Giving Back: How You Can Support Local Animal Shelters This Holiday Season
Join our team at Sunrise Boulevard Animal Hospital in making this season merry and bright for animals still awaiting their furever homes. Many dog shelters and cat shelters are packed to capacity, and are in need of basic supplies or your time and TLC. Here are some suggestions on how to help shelters and the precious pets in their care this holiday season.
Take a Furry Friend Home for the Holidays
What better way to add a festive flair to your surroundings than with a new ball of fur and fun! When you adopt from pet shelters, you help the pet you bring home as well as another deserving animal in need of space in a shelter.
Become a Foster Pet Parent
Fostering pets is a great way to help local pet shelters or rescue organizations while getting hands-on pet care experience at the same time! It’s also a wonderful way to expose children to the rewards of pet care before you adopt a pet permanently.
Deliver Gifts That Will Bring Joy to Animals in Pet Shelters
Call your local pet shelters (or check their socials) for suggestions on needed supplies this holiday season. You can make holidays for cats and holidays for dogs much merrier with your donations of new pet toys, pet beds, blankets, soft towels, grooming supplies, and unopened pet foods and treats.
Help Shelters With Their Bottom Lines
Many animal shelters and rescue organizations rely on financial support from their local communities. Check their websites for convenient “donate” buttons or “wish lists,” or ask friends and family to make donations to pet shelters in lieu of holiday gifts.
Volunteer Your Time
Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and give the valuable gift of your time at cat shelters or dog shelters. Many pet shelters rely on volunteers to help walk dogs, assist with daily care, and to help these sweet animals experience the meaning of love and tenderness. What better way to embody the holiday spirit?
Share Your Giving Spirit on Social Media
Let your friends and family know how to help by sharing posts from pet shelters on your social media pages. Or share pix of the adorable shelter pets you foster or your newly adopted furry family member to inspire your followers to help out their local shelters this season and all year long.
Making Memorable Pet Holidays
Our team wants to make holidays for dogs and holidays for cats extra special this year. If you are able to help, please contact local cat shelters, dog shelters, or rescue organizations to find out what they need. When you give the gift of support to pet shelters, you make the season brighter for all the animals in our community.