January
Point, Click and Bid
Check out our Pledges for Pets online auction and bid on fun and exciting items, including sports memorabilia, dining experiences, pet photography packages and more.
Click here to go to the auction.
The Pledges for Pets Telethon is on FOX31 on Sunday, January 25, from noon to 5 p.m. Pledge your support, then sit back and take a virtual tour of our Quebec Street shelter. Get helpful hints on choosing a pet that's right for your family, learn about cat and dog behavior, nutrition and much more. Dozens of adoptable cats, dogs and other small pets in need of loving homes will be featured throughout the five-hour, live event.
Change a Pet’s Life
January 24
The Dumb Friends League is partnering with Hill’s on Saturday, January 24 to Change a Pet’s Life. The first 10 adoptions at the Dumb Friends League on this day will be free, courtesy of Hills. You will also receive a starter kit including Hills Science Diet pet food and tips to give your new adopted cat or dog a great start in their new life. Mark your calendar and be one of the first ten people to adopt a new member of the family from the Dumb Friends League on Saturday, January 24.
March
Estate Planning for Pet Owners
Tuesday, March 3, 5:30 p.m. or Saturday, March 14, 11:30 a.m.
This free seminar will cover pet trusts, outright bequests to care givers and guardianship provisions. Also, learn about our Pet Guardianship program. For more information, call
(303) 751-5772, Ext. 7214. 
May
Furry Scurry
Saturday, May 2
Get ready for our 16th annual Furry Scurry! Join the fun in Denver's Washington Park at the largest animal walk/run in the country. Start collecting pledges now and register online beginning the last week in January.
Ongoing
Gifts for that special animal lover
We have many wonderful gifts available in our Sit… Stay… Shops. Also, you’ll find a wide variety of shirts, hats, coffee mugs, mouse pads, tote bags and much more at our online gift store. They make the “purr”-fect gifts.
Gift cards
For the person who wants a pet, this is the best way to give one as a gift. Accompany the gift card with a stuffed animal and pet supplies. The recipient can then visit us to personally select their new pet. Gift cards, available for purchase at our shops, also are good for retail items and classes.
2009 Pet Photo Calendar
Celebrate your love of pets! Click here to print an order form for this year’s pet-photo calendar. Always a popular gift, our beautiful full-color calendars are available for $15. Fax mail orders to (303) 696-0063 or visit the Sit … Stay … Shops at both shelters.
Calendars can also be purchased at the following locations:
- Bloom’in Bee
6140 S Gun Club Road K4
Aurora, CO 80016 - Castle Pines Veterinary Clinic
361 Village Square Lane, Ste. 110
Castle Rock, CO 80108
Petsense #101
5050 Factory Shops Boulevard
Castle Rock, CO 80108 - Tails Up Pet Hotel and Daycare
401 S. Gilbert St.
Castle Rock, CO 80104 - U-Shampooch
7474 E. 29th Ave.
Denver, CO 80238 - U-Shampooch
10325 S. Progress Way
Parker, CO 80134 - VCA Southeast Area Animal Hospital
9801 E. Iliff Avenue
Denver, CO 80231
Tribute donations
For pets or people with everything, consider making a donation in their honor. They will receive a prompt acknowledgment of your generosity. Your donation can be made securely online by clicking here, in person at the Dumb Friends League or by mail. Click here to print out the mail-order form (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required).
Chip Your Cat
The Dumb Friends League, the Denver Area Veterinary Medical Society, and participating members of the Metro Denver Shelter Alliance, are pleased to announce the CHIP YOUR CAT™ campaign, with free microchips provided by Bayer resQ® and HomeAgain®. This initiative will help provide free microchip identification implants to 150,000 owned cats in the Denver-metro area. The program is ongoing until September 2009 or while supplies last, so visit ChipYourCat.org today, to learn how you can get a microchip for your cat.
Sponsored by:
Help prevent unwanted litters
Donate to the Pet Overpopulation Fund through your Colorado State income tax form. You can also contribute any time directly to the Fund by sending a donation to 455 Sherman Street, Suite 462, Denver, CO 80203. Checks should be made out to the Pet Overpopulation Fund. The Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund was established by the Colorado Legislature to promote and fund spay/neuter surgeries and public education for responsible pet ownership. In 2005, 4,745 spay/neuter surgeries were performed as a result of the state check off fund. The fund has surpassed 17,000 spay/neuter surgeries in the three years since the first grants were awarded.
Become
a volunteer
Volunteers are very important people at the Dumb Friends League. As a private, non-profit organization, we rely on the assistance of caring and hardworking volunteers in all of our programs. To volunteer, you must be at least sixteen years old, and willing to make a six-month commitment of approximately three hours per week.
Work with us
We have many wonderful career opportunities to work with animals and people. If you love animals and enjoy helping people, then the Dumb Friends League may have a position for you.
Report abuse
If you see an animal being neglected or cruelly treated, do you know how to help that animal? What should any Denver metro area resident do if they suspect that a pet is being abused? The answer is to contact the Dumb Friends League's Investigations staff.
Make a difference for animals!
- Vote Animal Friendly
- Spay or Neuter Your Pet! (help end the pet overpopulation problem)
- Donate to the "Pet Overpopulation Fund" through Your Colorado State Income Tax Form
Visit our Pet Care-avan and possibly adopt a new furry friend
The Offsite program takes adoptable animals and information to various locations throughout the community, using our specially designed Pet Careavan. Click here for upcoming locations.
Shop at The Crazy Merchant
When you shop at The Crazy Merchant, you can designate 10 percent of your purchase price to be donated to the Dumb Friends League. The Crazy Merchant keeps track of all donations and issues us a check annually that reflects the total amount given to help the animals. There is no need to sign up, just head over to The Crazy Merchant in Littleton.
Shop
at the Tattered
Cover
If you enjoy reading, enroll today in the Tattered Cover Gives Back program. When you designate the Dumb Friends League as your nonprofit of choice, 1 percent of every purchase will be donated to us. To sign up for the program, call (303) 322-1965, Ext. 2734. You'll receive your membership card in the mail along with your instant reward coupon, good for 10 percent off your next purchase of $25 or more.
Support us through a sponsorship
If you think your business might be interested in supporting the Dumb Friends League through our corporate sponsorships, please click here to see what opportunities are available.
Make a donation to help the animals in our care
- Click here to make a secure online donation or you can print out a donation form and mail or fax it to us.
- Wish List (donate useful items to help the us and the animals in our care)
- Matching Gifts (your company can help too!)
- Donate Your Car
- Join Our Friendship Circle
- Purchase a Commemorative Tile to be placed at our Buddy Center in Douglas County
- Purchase a Commemorative Tile to be placed at our newly renovated Quebec Street shelter
- Donate through Electronic Transfer
- Leave a Legacy-You can name the Dumb Friends League as a beneficiary in your will, living trust, life insurance policy, pension plan or charitable trust.
Stay informed by reading our publications…
Pet Tales
Annual Report
League Mews
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