Fundraising Ideas

Placing an attractive donation jar at the cash register of your place of business is a terrific method for making your customers aware of DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital, our campaign for a new hospital and involving them in supporting our vital programs and services. Jars are currently available by contacting Candice Coleman at 503.535.3384.

Throughout the years, DoveLewis supporters have come up with fun, creative ways to raise money for us. Here are some of the most recent examples:

• One volunteer organized her own garage sale, netting nearly $1,000 for our Stray Animal and Wildlife program.
  
  
• Regency Park Assisted Living is one of the many places where our Animal Assisted Therapy & Education teams visit. To thank us for all of the smiles we bring to their residents, they held a hot dog sale and donated the money to DoveLewis.
  
  
• A couple who were about to be married lost their beloved dog Paco, just before their wedding. After reading our Wish List in a newsletter, they generously asked their guests not to buy them gifts, and to instead donate to DoveLewis for a video endoscope. Our doctors use it so often, they can't imagine what it would be like not having it.
  
  
• These little girls had a lemonade sale and gave the proceeds to DoveLewis. Their dog, Harry, is one of our Canine Blood Donors.
  
  
• An eight year old boy was saving up for an X-Box, but after seeing a story on the news about an abused animal, he chose to give the money to our Charlie Fund for abused animals.
  
  
• Several schools organize fundraisers, as well as toy drives. Each DoveLewis Canine Blood Donor gets to go home with a new toy (they pick it out of the box themselves) every time they donate blood.

If you organize a fundraiser, we want to hear about it! Contact Lori Warner-McGee at 503.535.3382.