And so it begins — the Double Your Impact Challenge to raise $25,000 in 25 days for animal groups helping Best Friends bring about a time of No More Homeless Pets.
Starting Nov. 9, Best Friends will match every dollar (up to $500 per individual donation) donated to the animal welfare groups participating in the challenge. We encourage our members and supporters to take the challenge and give what they can, knowing that these groups are all instrumental in helping us achieve our mission.
Created as part of Best Friends’ 25th anniversary celebration, the challenge lasts until December 4 or when a total of $25,000 in donations to all organizations is reached — whichever comes first. That means a total of $50,000 could be dispersed among participating groups, advancing our No More Homeless Pets mission in communities throughout the U.S.
To learn more about those groups and to donate, click here.
“We’re excited to offer this opportunity for Network Charities groups, and we’re asking the animal loving public to donate whatever they can,” says Lavanya Raju, Network Charities coordinator. “Best Friends will help your dollar go twice as far. These groups are saving animals everyday and they need everyone’s support to continue their efforts.”
The Network Charities Program helps participating groups promote their life-saving work on the Best Friends Network and allows them to communicate with a like-minded audience of 80,000 animal-loving users. All groups eligible to receive donations in the challenge are 501(c) (3) non-profits, committed, like Best Friends, to achieving a time of No More Homeless Pets.
We urge those groups that have yet to apply for the program to do so now, so they can take advantage of the Double Your Impact Challenge. Once approved by Best Friends to participate in the challenge, a wealth of possibilities opens up, including the abilities to:
- Create your own mini website on the Best Friends Network.
- Accept donations online.
- Announce and promote fundraisers, awareness-raisers, adoptions and other events.
- Educate viewers about your organization, the work you’re doing, the issues you confront, and ways the public can help.
- Recruit volunteers from the Best Friends volunteer database.
To help groups get the word out about their participation in the challenge, we’ve created a media “buzz kit” that will live on the Network Charities landing page. The kit includes a flyer you can post at your shelter, your office or around town. It also allows you to auto-update your Facebook or Twitter page with a message urging people to take the Double Your Impact Challenge and click on the link to the Network Charities page, where they can make their donation to your group.
In addition, Best Friends is providing a graphic you can post on your group’s website, Best Friends Network page, Facebook page, blog — wherever it will help get the word out to your supporters.
If you know of a non-profit group that shares our No More Homeless Pets mission and could benefit from the Double Your Impact Challenge, be sure to inform them of this incredible opportunity.
Click here to see a promotional video about the challenge.
For more information on the Network Charities Program, click here.
To submit an application on behalf of your group, click here.
Photos by Best Friends staff