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The Gift Of The Season

Did you know? You can make a gift in honor of a loved one this holiday season by making a donation through our website or at our shelter. Making a gift to SafeHaven is a great way to honor or remember the animal lover in your life. After you make your gift, a personalized holiday card will be sent to their home or a location of your choosing notifying them of your contribution.

1. Stop by the shelter and make your donation at our front desk and be sure to ask them about our 'Honor A Loved One Holiday Program'. They will ask you for the recipient's information and a card will be sent.

2. Simply head over to our website and click DONATE in the top left corner. Make sure to check the box marked 'I would like to dedicate this donation.' This will ask you for names and the address where you would like the card sent.

For a holiday card to be sent before Christmas, tributes will need to be made on or before Monday, December 19th.

Sparkle

Sparkle’s journey with SafeHaven began all the way back in May. She came to us with 11 other kittens after their owner was no longer able to care for them. We quickly realized all of the kittens had ringworm, a highly contagious but treatable fungal infection. Ringworm cases have strict isolation requirements and can take months to treat, requiring regular lime sulfur dips and oral medications. Many of these kittens were in poor health upon arrival and also came down with upper respiratory infections, which meant we had to interrupt their weekly lime dip schedules and led to an overall delay in their ringworm finally being cleared up.

Sparkle and the other kittens were diagnosed during the prime socialization period in their lives. The dedicated staff taking care of these cats worked hard to ensure they got as much socialization and interaction as possible with humans. And all of the kittens have become extremely sweet and social babies now!

What is Giving Tuesday? Giving Tuesday refers to the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It is a movement fueled by community and kindness to create an international day of charitable giving at the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season. To celebrate Giving Tuesday this year, SafeHaven shared with the community some of the stories that warm our hearts and make every effort worthwhile. On social media and through emails, we told you about Sarabi (pictured right) and Sparkle (featured below)

This year, we also had a generous and anonymous match of $10,000! On Giving Tuesday this year, YOU helped raise $13,400! Upon hearing this, our anonymous matching donor matched each additional dollar as well, resulting in a total of $26,800 for the animals at SafeHaven. This is the most you have ever helped us raise on a Giving Tuesday and we were smiling ear to ear!