A Holiday Honor Gift is a thoughtful way to say Happy Holidays — and make a difference in the lives of homeless animals in our community!
We're making it easy for you to give the gift that keeps on giving! Simply fill out the honor gift donor form and return with your donation. We will send the recipient a personalized greeting letting them know that a donation has been made in their honor without mention of the amount.
There are two ways you can make your gift:
Credit Card. Click HERE - Choose "Holiday Honor Gift" from the donate to a specific fund pull down, and please don't forget to fill in the Send Acknowledgement box.
Personal Check. Click HERE for a printable Honor Gift Donor Form. Please complete and mail to us with your check in time for us to send a personalized recognition card by the holidays. Please ensure forms reach us by 12/18.
When you make a gift, you have two gift notifications options:
Print your own card from our web site to hand deliver or mail (Best way to ensure in time for the Holidays) Click HERE for printable recognition Card.
Have us mail a recognition card
All donations will help animals who don’t have a home this Holiday Season.
Your generosity will help to cover the costs of caring for our abandoned and stray animals at ARF. We’re a “no time limit” shelter and rely solely on adoption fees, donations and volunteer fundraising.
Thank you for making a difference and Happy Holidays to you and yours!
-From Hershey, Hollister and all the Paws and Whiskers at Berea ARF
An Open Invitation - Help Berea Animal Rescue Grow!
We are currently looking for individuals wishing to join the new Strategic Planning/ Capital Campaign Committee for the Berea Animal Rescue. Our little shelter desperately needs to grow. There are so many four-leggeds who need our help and we are out of room and resources to do more. We need new, much larger facilities. We need to provide more extensive training and health care options. And, the list goes on.
If you have an expertise in:
strategic planning
capital campaigns
real estate
business planning
construction
architecture
engineering
fund-raising
or if you just love animals and want to make a difference
Please consider attending our next meeting!
Monday, March 8th 7:00PM Panera Bread 26086 Brookpark Road North Olmsted, OH 44070 (440) 801-9023
Join us! We’ve made such a difference in the lives of many animals and people. Just think what more we could do! For more information, or if you are interested, but unable to attend, please email: Ginny Csider at capitalcampaign@bereaanimalrescue.com
Join ARF and our amazing adoptables for Yappy Hour at Style Mutt - Dog Boutique, Daycare & Grooming!
Bring your loving furry pooch and enjoy some fun and relaxation! Food and wine for you - and delectable doggie treats for your pooch!
All proceeds from your $5 Yappy Hour cover charge (donation) to the Kyle Carestia Memorial Fund will benefit ARF!
Style Mutt has moved! New Location- 19512 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River, OH 44116 Questions? Call Pam at Style Mutt - 440-409-0454 Check out Style Mutt ON-LINE
Click HERE to check out all the excitement and fun from recent Yappy Hours!!
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Cocktails for Critters
When: Thu, Mar 11th, 2010 Time: 4:00PM--9:00PM
Digest: Support Angels for Animals
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Join us for COCKTAILS for CRITTERS Happy Hour @ The Flying Monkey Pub in Historic Tremont on March 11th 15% of your tab will be donated to the Berea Animal Rescue's Angels for Animals Fund that helps us provide medical care for the severly injured/ill animals that come our way.
Enjoy great food, cocktails, bid on super gift baskets, and help support the critters at ARF that need extensive veterinary treatment!
Where: Flying Monkey Pub / in Historic Tremont 819 Jefferson Avenue - Cleveland, OH 44113-4638. 216/861-6659
CAVS SUPER FAN Basket sponsored by Fox Sports Ohio: TWO TICKETS – CAVS vs. BUCKS – March 31, 2010 ($145 VALUE EACH: Section C110, Row 20, Seats 7 & 8 @ 7 PM) AND 2 CAVS Beer Cozies, Fox Sports Ohio Lanyard & Pen, 2 Grey CAVS hats, Fox Sports Ohio "Game On" Leather Mini Notepad, 2 Fox Sports Ohio / CAVS T-Shirts, Fox Sports Ohio Water Bottle, Fox Sports Ohio / CAVS Blue Nylon Bag, Fox Sports Ohio Black Gym Bag, Poster autographed by Campy Russell & Austin Carr and MORE!
