Helping Our Pets Cross the Rainbow Bridge at Home

REMINDER FOR GIVING TUESDAY ON NOVEMBER 29, 2022!

WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP!   WE HAVE A GOAL TO RECEIVE $10,000 BEFORE THE END OF 2022!

GIVING TUESDAY IS APPROACHING QUICKLY – NOVEMBER 29, 2022

GIVING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2022:  WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR SUGAR’S GIFT™?

GlobalGiving, our fundraising partner, has $1,000,000 in incentive funds that will be awarded, proportionally at the end of the day based on the organizations who raise the most money on Giving Tuesday!  All donations up to $2,500 per individual donor will be eligible on that to qualify for the incentive funds. Please donate what you can to help us help more babies!

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

Our normal Monthly Giving Match is still in place!  If you donate for 4 straight months up to $200 per month, Sugar’s Gift™ receives a 100% match on your first month’s donation after those 4 consecutive donations!

WE NEED MORE FUNDS TO HIRE MORE VETS!

We need to help more pets and their owners in areas we cannot service now

As many of you know, we have had to limit our service areas due to losing a number of vets during and after COVID due to moves, retirements, limited mobile areas and even deaths.  We want to help more pets in the Sarasota/Bradenton area but we need more funds to do that.  Please consider helping and spreading the word so we can get back to our original model of helping anyone in Sarasota and Manatee Counties.

Will You Please Help Us on Giving Tuesday or with 4 Consecutive Monthly Donations?

Please try to help in one or both of these ways!  We have helped over 150 pets this year alone, Cross the Rainbow Bridge.  It takes funds to continue helping and we know you need us, too!

OUR MISSION – WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO

Our mission is always worth repeating:  Our mission is to provide euthanasia and end-of-life veterinary services for terminally ill pets in their own homes.  We at Sugar's Gift™ do not charge for any of our services to help your terminally ill baby.  Why?  Our mission from the beginning has been all about the Little Ones, not about how much money someone has.  We don't charge you on a sliding scale.  We don't charge you based on your income.  We believe this:  Every one of you who has a terminally ill pet has something in common with all of us - the love for our pets, our companions, our Little Angels and the need to have them pass in the most comfortable surroundings.  That is something sacred to us.  We share that love and respect you for that love, as well.  That is why we do not charge you for our services.  It is the last Gift you can give your baby, and it is Sugar's Gift to both of you.

OUR PET OWNERS AND THEIR MESSAGES TO US….

Pet owners across this great country of ours describe Sugar’s Gift™ as “Bringing lasting peace to pets and their owners after a life full of love.”  We offer a life-changing experience...our services extend far beyond the time and scope of the services we provide for you and your pet. We are here as a resource, an ear or a shoulder to cry on, an organization that will always be here for you and your furbabies. Some of our pet owners have described our client care service as unsurpassed. Read some of our testimonials here.  

LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM!

With the challenges of COVID-19 across the country, we have been a bit challenged getting our new website up and running, but it will come soon!  Thank you to all of you who have encouraged others to like us on Facebook….we have increased our followers to 1,516 as of today.  We want to build even more Facebook Likes, so go here to Like Our Page and share this with your friends on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/sugarsgift  We’ll make sure you’re the first to know all the good news we have for you.  Our Instagram page will be updated and so will out Twitter page now, too!   www.instagram.com/sugarsgift and www.twitter.com/sugarsgift.

WHAT WE NEED NOW FROM YOU

1. Please consider helping us at 9:00 am EDT on November 29, 2022 for Giving Tuesday.  Log in to our link here to help us with our largest matching event of the year!   CLICK HERE TO DONATE
2. We are still getting calls in our Sarasota/Bradenton location at the rate of 10-12 pet owners per week to help their beloved pets cross the Rainbow Bridge from home.  It is wonderful that we can help so many, but that takes funding.....so we need more generous souls like you to help us pay for the expenses of each euthanasia and cremation for all these Little Angels. CLICK HERE TO DONATE
3. Consider a donation up to $200 per month to help us help more Little Angels cross the Rainbow Bridge from home.  Click here to go to the Monthly Donation Tab Page.  We receive a 100% match on your first month’s donation after you donate for 4 months in a row!
4. If you work for or with a Corporation or Foundation, let us know.  We would love to talk with them to form a partnership and help the Little Angels together.  It would also help to know if they match employees' donations. (We are happy to speak with your Human Resources Department, if you would like us to inquire about this for you)

1. We are looking to add experienced Members to our Board of Directors and to our Advisory Board.  If you are interested, or know of someone who is, please contact Nikki at 941-320-1524 or via email at nikkistewart@sugarsgift.org.  You must have experience on another Board of Directors, preferably with a non-profit organization.  There are other qualifications, but please email or call if you are interested.  We are accepting applications nationwide.

