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P.O. Box 1015
Waldorf, MD 20604-1015
Phone: 301 645-8181
How You Can Help
If you're curious about volunteering, or have already decided to help, just
click through some of the things you can do below, then visit our
Past Events pages to get an idea of what others
have done. Thanks for taking the time to look through our site!
Donate!
By clicking on the donate button you are giving the means to provide food, shelter and medical
care to animals that may not get it any other way. In addition, you are providing them a second chance by giving us the means to provide adoption services. And that's not all.
The low cost spay and neuter, low cost rabies vaccinations clinics and Humane Education for the public all depend on your donation.
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Donate A Vehicle
You can donate a 1996 or newer vehicle that you own in Charles County to the
Humane Society. And to top it off, its tax deductible!
Call (301) 645-8181 for more information. Click here for more information on how
to go about it.
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Grants or Donations of Money
Charitable donations are encouraged, and provide a substantial part of
the funds we use to operate. We are a United Way Member Agency, and can
receive designated funds during United Way funding campaigns. Of course,
we gratefully accept any monetary donations at any time, from individuals,
groups, or businesses. Checks should be made out to the Humane Society of
Charles County and mailed to the address at the top of the page, or brought by our shelter
(click here for directions).
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Yard Sale Donations
You can donate to our yard sales. We have just obtained a large storage
shed just for the purpose of storing yard sale items, so don't worry
about us
not being able to store your donation. It won't get rained on! We are
looking for household items, glassware, books, and just about anything else that is in decent
operating order (sorry, we can't take clothes, furniture or old computers). We can't do repair work, so broken items will
not be of use. The yard sales are held periodically in the Humane
Society parking lot. Check out our Upcoming Events page
to find out if there is a yard sale in the near future. Yard sale items are accepted at any time. Call
(301) 645-8181 after 11am (after 1pm on Thursdays) for more information.
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Volunteer Your Time
Many people find that volunteering their time is a very fulfilling way to
contribute to their community. Our volunteer program is very active. We
depend heavily on our volunteers, whether it be long or short term, a
couple of hours a day, a week, a month, or a year. Our volunteers are
involved in everything we do, from caring for the animals to working at
our events...yard sales, poker nights, craft fairs, fun day and many others. Some
volunteers assist with adoption through other volunteer businesses.
For example, PetsMart allows us to bring in some of our animals into
their store, where many more people will be able to see them, and we are
able to increase our adoptions. Other volunteers
type letters, perform repairs on our building, provide printing services, and
even provide this web site! If you have something you would like to do,
give us a call! Or if you'd just like to sign up for a few hours of work
that we need done, let us know. There's always a need for volunteers!
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Pet Therapy
Consider giving some time each month to visit with your pet to one of our area's care centers.
Pets that are approved and their volunteer owners go through a training program. Once they successfully complete
the training, they are approved to visit area centers like La Plata Center Genesis Elder Care, Charles
County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Morningside House and Fenwick
Landing (senior Community Center), Pathways Residential Support Homes in Hollywood, MD. You can call
the HSCC at (301) 645-8181 after 11am (after 1pm on Thursdays) or our
Pet Therapy Director, Anita Marsh at (301) 259-4139 for further information.
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Our Wish List
The people of Charles County continue to make enormous contributions to the care
of animals through donations of many types of food and material. To make it easier
for everyone to know what we need most, we've made a list for you below. Call
301 645-8181 for information on how to bring your donation to the shelter.
- To feed the animals: Dry and canned kitten food, canned cat and dog food, baby rice
cereal, jars of meat baby food (chicken)
- To help us clean and sanitize: cat litter, bleach, 30 gallon trash bags,
baggies (fold top sandwich), dishwashing liquid, dryer fabric sheets, laundry
detergent
- To help us care for the animals: blankets (not fiber filled), gauze bandages,
cotton balls, Q-tips, nylon adhesive tape, A and D ointment, rectal thermometers,
heating pads
- To help us with the paperwork: copy machine paper (white and colors), magic markers,
pens, pencils, paperclips
- To help us stay connected: we're looking for a new computer to run some of the newer
Windows programs and speed our connection to the internet, a color printer,
a fax machine, a scanner
- Other materials: paper towels, paper cups (2-3 oz), rubber gloves (Playtex type),
popsicle or craft sticks, 60 watt lightbulbs, 4 ft fluorescent bulbs
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Send your questions to the Humane Society of Charles County, MD via our webmaster.
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