About the Organization
We're a small but mighty team, and we're dedicated to helping those who can't help themselves. Our mission includes providing essential services like Spay & Neuter clinics, animal rescue, Animal sheltering, Preventing animal cruelty and now we are operating a a pet a food pantry.
PO BOX 493
Princess Anne, MD 21853
USA
EIN: 52-2332574
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It could be because you set a "Start Date" in the future. Go to your Settings and check the Start Date. Settings > Additional Settings > Set Start & End Dates. If that's the problem, just adjust it to today if you want it to show now. You should also make sure you not receiving any error messages, due to missing required fields or incorrect input.
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No, unfortunately we no longer allow personal fundraisers.
However, if you have fundraised with us in the past and want to run another campaign, please reach out to us. We may be able to make an exception...
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We no longer allow personal fundraisers. However, if you have fundraised with us in the past and want to run another campaign, please reach out to us. We may be able to make an exception...
There are some great marketing tools available to you, after you launch your campaign. First, a big pop-up with all kinds of options will come up automatically when you launch and if you're not quite ready, you can always go to "My Promo Page," which you will find in your settings for all launched campaigns. It's a big orange button.
Yes for Standard GivingGrids and Wall of Love, but not for Urgent Help! We don't offer it for Urgent Help, because the typical campaign is over in just a few days.
Make sure you're logged in and go to Settings > Additional Settings > Run on Your Website and follow the instructions. Everything is synced, so a donation made on your website updates everywhere else. One thing to note, if you don't allocate enough space, we'll automatically show a very cool widget. Details are in your settings.
Here's an example:
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Note: This feature allows you to increase the total amount raised on your campaign, but it does not record any information or input donor information, photos or messages into the squares on the grid.
For Standard GivingGrids
Make sure you're logged in and go to Settings > Fundraising Goal & Grid Type. Next to your goal above the preview grid, click the edit link. Change your goal in the pop-up and click submit.
For Wall of Love
If you have a goal (it's optional), just go to General Settings, change it and click save.
For Urgent Help
Go to General Settings, change it and click save.
Note: be careful how you use this function. Don't get in the habit of raising your goal, just because you're close to hitting it or have already passed it. That's great and people want to see you beat it big-time! If you keep raising it, donors will start to wonder why you even have a goal and lose interest. One increase would be the maximum we'd recommend. It's primarily there to lower your goal if you were a little too ambitious and set it too high.
For 1,2,3
You change your goal by changing the number of squares in General Settings. Once you get your first donation, you are locked in and can no longer change the goal.
For Standard GivingGrids, make sure you're logged in and go to Settings > Fundraising Goal & Grid Type. This is to do it manually. There's also an automatic feature (on Blank Squares) you can turn off or on in your settings. We recommend you leave it on and let it happen automatically when needed. Then you'll never run out of squares. Anytime 75% of your squares are taken, another ring of squares is added.
For Urgent Help campaigns, make sure you're logged in and go to Settings > Grid Settings and click the Add Squares button. This is to do it manually. There's also an automatic feature you can turn off or on in your settings. We recommend you leave it on and let it happen automatically when needed. Then you'll never run out of squares. Anytime 75% of your squares are taken, another ring of squares is added.
Please note: Once you receive your first donation, you can still add squares, but you cannot delete them.
For Wall of Love, it's all automatic, unless you turn it off in your settings. Anytime 75% of your squares are taken, another ring of squares is added.
You cannot add squares to a 1,2,3 campaign.
This feature is available on Standard GivingGrids, Wall of Love, Urgent Help and 1,2,3. Make sure you're logged in and go to Settings > Additional Settings > Set Start & End Dates.
This feature is not available with Blaze.
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Yes you can and we encourage it! It adds credibility to your campaign. You do that in Settings > Organization Information.
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While we do not share specific information as to why an account has been suspended, it could be for many reasons, including but not limited to:
The simple difference between the two is that with a Standard GivingGrid the donor can upload a photo with their donation and with Wall of Love they post a heart and a message with their donation. No photo. Some campaigns work great with photos and other are better without, so you have both options.
We don't recommend Wall of Love for animal campaigns, because people love uploading photos of their fur kids.
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Yes and no. You are welcome to include a mailing address in case someone wants to mail you a check. There are still some people who don't want to donate online. What we don't allow is the direct solicitation encouraging people to donate online elsewhere. In other words, what you can't do is put a link to your website (or others) donation page (including Venmo or other payment services) on your campaign and ask people to go there and donate. It's confusing and why would you want to do that anyway?
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One of the most difficult things in rescue is to walk the kennels at high-intake municipal shelters. Each dog is begging to be noticed, each trying to get your attention in some way. Some bark and others jump. The sad fact is that they all deserve to be picked, they all deserve to be saved and given a second chance. Seeing their faces, knowing that some won’t ever get that chance rips your heart out and makes you want to cry.
In 2018, over 700,000 dogs and cats were killed in animal shelters in the US, simply because they didn’t have safe places to call home. That's about one every 45 seconds. With your help, we're out to change that one animal at a time, starting with this one!
This is the face of thousands of cats who sit in shelters across the
country. They are shut down, scared, ill or hurt and uncertain of
where their future lies. A narrative that plays out far too often.
These cats sit in a shelter, waiting for their chance to find their
own family. The truth is that a lot of animals won’t make it out.
Their biggest advocates are the volunteers and staff telling their
stories to the public. They love them, and often, the love they give
these homeless animals is the only love they will ever know.
They need us, and we are confident that with your help, we can save more...
November 28th is GivingTuesday. It was created in 2012 as a simple
idea: a day that encourages people to do good and help others.
GivingTuesday is four days after Black Friday and the day after Cyber
Monday. We ask that if at all possible, you try to spend just a tiny
bit less on those days, so that you can give a tiny bit to us. That’s
all we ask… If we can get enough people to give us a small amount, we
can get through this mess. We're pleading for your help... We need to
catch a break.
While we are so grateful to our community of supporters for helping us
survive this long, we are continuing to struggle and unfortunately
moving backwards, in terms of our expenses versus our donations. We
don't know how much longer we can sustain this trend, but we can’t
stop saving the fur babies. Our work is too important, so we need to
get through this somehow.
We also know that some of you are struggling too, so if you're not in
the position to donate, you can also help by sharing our campaign with
others you think might want to help too.
Somehow, we always find a way to make it through for the benefit of
those precious souls. Sometimes it almost seems impossible and we look
back and wonder how we got by. Then we quickly remember, our miracle
is you! With your help we can save them all!
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