Indians Basket Sponsored by Fox Sports Ohio: Includes FOUR (4) tickets to an Indians Game AND an Indians Fleece Blanket, Fox Sports Ohio's Lanyard & Pen, Water Bottle, Black Tote Bag and MORE!
Lucky Dog Basket Sponsored by JoyCares Personalized Pet Care: Includes assorted OHIO LOTTERY instant scratch offs and a $50 JoyCares Gift Certificate! Your pets won't even know your gone!
Pampered Pooch Basket Sponsored by Style Mutt Dog Boutique and Daycare: Includes A HUGE Assortment of doggie goodies for your favorite pooch!
The Angels for Animals Fund helps us provide care for the animals that come to us who require extensive medical care. Many animals that arrive at our shelter are sick, injured or near death. This fund makes it possible to give them the medical care is needed to get them helathy. Please help, click HERE to donate to Angels for Animals - every donation helps the brave animals that need us!
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Adoption Day in Olmsted Township
When: Sat, Mar 13th, 2010 Time: 11:00AM--3:00PM
Digest: Come Meet Your Next Best Friend
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Come visit us, meet our adoptable cats, and maybe just make a new best Feline Friend!!
Bring your furry friend (and kids too!) to Style Mutt and have your photo taken with The Easter Bunny!
Pictures are just $15 and a portion of the proceeds benefit the animals of ARF!
19512 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River, OH 44116 Questions? Call Pam at Style Mutt - 440-409-0454 Check out Style Mutt ON-LINE
Thanks for your support!!
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Meet us at Moochies!
When: Sun, Mar 21st, 2010 Time: 1:00PM--3:00PM
Digest: Come mingle and shop
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Join ARF and our amazing adoptables for an afternoon at Moochies! Moochie and Company carries a wide assortment of unique pet related merchandise that your furry friends will LOVE! Who knows, with any luck you might even make a new furry friend to bring home soon!
Moochie & Company, Southpark Mall 276 Southpark Center Strongsville, OH 44136 (Lower level at new main entrance)
ARF is at Moochie's EVERY Third Sunday of the Month from 1-3 PM
Bring your furry friend to the Grateful Dog Bakery and have your photo taken with The Easter Bunny!
Come join the Bunny for a high quality, professionally taken, 4x6 digital picture. Cost is $10 per picture. Proceeds benefit the Berea Animal Rescue. Multiple pets/people allowed in 1 picture.
Grateful Dog Bakery www.gratefuldogbakery.com 31966 Center Ridge Rd North Ridgeville, OH 44039 (440) 353-1990
Thanks for your support!!
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Tri-C Volunteer Recruitment Day
When: Wed, Apr 7th, 2010 Time: 10:00AM--2:00PM
Digest: Come Visit & Check out ARF!
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Please stop by the ARF Booth at Tri-C's Volunteer Recruitment Day!
All proceeds benefit Rotary projects such as the Midpark High School Scholarship Fund, Berea Animal Rescue Fund, Middleburg Food Pantry, Send Love Today and other charitable causes.
Tickets $15 per person ~ Please click HERE for event Flyer with Ticket Order Form.
The Rotary Club meets Thurs @ 7:30 am (Seekers Coffee House, 13365 Smith Rd) visitors welcome.
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ARF Marketing / Public Relations
When: Mon, Apr 19th, 2010 Time: 6:30PM--8:30PM
Digest: Help us speak for the Animals!
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Do you have a background in marketing, Public Relations, Promotions, IT, or graphics? Are you business savvy, creative, or outgoing?
or just plain love animals and interested in making a difference by effectively spreading the word about ARF and homeless animals??
If you said yes to any of these … You’re a PERFECT match for helping the shelter SHINE!!
Please join us ~ everyone’s welcomed!!
Monday, April 19th at 6:30pm
Mtg Room @ Panera 19705 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River 44116 (440) 331-0555
We’ll be talking about ideas, setting some Marketing and Public Relations goals and making a plan for the year.
Streamlining our current database record keeping, Email Marketing, networking/outreach, and developing comprehensive branded marketing package, to name a few.
