescuedogsarethebestdogs #rescuedogsrule #rescuedogsrock #shelterdogsrule #shelterdogsrock #shelterdog

Celebrate National Walk Your Dog Week by raising funds for your favourite shelter or rescue organization using the ResQWalk app!