Check out the vampy and campy calendar from Pin Ups For Pups. The volunteers use their...um talents...to raise money for the Dawg Squad, an animal rescue in Los Angeles.
Proceeds from the humorous and risque Berner Girls Calendar benefit the Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America's Health Fund.
Helping animals is fun and rewarding for kids too. The kids at Ian's Bead Company make and sell crafts and jewelry and donate every last dime they raise to several animal shelters. The kids have raised over $18,000 in the last few years.
The winners of American Humane's Be Kind to Animals Week Kids Contest helped animals in a variety of clever ways. They collected blankets and towels to comfort Pit Bulls, volunteered at local shelters and rescues, raised money to purchase animal oxygen masks for use at fires, collected pet food to help families keep their pets in tough economic times and taught other kids how to help animals.
For more ideas and inspiration, check out Kids Making A Difference For Animals by Nancy Furstinger and Sheryl L. Pipe.
Get creative! Celebrate your dog's birthday and ask guests to bring a donation for a shelter in lieu of a gift. Set up a lemonade stand, have a garage sale and donate the proceeds, collect gently used crates and collars or walk or groom shelter dogs waiting for adoption. The options are endless.
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