Wednesday, February 25, 2009

How to donate to LOYAL and get a tax receipt

WE NEED YOUR DONATIONS!
Loyal has taken in many disabled and special needs dogs and the vetting costs are superexceeding the adoption donation fees. We would appreciate donations of any size!!

How to donate...

LOYAL Rescue Inc. is a registered non-profit rescue with the CRA. While we are waiting for our charitible status (it takes some time) we have set up a Donator page through K9 Rescue Me at Canada Helps. If you donate THROUGH Canadahelps to LOYAL you will get a tax receipt.

To donate...

1) Go to http://www.canadahe lps..org/GivingPa ges/GivingPage. aspx?gpID= 2991
2) Click Donate Now
3) From there it will take you to K9 Rescue me to donate
4) The donation will go to LOYAL through K9 Rescue Me as apart of our K9 Rescue Me walkathon. We will get the donations in the fall

If you go to the Canada Helps.org we are NOT listed under the charities. We don't have a Canada Helps page only a giving page.

If you have any questions please email nicoles @ loyalrescue.com (remove spaces)

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Did you know... Fun Facts About LOYAL

1. Loyal is one of the largest private provincial foster based rescue in Ontario!

2. Our volunteers and foster homes span from Ohio, Michigan, New York and from Sarnia to Ottawa.

3. LOYAL is two years old and we have helped give hope and new homes to 400 dogs

4. LOYAL's president works full time in investments.

5. LOYAL has helped rescue dogs as far south as Georgia and Alabama all the way up to North of Toronto! A dog in need, is a dog in need.

6. We receive applications for our dogs from all over - I did one in NS and one from MI - but we don't ship dogs!!

7. Our dogs are helped by 20 volunteers or more - that all do one hour legs (usually around 10 or more transport legs) that are involved with any given dog from the time it leaves death row at a pound until it arrives into foster care and is adopted out. It's a big investment of time, money and gas, just to get a dog from a rural high kill shelter, into foster and the into a great home!

8. The average adoption donation is $350 but the cost of vetting usually exceeds the adoption fee by a couple hundred dollars, sometimes thousands more then adopters realize!

9. Our foster homes are amazing, they treat the dogs like their very own, and teach dogs how to trust again, especially those coming from puppy mills. Some of our dogs from puppy mills have never walked on solid ground (only rabbit cages) and have never walked on stairs. Our foster homes are patient, compassionate and caring people! That's what we look for in adopters.

10. Our organization is constantly growing - new volunteers, new foster homes, new events... there is no limit to what we wouldn't do to help animals!