Holiday Giving at MARS
Your Generosity, Their Second Chance.
This holiday season, you can change a life.
Every gift—big or small—helps us reach our $200,000 year-end goal and ensures more pets in need find safety, healing, and a loving Road Home.
Because of your generosity, pets who once had nowhere else to go are getting the medical care they need, the foster homes they deserve, and a second chance at the future they were meant to have.
Your compassion makes this possible.
Why Your Holiday Gift Matters
This year, MARS has stepped up for:
- Pets arriving with urgent medical needs
- Animals abandoned, injured, or overlooked
- Families in crisis needing support to keep their beloved pets
- Senior pets, puppies, and pets with special medical or behavioral needs
- Community members seeking affordable, accessible veterinary care
Your donation fuels every one of these life-saving moments.
Your Impact in Action
When you give, you are providing:
Emergency medical care
X-rays, diagnostics, surgeries, lifesaving treatments, heartworm care, spay/neuter and more.
Safe and loving foster homes
Warm beds, healthy food, and the chance to heal in a supportive environment.
Road Home stories
Every adoption, every reunion, every freedom ride begins with someone who chose to give.
Community support
Affordable veterinary care, crisis assistance, and resources that help pets stay with the families who love them.
Your gift is more than a donation.
It is hope, healing, and a second chance.
Promise arrived at MARS in heartbreaking condition, suffering from a severe but treatable skin infection. With medical care, good nutrition, and time to heal, she transformed into the healthy, loving dog she always was. Today, Promise is thriving in her forever home. Your support makes stories like hers possible.
Ways to Give This Holiday Season
1. Make a One-Time Gift
Your generosity helps us reach our $200,000 goal and immediately supports pets in need.
Donate: https://www.givemn.org/organization/mars
2. Become a Monthly Giver
Monthly gifts provide steady support we can count on throughout the year.
3. Dedicate Your Gift
Honor a loved one with a tribute gift this season. We will gladly notify the recipient if requested.
4. Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Gifts
We gratefully accept contributions through Donor-Advised Funds.
If your provider requires additional information from us, contact: Camille Bates at camille@midwestanimalrescue.org
5. Employer Matching Gifts
Many workplaces match charitable donations. A simple form can double or triple your impact.
6. Share the Mission
Your outreach helps us reach new supporters and save more lives.
Holiday Road Home Stories
Noah
After nearly a year in rescue, Noah found a family who needed him just as much as he needed them. Today, he is thriving in his new home.
Moto
Found injured and alone, Moto received essential medical care and a safe place to heal. Today, he is loved and thriving because supporters showed up.
Graceland
What was supposed to be a routine spay revealed something no one expected. X-rays showed five BB pellets lodged throughout her body—pain she had carried silently for far too long. Despite everything, Graceland remained gentle and loving through every exam and every moment of care. Your generosity made it possible for her to receive the diagnostics, treatment, and support she needed on her journey to a better life.
These are the stories your generosity creates.
Your Generosity Creates Second Chances
This holiday season, we invite you to help us reach our $200,000 year-end goal and open the door for more pets and families who need support.
You make rescue possible.
Together, we create second chances.
Donate Today: https://www.givemn.org/organization/mars
Questions about giving? Contact Camille: camille@midwestanimalrescue.org
Learn more about fostering: https://www.midwestanimalrescue.org
