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Many Ways to Donate
On-line Donation
Click here to donate online.
When you
donate to the ARL, there are several places where you can designate your
donation will be used:
General Operating Fund
– Your donation will be used for everyday operations of the shelter and
caring for the animals.
Building Fund –
This fund contributes to improvements constantly being made to the
buildings of the shelter.
Noel Emergency Medical
Fund – See Noel’s Story below. All donations to this fund go toward
medical care for the shelter animals.
Unrestricted – If
you choose this designation, you are letting the ARL decide how to best
use your donation.
By Mail
Contributions are gratefully welcome by mail to:
Animal Rescue League of Berks County
P.O. Box 69
Mohnton, PA 19540
In
Memory Of or In Honor Of
You can make
a donation in memory of or in honor of a beloved pet or someone special
by sending your contribution, including the name of the pet or person to
be recognized, to our Memorial/Honored Gifts funds. We will include the
name in future issues of our newsletter.
The ARL appreciates any restricted or unrestricted donation. Please
check with your employer to see if the company provides a matching gift.
Charitable Giving
Click here for information about how to set up charitable bequests
and trusts!!
A Christmas Story to Remember
You may wish to donate to our new “Noel Fund” for
emergency medical care for our shelter animals. The fund is named
for the small, abandoned female Jack Russell terrier that was hit
by a car along Route 724 in Cumru Township, not far from the shelter.
Cumru Township police, who found her, brought her to the shelter.
Her injuries were life-threatening and she needed special orthopedic
surgery to repair her broken pelvis and rear femurs. The surgery
left scars on both her hind legs. A local veterinarian donated physical
therapy to help “Noel” gain strength to walk again.
Because the tiny, two-year-old dog came to the shelter during
the Christmas season of 2004, office manager Katie McGlory named
her “Noel.” The staff fell in love with her and began
making donations to help pay for her medical expenses.
“Noel’s” story made the front page of the Sunday
Reading Eagle on December 26, 2004, and the news of her plight resulted
in an outpouring of concern and support as well as donations to
help replenish the shelter’s depleted emergency fund.
“I have seen a lot of kind people help us out over the 16
years I’ve worked here,” said executive director Harry
D. Brown III, “but nothing like the generosity shown for little
‘Noel.’ Her story touched so many people.”
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