51 Ways to Help
Animal Rescue Organizations/Shelters
March 18th 2025

Social Media Engagement

1. Like & Follow us on Facebook

2. Invite your friends to Like & Follow us on Facebook 

3. Bookmark our website www.jettasmuttsandmeows.org to your Favorites

4. Join our email list via our website

5. Share our website with your friends & encourage them to sign up for our email list

6. Help us share our mission

7. Help us increase our social media engagement by liking, commenting on, and sharing our posts, stories, reels, etc.

8. Repeat all of the above for the Jetta’s Mutts & Meows TikTok 

9. Repeat all of the above for the Jetta’s Mutts & Meows Instagram

10. Kindly share any feedback on how we’re doing & what you think we can do better by sending an email to info@jettasmuttsandmeows.org and/or leaving us a Facebook/Google review

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In Person Volunteer, Foster, and/or Adopt

1. Apply to be a long term-foster (until adoption) or short-term-foster (weekend, 2- week, <1week)

2. Photograph our rescue pets

3. Spend on 1-on-1 time with our rescue pets for a day, slumber party, or weekend through our volunteer program

4. Transport our pets to meet and greets, veterinary appointments, events

5. Assist our fosters with 1-on-1 training tips

6. Volunteer at our events

7. Organize an event

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Remote Volunteer, Foster, and/or Adopt

1. Find/write grants that we qualify for

2. Brainstorm/organize fundraisers/events

3. Manage our social media

4. Manage our “front desk” and answer phone calls/reply to texts.

5. Virtually adopt (eg. sponsor a rescue pet, get their adopters a Gotcha Day Gift)

6. Virtually foster (eg. make it your goal to get one of our rescue pets adopted by posting them on social media and various groups/platforms)

7. Recruit adopters, fosters, volunteers, networkers, transporters, donors

8. Connect us with like-minded animal advocates, businesses, non-profits, etc that we can collaborate with to have a greater impact

9. Help us create a list of local pet friendly businesses to share/support

10. Help us create a resource list for pet owners, fosters, adopters, etc.

11. Email info@jettasmuttsandmeows.org with an encouraging word or your own rescue story to brighten our day

12. Send us more items to add to this list

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Donations

1. Gently used items such as old bedding, bowls, food storage, crates, toys, leashes, collars, harnesses, apparel, pens, cleaning supplies etc.

2. Open or Unopened bags of food of all kinds

3. Let us know if you see others offering the above items for free/low cost or if you find any great deals

4. Send a one-time monetary donation via check, Zeffy, Cashapp, Paypal, or Venmo

5. Sign up to be a monthly donor of any amount 

6. Send us an item from our Chewy Wishlist

7. Send us an item from our Amazon Wishlist 

8. Sponsor a monthly auto-ship for one of our pets’ food

9. Items/Gift cards we could potentially raffle/auction off (pet or non-pet related)

10. Call in payments directly to our vets offices’ for medical appointments including basic wellness and emergency care (participating offices only)

11. If you can’t donate, please share our donation options, fundraisers, needs, etc.

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Keep an Open & Inquisitive Mind 

1. Educate yourself and others on the reality of animal welfare in your area 

2. Google the 3-3-3 rule and share it with everyone you know

3. Don’t take everything you read on the internet at face value & do your own research using multiple reputable sources

4. Remember-it is okay for your views, opinions, and beliefs to change based on the more you learn

5. Find others who can support you through your animal welfare journey

6. Research compassion fatigue

7. Take time to recharge with healthy coping methods and things that bring you joy

8. Celebrate the wins, the big and especially the small

9. Consider that sometimes there is no right or wrong answer & most of us are truly trying to do our best

10. Research how to lobby for animal protection laws, enforcement of laws, and more strict penalties for offenders with your county and state officials

11. Try to be kind & forgive (yourself, us, and others in this field) for the fact that we can’t save them all or do it all

 

Thank you for your desire to learn more and support animal rescue organizations!