VOLUNTEER

Do you have any special skills? Or maybe something you'd like to try your hand at? We need people who can handle publicity, fundraising, logistics, medicines, and writing as well as cat and dog fostering and handling. If you are interested, please contact our volunteer coordinator.

We have various items for sale, including CARA T-shirts, rescue car magnets, decorative tiles, and our very special "Cards by Kids". All purchases help support our rescued kitties and doggies. Check out the CARA Shopping page.

Or your truck, motorcycle, snowmobile - running or not. Donation Line LLC assist us in obtaining the car, selling it, and sending a portion of the proceeds to CARA. Here's how.

You can get a special Maryland license plate and help support CARA's spay and neuter effort. Send your name and mailing address, plus a check for $25 made out to CARA, to us (CARA, 3351 Corridor Market Place, Suite 400-90, Laurel, MD 20724). Then we'll send you the Maryland state form certifying that we received the $25 donation from you. You can then mail or take the form to the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, along with a check for $25 made out to the MVA, to get your new plates. And you'll let everyone know you are a pet lover and support spay and neuter!

CARA can earn a penny every time you searched the Internet. GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results. Just go to www.goodsearch. com and be sure to enter Companion Animal Rescue Alliance as the charity you want to support. Just 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime! And be sure to spread the word.

As a new group we need lots of supplies and help. Check our wishlist page for all kinds of ideas and suggestions to choose from.

You can give a little or a lot to help provide medical care for a particular rescued animal. As little as $5 will pay to vaccinate a kitten against distemper. Use our Sponsorship page to see how you can help. All our rescued animals get whatever vet care they need, even expensive tests and surgery when required.

Perhaps you have rescued a stray on your own, or you are thinking about adding to your household but would like to try it out before making that committment. Fostering is very rewarding, from the love you receive from your foster cat or dog, to seeing them placed in a great forever home. If you would like more information, please contact our volunteer coordinator.

If you purchase items online, you can help raise money for CARA at the same time. Go to the iGive portal and a percentage of anything you buy can be set aside for CARA. Safe and easy!

Of course, we encourage everyone to spay and neuter their pets. This is probably the most important thing that every pet owner can do. We would love it if we "went out of business" because there were no more unwanted pets to rescue! So pass the word!

Please contact us - we look forward to hearing from you.