Easy ways you can help us save little dogs!!!

I've talked before about using the goodsearch.com search engine as an easy way to raise money for Ratbone Rescues (1 penny per search), but here are two more ways you can help even more while you shop for groceries or gifts.

Ratbone Rescues has been registered as a charitable organization within the "Kroger Cares" program which means that you can earn 5% of everything you spend at a Kroger affiliated grocery or jewelry stores for Ratbone Rescues. Some of the many grocery store chains owned by Kroger are Fred Meyer, Fry's Food and Drug, Fry's Marketplace, King Soopers, Smith's Food and Drug, Smith's Marketplace, Ralphs, Food 4 Less, City Market, Hilander, Jay-C, Pay-less Supermarket, Owen's, Dilons, QFC, Gerbes, Foods Co., Baker's, Fred Meyer Jewelers, Littman Jewelers, and Barclay Jewelers.

Money raised goes into Ratbone's general fund and pays for the vetting costs of the hundreds of rat terriers that we rescue each year. All you have to do is order a $5 Kroger gift card from us (pre-loaded with $5), then refill that card and use the card for purchasing items at Kroger affiliated stores. For every dollar loaded onto the card, Ratbone Rescues will be paid 5%. For a household that spends $100 a week on groceries, that would be $240 a year being donated to Ratbone. If you buy your gas at a Kroger gas station it's even more. Or do you buy people gift cards for places like itunes, restaurants, the Gap, etc.? Well, consider using your Kroger card to purchase the gift cards at the gift card center within the store. They have a ton to choose from. It's SO easy! If you are interested in taking part in this program, email me at adoptapup@earthlink.net for more info.

The other way you can earn money while you shop is through goodshop.com . Just designate Ratbone Rescues as the organization that you goodshop for and then link from the goodshop.com Website to the store that you want to shop at. Just about anywhere that you would think to spend money online is part of this program: itunes, Target, expedia.com, Amazon.com, Toys 'r' Us, Walmart, various computer companies and even ebay! If you use the link above it will take you to the goodshop.com home page which shows the most popular online stores. To the left of this page the shops can be browsed by categories: clothing, pets, food, jewelry, you name it. If you link to the store through the goodshop.com site (with Ratbone Rescues designated as the charity on the drop-down list) then a percentage of what you spend will be donated to Ratbones. Sometimes up to 10% or more, but mostly around the 4-5% range. It's easy to do and costs you nothing.

The more people who are willing to help us out and shop this way, the more dogs we can save! Even if you just spend a little at these stores, every penny adds up and your time and effort expended on these fundraising programs are next to nothing. Thanks in advance for joining in and helping raise money for dogs who deserve a chance for a happy, healthy life.