Resources For Individuals

GETTING INVOLVED

Simple Fundraising Ideas
These resources offer tips for doing a raffle or yard sale or tabling to help raise funds for your organization.
How to Do a Raffle (from the Grassroots Fundraising Journal) (.pdf)
Putting on a Yard Sale (.pdf)
Tabling Do's and Don'ts (.pdf)

Saving Shelter Pets: How to Network with Rescue Groups (.pdf)
An experienced rescuer tells you how to work with rescue groups to get pets out of shelters and into homes.

What Can One Person Do?
If you want to help but are not sure what to do, this is a good place to start!

How to Find Homes for Homeless Pets (.pdf)
How to find a home for a pet who needs a new home or for an animal that you have rescued. This basic guide walks you through it step by step. Click for Spanish.

Make-A-Flyer (New!) This program makes it easy to create printable posters to help you advertise lost or adoptable pets.

The Rescue Gang (.pdf)
The Best Friends Network works with volunteers all across the country who are helping animals. An article from Best Friends magazine.

Many Ways to Fulfill a Dream (.pdf)
Dreaming of having your own sanctuary? Check out the alternatives first! An article by Faith Maloney.

How to Give Good Advice (.pdf)
Talking to reluctant people about spaying and neutering. It's hard enough giving advice to one who asks for it, but giving unsolicited advice can be brutal. Article by Faith Maloney.

Become a Foster Parent! (.pdf)
This brochure answers frequently asked questions about fostering animals.

Becoming a Foster Home (.pdf)
How you can save a life by giving a temporary home to a foster animal. Article by Faith Maloney.

Foster Care Handbook (.pdf)
This handbook from No More Homeless Pets in Utah gives foster parents lots of details and advice on how to care for foster dogs and cats and orphaned puppies and kittens.

Cat Adoption Team Foster Care Program (.pdf)
The Cat Adoption Team of Sherwood, Oregon, has a very successful foster care program: In 2006, they had over 150 foster families taking care of more than 1,100 kittens. This document includes all the info that they give to foster
care parents to help them foster and find homes for kitties.

Not Your Average Nine-to-Fivers (.pdf)
When it comes to helping the animals, lots of different career skills can come in handy. Article by Faith Maloney.

Choosing Your Rescue Battle (.pdf)
None of us can do everything, but when we all do something, then the animals are the winners. Article by Faith Maloney.

Leo's Law (.pdf)
Kathleen Flynn had no idea what she was getting into when she agreed to help a friend at a spay/neuter booth. What she saw drove her to launch a campaign that would change the laws that govern selling animals at flea markets. Article from Best Friends Magazine.

Welcome to the Animal Fringe (.pdf)
From drag queen bingo in Hollywood to training puppies in prison, there are lots of ways that anyone can help animals in their communities. Article by Estelle Munro, Best Friends Magazine.

How to trap animals for Rescue or TNR (.pdf)
After the Rescue: What Next? (.pdf)
These two resources give tips on how to humanely trap animals and how to care for and socialize a stray that you've trapped.

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