‘Santa Cause for Paws’ started in October 2013 and their main focus is our Christmas Drive, box campaign that runs during the Christmas period each year. The concept is very similar to the ‘Santa Shoebox’ initiative, which provide to underprivileged children and they hope to be as successful in the upcoming years, except, their focus is with dogs and cats and other animals in need.
In their first year, they managed to deliver 2195 boxes to their 10 pre-selected charities in Johannesburg & Pretoria and 667 boxes to their KZN charities. They have recently branched out to Cape Town as well.
‘Santa Cause for Paws’ is committed to collecting and distributing Christmas packs made by the public to various animal shelters. Their aim is to make Christmas a little more special for cats & dogs in shelters by providing them with treats that they would otherwise go without.
For the Christmas Drive they urge people via our Facebook page to go onto their website (www.santapaws.co.za) and pledge boxes in the following categories:
- Adult dog
- Puppy
- Adult cat
- Kitten
Thereafter, people can choose where and when they would like to drop off their box from a selection of pre-determined drop off points.
Each box that is pledged needs to have the following 5 items:
- TWO things yum FOOD (dry dog/cat food or canned dog/cat food) and a TREAT (a treat for cat/dog i.e. catnip, biscuits)
- Something warm (blanket or jacket)
- Something useful (food bowl, collar, conditioning tablets)
- Something fun (toy for cat/dog)
In addition they ask that people place an item in the box for the people working at the shelter, to thank them for all their hard and tiring work, but this is not mandatory.
They also run smaller campaigns during the year where they only focus on collecting necessities for our chosen charities.
How can you help?
- Vouchers / Prizes
They auction off vouchers, online vouchers, hampers and any other items / prizes donated to them by small businesses in order to raise funds for the campaign that is currently running. In return they offer free advertising on their Facebook page
- Sponsoring printing
They need to print leaflets to create awareness of their campaign and we would like to do this by running leaflet drops at Supermarkets around Gauteng, sponsoring of leaflets would be appreciated
- Placement of advert
They rely on the public to make their campaign successful and thus need to create awareness. Placing an advert or article on their campaign would greatly benefit the success of our campaign.
- Volunteer your establishment to be a drop off area in their upcoming Christmas campaign.
