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	VOLUNTEERS FOR ANIMALS

Donations

Volunteers For Animals is always in need of monetary donations for the animals at the Genesee County Animal Shelter. Our largest expense is veterinary care for sick and injured animals. A great deal of our money is spent spaying and neutering as many animals as possible BEFORE they leave the Shelter. Spaying and neutering animals is the ONLY way to reduce the number of homeless animals. In addition to vet care, we also purchase FIV/FeLV tests for cats and heartworm tests for dogs. Please consider making a donation today. All donations to Volunteers For Animals, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, are tax-deductible.

You can make a donation through Paypal

or
mail a check to :

Volunteers For Animals
PO Box 1621
Batavia, NY 14021

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!


	HERE ARE SOME OTHER WAYS TO HELP THE ANIMALS!

BRING US YOUR EMPTIES!

Volunteers For Animals is collecting returnable pop/beer/water cans and bottles to help raise money for the animals. Bring in your empties and we will return them for you. Or you can take them directly to Rob’s Bottle and Can at 214 Ellicott Street in Batavia (Hours are M-F 9-5 and Saturday 9-2) OR Easttown Beverages on East Main Street in Batavia. Just tell them that they are for Volunteers For Animals and they will do the rest! All of the money collected from the deposits will go directly towards helping the animals at the Shelter.

			Volunteers For Animals now has a Paper Retriever dumpster located outside the Shelter to collect paper for recycling. We earn money for all the paper collected. Please consider leaving these items to help out the animals. Click here to view the Do's and Don't List of items that can be recycled.

	Petfinder.com and the Petfinder.com Foundation now offer a feature that allows you to sponsor a homeless pet that has touched your heart, but whom, for some reason, you can't adopt at this time. You can start by clicking to sponsor a pet that melts your heart on Petfinder.com! Your contribution of just $10 may enable a pet to get cared for until a new loving family comes along. They all deserve this chance! Look for the Sponsor-a-Pet icon on the Pet Notes pages. Contributions are collected and distributed to Volunteers For Animals by the Petfinder.com Foundation and are tax deductible as the law allows. VFA will be notified of the donations received and donor contact information (only if given permission by the donor), so we can monitor which pets are "sponsored" and acknowledge the donation as well. It is another way to help the animals at the Shelter.

When You Shop, You Can Support  VOLUNTEERS FOR ANIMALS!

Did you know that up to 26% of every online purchase you make can also support VOLUNTEERS FOR ANIMALS?

Shop at the over 600 stores at the Mall at www.iGive.com/VFA. Stores include Barnes & Noble, Eddie Bauer, Lands' End, LL Bean, PetsMart, and Expedia. Up to 26% of each purchase will go to VOLUNTEERS FOR ANIMALS.

Think of online shopping at iGive.com as another way to raise money for VOLUNTEERS FOR ANIMALS--only it doesn't cost you an extra penny! Get your FREE membership by going to www.iGive.com/VFA There are no extra costs or obligations. Just enter your e-mail address and hit "Join Here." Start Shopping! Be sure to designate VOLUNTEERS FOR ANIMALS as your cause.

What if Volunteers For Animals had a penny for every time you searched the Internet?

Search the web with www.goodsearch.com and money from Yahoo advertisers will go to Volunteers For Animals without you spending a dime!

Be sure to designate Volunteers For Animals as your charity and let the search begin!

GoodSearch now offers GoodShop with donations going to Volunteers For Animals while you shop.

	TO HELP THE ANIMALS AT THE SHELTER CONSIDER GIFT CARDS FROM GENESEE FEEDS 3860 West Main Street Road Batavia, NY (across from the Shelter) This enables us to purchase items that are desperately needed depending on current circumstances at the Shelter. We use these gift cards for items such as mother’s milk for kittens, special dog or cat food for sick animals, kitten and puppy food, and cedar chips for the dog runs. All of these items are needed regularly and can be difficult to keep on hand in the Shelter. Thank you for considering this flexible donation option.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!

T-SHIRTS AND SWEATSHIRTS ON SALE!
T-Shirts are $10.00, Sweatshirts are $15.00 and Hooded Sweatshirts are $20.00. All are available in a variety of colors. The "Life is great" sweatshirt comes in yellow and has VFA on the back. It is $20. There are also "Life is great" T-Shirts in green and blue for $15. Stop in anytime during adoption hours to pick one up!

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POST FOR THE PAWS

The purpose of "POST FOR THE PAWS" is to highlight particular animals available for adoption at the Genesee County Animal Shelter. Each week a cat and a dog are featured in a poster that is e-mailed out to everyone on the e-mail list. Recipients are asked to print out at least one copy of the poster and choose a public place to post it each week. With minimal effort we can help raise the profile of both the featured animals and the other animals at the Shelter. Currently we have about 300 people we e-mail the poster to each week. If you would like to be on the e-mail list, please drop a note to the following address: vfa@rochester.rr.com 

Or simply print a copy from the website page: Post for the Paws. We will not use your e-mail address for anything other than shelter information and it will not appear on the posting.

The Genesee County Meals on Wheels Program has started a Meals for Pets Program along with Genesee Feeds.
For more information please contact Sharon Audino at 585-343-1611 or email her at saudino@co.genesee.ny.us

Meals for Pets

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