wacky1980 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 so there was a bust over the weekend of a local pet breeder. they had ~300 cats and dogs removed from their properties, but i know they hid more in random remote areas around the county that have not been uncovered yet (they somehow got a tip from law enforcement before the raid), and from the rumors i'm hearing, the number of recovered animals could go as high as 500 before it's all said and done. the local animal shelters are all over-run with cats and dogs right now...many suffering from neglect, and pulled from horrible living conditions. we've started accepting donations of supplies and food at the bar, and have loaded up two trucks in two days to take around to the shelters. but lots of people are interested in donating cash, and i'm not too keen on the idea of handling potentially lots of untraceable cash for all the obvious reasons. so ... gofundme? i've never set up a donation thing online before, and i've yet to reach out to the local shelters to see if they're interested in the idea, or if they can even accept crowdsourced donations like that. so before i dive too deep into this rabbit hole, does anyone on here have experience with this sort of fundraising? is it a good idea, or are there better options out there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resurrected Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 No experience with fund raising, but if someone wanted to donate cash, I'd send them down to the shelter with the cash. Are the animal shelters volunteer organizations or are they county shelters? If they are county, they should have funds allocated to them. If private/volunteer org. then I can see them needing donations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resurrected Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 @discole monade might be able to help you with a better answer, since she is a volunteer at our local shelter. We have the volunteer one, and then one that's run by the county. She has nothing to do with the county one. The only employees there are inmates and a guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 we're sending items to three different shelters so far, all of which have taken some animals from this bust. one is a humane society, one is a privately-funded no-kill, and i'm pretty sure the third is also private. the humane society one is the biggest question mark for accepting cash. the no-kill is one we've worked with on different fundraisers in the past, and i know they accept cash. unfortunately, all three shelters are 45+ minutes away. we're a drop point to make it easier for people in our town to contribute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resurrected Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 25 minutes ago, wacky1980 said: we're sending items to three different shelters so far, all of which have taken some animals from this bust. one is a humane society, one is a privately-funded no-kill, and i'm pretty sure the third is also private. the humane society one is the biggest question mark for accepting cash. the no-kill is one we've worked with on different fundraisers in the past, and i know they accept cash. unfortunately, all three shelters are 45+ minutes away. we're a drop point to make it easier for people in our town to contribute. Yeah, I'm gonna pass this one to disco, because I don't know anything about charities and animal rescues other than county funded ones should have available funding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 I'd donate to that before I'd donate to most of the shit most gofundmes are set up for 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 i'm thinking, it has got to be pretty expensive to bring a few hundred animals up to speed on shots and getting them fixed...plus flea/worm/etc treatments, feeding, grooming, and housing. the shelters would eventually recoup some/all of those costs if they can find enough folks to adopt, but that might take awhile. if we could toss maybe $20k at them, that's like $50 per animal...should take them pretty far through the process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 you'll be responsible for the gofundme i take it? human society will accept money. i know for a fact the private facilities will. what i would do is, once you've met your goal, set up a paypal to make the donations. (humane society will accept paypal) and i would contact the private facilities to see if they have paypal. are the private ones actual rescues, or way~stations to get the animals to rescues. (ours is a no kill temp holding facility), because they will absolutely need money for transports. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Mini_ghost420 said: I'd donate to that before I'd donate to most of the shit most gofundmes are set up for @helpme really wants a PS5, pls help. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, Ric said: @helpme really wants a PS5, pls help. yea.. I don't think I will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpme Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Ric said: @helpme really wants a PS5, pls help. Nope waste piece of junk and space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resurrected Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 1 minute ago, helpme said: Nope waste piece of junk and space Quit lying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 15 hours ago, discole monade said: you'll be responsible for the gofundme i take it? human society will accept money. i know for a fact the private facilities will. what i would do is, once you've met your goal, set up a paypal to make the donations. (humane society will accept paypal) and i would contact the private facilities to see if they have paypal. are the private ones actual rescues, or way~stations to get the animals to rescues. (ours is a no kill temp holding facility), because they will absolutely need money for transports. thank you for your knowledge. it sounds like we can probably make this work! if i can get enough people interested to support it, i'll probably be in charge of putting something together...unless someone else wants it, which would be fine with me. i still need to get a few of the right people on board before i start getting shelters' permissions. and hopefully if everyone comes together, the momentum won't be spent by then. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpme Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 20 hours ago, resurrected said: Quit lying. Do I look like I play console games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, helpme said: Do I look like I play console games? No, no you do not. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resurrected Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 44 minutes ago, helpme said: Do I look like I play console games? Based on your font, or your profile picture? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnmjy Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 23 hours ago, Ric said: @helpme really wants a PS5, pls help. Reminds me of the time I donated a penny to Bucket. It cost me two cents to donate, meaning there was a 100% markup. I hope the asshole enjoyed that. 😒 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 21 hours ago, helpme said: Nope waste piece of junk and space Oh yeah, Sony censors all the fanservice games now. Better off sticking to mobile/PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 8 hours ago, wacky1980 said: thank you for your knowledge. it sounds like we can probably make this work! if i can get enough people interested to support it, i'll probably be in charge of putting something together...unless someone else wants it, which would be fine with me. i still need to get a few of the right people on board before i start getting shelters' permissions. and hopefully if everyone comes together, the momentum won't be spent by then. i would also find out what the 2 private shelters 'wish lists' are. that will help with collecting the right items. good luck on your efforts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpme Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 2 hours ago, resurrected said: Based on your font, or your profile picture? No. 2 hours ago, scoobdog said: No, no you do not. See scoob knows me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resurrected Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 54 minutes ago, helpme said: See scoob knows me Well, I figured since you were a lot younger than me, you'd be into games. I'm middle aged and I'm into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 1 hour ago, resurrected said: Well, I figured since you were a lot younger than me, you'd be into games. I'm middle aged and I'm into them. Like RIC said, Girls x Battle isn't the same if you can't take it into the bathroom with you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpme Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 14 hours ago, scoobdog said: Like RIC said, Girls x Battle isn't the same if you can't take it into the bathroom with you. Dude did you even seen the screenshot of the current game I've been playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 I have not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpme Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 2 hours ago, scoobdog said: I have not. You should Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnmjy Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 1 hour ago, helpme said: You should 😱😡 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 3 hours ago, bnmjy said: 😱😡 😡? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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