If you cannot joins us, but are interested, would like to learn more, or have ideas, etc – please feel ABSOLUTELY free to contact me!
I am super excited to work with ARF’s faithful and moving forward with ARF’s Marketing / Public Relations Committee this year!
Please contact us if you’re planning to attend the meeting on the 1st / if you’d like to help / or with general questions.
Please join us for ARF's HUGE ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALE!!
When: Saturday, May 15th 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Where: Berea High School cafeteria - 165 E Bagley Rd / Berea, OH 44017 (corner of Bagley and Eastland Rd.)
What: Lots of treasures to be found, along with snacks and come meet some of our wonderful adoptables too!
Start saving your unwanted treasures now for the homeless animals!
ARF’s annual rummage sale is wonderful fundraiser for us, because everything sold is donated by our generous supporters like you!
How to donate: Please drop off your items at the Berea High School cafeteria on Friday, May 14th between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. only. Please do not drop off any rummage sale items at the shelter, as we do not have room to store items there.
Unfortunately we cannot accept large appliances or large pieces of furniture. We appreciate but cannot accept clothing items such as shirts, pants, dresses, etc. – yet we gladly accept quality coats, shoes or purses.
Also, please use discretion when donating items, such as their condition and re-salability.
Thank you for your understanding and as always, your support!
Come play Texas Hold 'Em at the Nautica Charity Poker Festivals and Support the Animals of ARF!
Come on down and test your card skills, win some money and benefit a good cause!
CHECK BACK SOON FOR MORE DETAILS!
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Monster Mutt Dash & Howl-O-Ween Party
When: Sat, Oct 9th, 2010 Time: 09:00AM--2:00PM
Digest: Back by Popular Demand!
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Bark, Get Set, Go ...
Mark Your Calendars for the Third Annual Monster Mutt Dash and Howl-O-Ween After Party!
Please click HERE to check out our Event Gallery for a glimpse into the past two year of fun!
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
Check back soon for race and event details including on-line registration.
Would you like to look into sponsorship opportunities, be a vendor, or have general questions? Please contact fundraising@bereaanimalrescue.com
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ARF $100K Petfinder Shelter Challenge
Digest: Vote for ARF & Help Feed Animals Too!
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Help ARF win The Animal Rescue Site $100,000 Shelter Challenge — together with Petfinder.com!!
Participating is simple. You can cast one vote DAILY for ARF!
Please click the picture below to vote for Berea Animal Rescue every day!
The more votes we receive, the better our chances our of receiving one of the grants below to help our many cats and dogs!
Grand Prize: One $10,000 grant!
Honorable Mention: Three $3,000 grants!
State Winners*: Fifty-one $1,000 state grants (50 U.S. states and Washington D.C.)
Canadian Winners*: Two $1,000 grants will be awarded
International Winner*: Two $1,000 grants will be awarded.
Weekly Winners** We're doubling your chances for a weekly prize! Twenty-Six $1,000 grants will be awarded, two for each week of the Shelter+ Challenge.
Voting begins on January 18th, 2010, and ends at midnight (PST) on April 18th, 2010..The more friends you can rally to vote for ARF, the better our chances of winning!!!
Thanks from your furry friends at ARF!!
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Click HERE to give free food to rescues throughout the country. It's as simple as one click!
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About the Animal Rescue Site:
The Animal Rescue Site focuses the power of the Internet on a specific need — providing food for some of the 27 million unwanted animals given to shelters in the U.S. every year. Over 10 million animals are put to death every year in the U.S. alone because they are abandoned and unwanted.
Each click on the purple "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button at The Animal Rescue Site provides food and care for a rescued animal living in a shelter or sanctuary. Funding for food and care is paid by site sponsors and distributed to animals in need at The Fund for Animals' renowned animal sanctuaries, pet shelters supported by the Petfinder Foundation, North Shore Animal League, and other worthy animal care facilities supported by the GreaterGood.org foundation.
100% of sponsor advertising fees goes to our charitable partners.
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Buy your next Car & Help ARF
Digest: Berea Auto Mall to donate to ARF on your purchase
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Purchase your pre-owned vehicle from Berea Auto Mall, and ARF receives a $150.00 donation from that sale!!
