We have always tried to find ways to help local charities and animals in need. Here are our top 5 ways that you can help too.

1. Tweet and Share : Most charities these days have Facebook pages and Twitter accounts. Follow and Friend your local animal charity. When they make an announcement or a request for help share it and retweet it. You might not be able to help every time, but by spreading the word you are giving more people an opportunity to help.
2. Volunteer : Money is always tight, but there are times when you have some spare time that could go a long way toward helping those that work full time with animals in need. Give them a call, they can always use help walk dogs, bathing cats, or even just helping to clean out stalls.
3. Become a Foster Home : We recently sent our latest foster dog to her forever home. Fostering can be a fantastic way to help. You can select the type of animal you want to foster, how long you are available to foster, and most importantly, provide much needed space for local shelters to allow them to help even more animals. Many local animal rescues have foster programs, call your and find out how you can help give an animal a temporary home.
4. Donate Treats, Food, and Supplies : How many times have you seen a buy one get one free sale at the store? Take advantage of it and buy one for your pet and set aside the other to go to your local rescue or shelter. From dog food to treats and toys, almost anything is appreciated and allows them to spend their very precious dollars on other needs.
5. Cash : Money, the driving force behind nearly everything is the single most needed item at every animal rescue. Even a donation as little at $20 can help buy a bag of food or a bale of hay or shampoo or cleaning supplies. Cash is also one of the primary reasons we created Animal Charms. By donating at least 10% of every sale we are doing our part to help as many animals in need as we can.

This is obviously a short list and there is plenty more that we all can do. So let’s hear what you do and any other great suggestions you might have.

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