Dear friend for the animals,

Thank you for your recent gift to the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Foundation's Extra Mile Fund. We are so grateful. Your donation and commitment help to ensure that our guiding principles – Open Door, Open Heart – persevere throughout these challenging times.

As the highest-impact animal welfare organization in the County, the Shelter serves approximately 7,000 animals every year. We offer services at our two locations in Live Oak and Watsonville, and through preventive community outreach such as Healthy Pets for All which provides free veterinary care to low-income or unhoused individuals and Planned Pethood, a progressive program offering low-cost spay/neuter to pets in need.

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is particularly unique in that it is an open admission shelter, which means that NO ANIMAL is ever turned away. Our goal is to be a humane resource for the community by providing a safety net and second chance for local animals. Our success is achieved through a variety of life-saving services and programs. The support of our community is absolutely critical to sustaining and expanding these services.

Your contribution is improving the lives of the most vulnerable animals and the people in our community. We greatly appreciate your generosity and kindness.

With warmth and care,

Nga Trinh-Halperin, Executive Director
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Creating a Compassionate Community

P.S. There are so many ways to give! Please let us know if you have any questions about Employer Matching, Legacy Giving, and DAF, IRA or Stock donations by emailing nga@scanimalshelterfoundation.org

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Foundation’s tax ID number is 51-0439604. This letter serves as our official acknowledgement and receipt of your gift. The IRS requires you to keep this with your federal income tax records for this year. No goods or services were provided in consideration for this gift, which is tax deductible to the full extent of the law.