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Monica Cellio
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My local animal shelter maintains a list of wanted items on its web site. (Perhaps yours does too!) Some themes from that list:

  • new toys, collars, and litter pans
  • durable equipment (not required to be new): leashes, beds, heating pads, nail clippers, pens, etc
  • towels, blankets, and small rugs
  • food (check with your shelter for any specific requests about flavor, brand, or form)
  • electronics: cameras, printers, scanners, etc

Given a choice between donating money and using that money to buy something else to donate, I always donate the money -- I assume that they can get better bulk discounts on things like food than I can so the money will go farther. But if I already had something that I couldn't use, I would check whether the shelter would take it.

Monica Cellio
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