1. Be an animal’s hero. Report animal cruelty and neglect to your local authorities. If you see a stray or an injured animal take time out of your day to help ‘em out. While not creative per se, it’s well worth mentioning because I feel that a lot of people overlook such simple things. Report animal abuse and neglect!
2. Ask people to donate in your honor. This year for your birthday or during the Holidays ask that in lieu of gifts that friends and family donate to your favorite animal charity. Or donate to a charity in an animal lovers honor on their birthday if they won’t accept gifts!
3. Donate things around your house. Do you have old blankets or towels lying around? Donate them to your local animal shelter. Most shelters have a list of little things they need from a day to day basis. Check that list out, you may be surprised what's on there.
4. Shop on iGive.com. Go to http://www.igive.com/ and search a list of charities by state and/or cause type. Select your favorite cause and shop at brand name stores (i.e. Barnes & Noble, Gap, Best Buy, etc.) and a portion of each purchase is donated to your cause.
5. Recycle. Can't afford to donate money out of pocket? Donate money you receive from recycling household items. My mom recycles the household’s papers, glass, plastic bottles and aluminum cans and averages about $30 monthly with two 55 gallon trash bins full of various recyclables. That’s almost two bags of Equine Senior you could donate (for you horse people out there)!
6. Visit theanimalrescuesite.com. http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/, a partner of Petfinder.com, has a button you can click on their website that will prompt a sponsor to donate money to various animal rescues/sanctuaries for food and vet care. You can click this button once a day, 365 days a year, and 100% of the sponsor money goes to charity. I have posted this button at the top right hand corner of my blog- so clickity-click away!
7. Volunteermatch.com. A good ol’ fashioned way to contribute is to volunteer your time and love. Sign up to be a dog walker at your local shelter, a cat socializer at a cat sanctuary or an adoption counselor. Volunteer your time just one day a month, or when ever you can fit extra time in. Many organizations allow kids to participate in their volunteer opportunities so brings the kiddos too! My favorite site to find volunteer opportunities is http://www.volunteermatch.com/ where you can search for non-profits and charities by zip code or cause.
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