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Commit to donating money or supplies to an animal rescue group or animal shelter once a month for a whole year (TWELVE months). You can find adoption groups near you at Petfinder.com.11
Tweet eleven adoptable pets for #TweetAPetTues. Learn more about #TweetAPetTues here. 10
Organize a ten-day food drive for your local animal shelter at a business in your town—a grocery store or bookstore would be purr-fect!9
Tell nine people you know about the “Twelve Days of Dewey” Campaign.8
Photograph eight shelter pets for their profiles on Petfinder.com. 7
Share an adoptable pet on Facebook each day of the week for seven days.
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Donate six towels or blankets to your local animal shelter.5
Read five books about rescue animals including Dewey: There’s a Cat in the Library, and Dewey’s Christmas in the Library, both from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. You can find others at your local library.4
Thank four shelter staffers or rescue-group volunteers for all their hard work on behalf of pets.3
Ask three pet-related businesses to display local adoptable pets on their Web sites. You can find free widgets here. 2
Sign up to volunteer for two hours a week with your local animal shelter or rescue group.1
Pledge to foster or adopt one pet. For information on pet adoption and to find adoptable pets near you, go to www.petfinder.com.
