There are several ways you can contribute to The Heart and Soul Animal Sanctuary:
- Send a check to our mailing address, 369 Montezuma Ave. #130, Santa Fe, NM 87501
- Make a gift of stocks, bonds or property (call us at 505-757-6817 for details)
- You also can earmark a contribution to Bessie's Desperate Animal Medical Fund, which is restricted for emergency veterinary expenses.
All of the Sanctuary's funds come from private donations and foundation grants. We are a registered 501c3, non-profit organization, so any donation you make is entirely tax-deductible.
Most of the money we receive is spent for veterinary care, food for the animals and one full-time staff member. Our founder and director, Natalie Owings, works without salary, as do our volunteers and members of the Sanctuary's board of directors.
We have three major projects in mind for the immediate future:
- Comfortably large corrals and a small barn for abused, unwanted or very old horses. Horse rescue is badly needed in New Mexico, where far too many healthy, gentle horses are sent to a terrible death in slaughterhouses.
- A cabin for humane education, where children can gather to learn more about animals -- how to care for them, respect them and help them.
- An on-site veterinary clinic, staffed by local vets and vets techs, that would offer no- or low-cost spay and neuter services to our surrounding rural, largely poor community.
If you wish, you can specify that your donation be used for one of these projects.
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The Sanctuary's day-to-day wish list always includes top-quality, nutritious food for the animals. Iams, Nutro and Solid Gold are good brands for the dogs and cats. We also welcome gift certificates at local feed stores.
We do quite a bit a laundry at the Sanctuary, as you can imagine. So we can always use more Clorox and unscented laundry soap.
Of course, treats, toys, beds, blankets, single-bed sheets, towels and stainless steel bowls are essential for the dogs and cats.
And we always seem to need building supplies, tools, fencing and garbage cans.
Again, anything you donate is tax-deductible. Call Natalie Owings at (505) 757-6817 to make arrangements.
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Radha and a Friend
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We welcome volunteers at Heart and Soul -- to hike with the dogs and donkeys, to groom the dogs, to clean up after the chickens and rabbits, to trim trees and clear brush, or simply to play with the animals.
Every Monday, for example, Phylis Lewis drives to the Sanctuary from her home in the Jemez Mountains -- a two-hour trip -- to clean the cat home, hike with the animals to our "Grand Canyon," and play with the dogs and cats. She and her husband also adopted Tulip, one of our wonderful puppies.
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Phylis and a kitten
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