Ever wonder what to donate to a rescue?

In these hard economic many people finding themselves wanting to donate to rescues but with money being tight, how in the heck can you help?

Well, money always helps, but there are so many things that you may have that rescues in general need!  Sometimes you have leftover  pet related items or other items that can be used and would be greatly appreciated!  That partial bag of puppy pads that you no longer need since Fido has been house trained is just taking up space, but rescue always needs things like that!  Below, I have compiled a list of items that most rescues (including Angel Paws Country Rescue) would be thrilled to have!

• Towels, we all have those old towels sitting around!! (all sizes, even wash cloths)
• Blankets
• Sheets
• Mattress pads
• News Papers
• Shampoo (we love baby wash!)
• Flea Treatment (no dips please)
• Dog Food 
• Crates (got an extra crate or two collecting dust in the garage?)
• Exercise Pens (X-Pens)
• Play Pens (pack n plays work great for nursing mommas)
• Rugs, dog's don't care if the color does not match your current decor or even if the ends are frayed, they just love to have a rug to lay on!
• Dog beds
• Leashes and collars
• Dog Houses
• Misters
• Food and water dished, although we will accept plastic, metal or ceramic are much easier to disinfect.
• Toys!!  We can always used toys, even tennis balls!
• Kiddie pools, after Summer is over and you have that kiddie pool sitting around why not think about donating it to rescue?  The dogs love to play in the water and they are great when we get a pregnant or nursing Momma out of the shelter.  Just the plastic ones, the blow up ones just don't stand a chance with the dogs!!
• Baby cereal, meat baby foods and even bags of rice! 
• Totes.  We use totes to store items for the dogs and even use them as big "dish pans" to disinfect food dishes)
• Dorm size refrigerator (perfect for storing shots and other medications for the dogs)
• Pedialite (unflavored) and Ensure (can be store brand, but vanilla only)  These are life savers for dogs that come in sick and/or emaciated.
• Building materials (wood, fencing, etc... need not be perfect, even wood from an old fence that was recently replaced!!)

The list goes on and on, there are so many things that we use in rescue!  We at Angel Paws Country Rescue encourage you to take a look around and see what you have.  Of course we love getting donations, but donating to ANY rescue helps the effort!!