Rescue Wish List
How To Help Pyles Of Smiles Rescue
Announcing Pyles Of Smiles, Inc.
Yes, the long-awaited Incorporation and 501c3 status has arrived! Your donations are now fully tax-deductible!
Time
- Surf websites of shelters for Samoyeds in need.
- Visit local shelters, leaving our contact info for Samoyed Rescue (or another local Rescue group if you're in another part of the country!)
- Place educational advertisements on free internet classified ads.
- Contact existing Back Yard Breeders to help educate them about their activities and the effect they are having on rescue.
- Volunteer to mentor potential or new Sammy owners so their dogs don't end up in Rescue.
- Filing and general office clerical assistance
- Transporting dogs through your area on Rescue Runs
- Volunteer at an adoption booth
Money
- Cash, food, veterinary care/bills, or supplies sponsorships of Rescue dogs
- Cash or gas card contributions for rescue transports
- Advertising warning potential purchasers of buying from BYB's (Backyard Breeders) or pet stores/mills in publications that mills and BYB's are currently advertising available puppies.
- Phone Cards for long distance calls.
- ***Sponsorship of our 501c3 non-profit status and corporation fees*** Goal Accomplished from Donation Fees
Things
- Food, food and more food - the 'source' we've had for the last two years has dried up!
- Bedding - blankies are always in use, even with Samoyeds!
- Towels...well, towels are really #1 on our Most Wanted list (but only because we just had a month's supply of flea control donated! lol)
- Flea Control - Frontline is preferred, Advantage is great, anything is welcomed!
- Microchips ***Goal Accomplished with the assistance of Help Our Pets, Inc.*** Now we can get our own.... Every dog adopted is microchipped!
- Doggy crates, kennels and houses...we supply our foster homes with all necessary supplies to care for their charges.
- Stainless Steel food and water dishes - they have to hold up with this wild pack!
- Collars and leashes
- ID tags reading: Pyles Of Smiles (530) 347-1602 collect
- We're holding out for a digital camera someday! ***Goal Accomplished*** Thanks to Dan - Bailey's Dad - for his donation and to adopters whose fees have covered a new camera purchased at CostCo with extra memory and battery recharger!
- Business cards/flyers
- Land in a kennel-friendly County! ***Goal Accomplished*** Thanks to Linda Pritchett of Running L Realty and Roger Camann of Redding Mortgage Investors for their blessings and dedication to us and our cause - we couldn't have done it without them!
Skills
- Fundraising
- Shelter Scouts (even online scouting!)
- Grooming
- Fostering
- Training
- Exercising
- Transporting
- Landscaping