Car buyers must print out and bring this donation form(click here) with them at the time of purchase for ARF to receive donation.
Berea Auto Mall offers a three month warranty on their cars, and they keep an excellent inventory.
Berea Auto Mall: 776 N Rocky River Dr Berea, OH 44017 440-234-3500
ARF thanks the Berea Auto Mall and YOU for helping our many animals!!
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Cars For ARF
Digest: Donate your car to ARF
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Have an old car you don't know what to do with? Donate it to the Berea Animal Rescue, and all proceeds (less towing fees) will benefit the shelter! It doesn't matter what condition the car is in or whether it is operating or not—volunteer Dean Ollar will find a home for it!
If you have an old car you would like to donate, please contact Dean at 216-408-7777 or via email at dean@bestrex.com. If the vehicle does not need to be towed, it may be dropped off at Westide Auto Brokers, Inc., 20439 First Ave., Middleburg Hts. You must let Dean know the vehicle's proceeds are to be donated to the Berea Animal Rescue. Thanks, and we hope to see your 'ol junker soon!
If you are thinking about donating a car, please visit the following website: http://www.arfcars.com to connect to the website, then look for a link on the left-hand side of the home page titled "Donate Your Car".
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Cell Phone / Ink Cartridge Fundraiser
Digest: Calling All Dead Cellphones!
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Another great way to make a donation to the Berea Animal Rescue Fund is to give us your old cell phones, empty ink cartridges, and aluminum cans--and we'll turn them into cash to help the animals at the shelter! Just drop off your old, unwanted cell phones and empty ink cartridges any time at the shelter or Berea Post Office (no Epson inkjet cartridges please, as they have no print head). Aluminum cans may be dropped off at the shelter anytime -- there are collection bins behind the red barn.
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Custom Cement Pawprints
Digest: Honor your pet with a special tribute!
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Your pet is special—why not add a special touch to your favorite flowerbed, walkway or patio with a molded heart or paw print inscribed with your pet’s name? Or how about a short poem or beloved phrase using our “poetry stones”?
We now have wonderful “monogrammed” hearts, paw prints, and “poetry stones” to honor your pet whether your best friend is still with you or you wish to cherish a memory. Best of all, 100% of all proceeds go into special funds for animals with special medical needs or who need behavioral therapy.
The hearts measure 12” across - cost is $20.(see photo above)
The paw prints measure 9” across - cost is $8 with no inscription, $15 inscribed.(see photo above)
Each “poetry stone” can be inscribed with one word of any length for $4. Poetry stones containing only one or two letters, such as the words “am,” “I,” “or” and so on are free.
All orders must be pre-paid and please allow at least three weeks for orders to be completed. All orders must be picked up at the shelter. You will be notified when your order is ready.
Please click HERE to download and fill out your order forms.
Digest: Looking for a neat way to make a donation? Then consider sponsoring a cage for our rescued animals!
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Now you can sponsor a cage for our rescued dogs and cats for a three-month period for only $50! This is a great way to feel a more personal connection to the animals themselves, rather than making a conventional donation. All funds will go into our operating budget which pays for the cost of food, supplies, housing and health care. We will make up a nice sign with your name and sponsorship period and hang it on one of the cages you will be sponsoring. There may be one animal residing in that cage for the entire sponsorship quarter or several. This is due to adoptions or a need to switch animals from one cage to another. If you are interested in a longer sponsorship period, consider sponsoring one of our long-term special needs cats or just sign up for more than one quarter. Sponsorships also make great alternative gifts for the person who has everything! Please see our downloadable registration form for more details.
Please note: Many of our cats live in the "free-roaming" room and so do not have cages. In that case, the sponsor's name will be posted on a special sponsorship board in the shelter.
Please click here to download the adopt-a-cage form.
Aluminum Cans • ARF collects aluminum cans in an ongoing recycling program.
We have two collection bin locations:
Berea ARF Shelter (Behind the Red Shed / Next to the Cat Building) 390 Barrett Road (Within the City of Berea's Maintence Lot) Berea, Ohio 44017 440.234.2034
We're not only looking for aluminum can donations - but also volunteers to help transport them from the ARF Shelter to our local recycling center. Your efforts help raise thousands of dollars for the shelter annually!