WE ARE COMPILING A BOOK OF STORIES!

The pet owners whose pets Sugar's Gift™ has helped are giving us stories - either written stories, poetry, songs, about their pets' lives.  We want to publish those stories and let others know what wonderful people and pets we have helped, and how we have helped them through their experience with Sugar's Gift™.  If you are one of our terrific pet owners and we don't have your story yet.....get those pencils (or iPads) working overtime!  We want to publish the first volume this year!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED –

NOW WE ARE READY TO USE YOUR TALENTS!

We have asked in the past and many of you have stepped up and even asked us if you can help!  Our needs are growing, so please complete the Volunteer form on the website if you have a special skillset or have extra time on your hands.  Our website has a few positions listed and we certainly have a need for various Administration positions, Website Manager, Social Media Team Members, Event Planners, and many more.  And, if you just want to join us but don’t have anything in particular in mind, that is OK, too!  Remember, though…..all positions are Volunteer, not paid.  That is one reason our overhead rate is at 2-5% and it will stay there.  We are very cognizant of our costs.  We want your dollars to go to our mission, not our overhead expenses.

So, when we say every dollar counts…..EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS.  CLICK HERE TO DONATE

REMEMBER….

Sugar’s Gift™ is the only non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization in the country whose mission is to help terminally ill pets cross over the Rainbow Bridge from home with comfort, dignity and peace. 

Please give generously.....monthly, annually, whatever suits your budget.  All the other Little Angels need us....and we need you.  Thank you.

We apologize, in advance, if you receive a duplicate of this report.  We are sending this through our email server, too, so you may get 2 of the same reports.  Just simply forward one to someone you feel would like to read it!  Thank you.

NEWSLETTER FOR NOVEMBER 2022

WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP IN 1 OR 2 WAYS!  WE HAVE A GOAL TO RECEIVE $10,000 BEFORE THE END OF 2022!

1. GIVING TUESDAY IS APPROACHING QUICKLY – NOVEMBER 29, 2022

GIVING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2022:  WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR SUGAR’S GIFT™?

GlobalGiving, our fundraising partner, has $1,000,000 in incentive funds that will be awarded, proportionally at the end of the day based on the organizations who raise the most money on Giving Tuesday!  All donations up to $2,500 per individual donor will be eligible on that to qualify for the incentive funds.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

1. MONTHLY GIVING MATCHES

MONTHLY GIVING MATCHES: - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR SUGAR’S GIFT?

Our normal Monthly Giving Match is still in place!  If you donate for 4 straight months up to $200 per month, Sugar’s Gift™ receives a 100% match on your first month’s donation after those 4 consecutive donations!

We need more funds to hire more vets:   We need to help more pets and their owners in areas we cannot service now

As many of you know, we have had to limit our service areas due to losing a number of vets during and after COVID due to moves, retirements, limited mobile areas and even deaths.  We want to help more pets in the Sarasota/Bradenton area but we need more funds to do that.  Please consider helping and spreading the word so we can get back to our original model of helping anyone in Sarasota and Manatee Counties.

Will You Please Help Us on Giving Tuesday or with 4 Consecutive Monthly Donations?

Please try to help in one or both of these ways!  We have helped over 150 pets this year alone, Cross the Rainbow Bridge.  It takes funds to continue helping and we know you need us, too!

OUR MISSION – WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO

Our mission is always worth repeating:  Our mission is to provide euthanasia and end-of-life veterinary services for terminally ill pets in their own homes.  We at Sugar's Gift™ do not charge for any of our services to help your terminally ill baby.  Why?  Our mission from the beginning has been all about the Little Ones, not about how much money someone has.  We don't charge you on a sliding scale.  We don't charge you based on your income.  We believe this:  Every one of you who has a terminally ill pet has something in common with all of us - the love for our pets, our companions, our Little Angels and the need to have them pass in the most comfortable surroundings.  That is something sacred to us.  We share that love and respect you for that love, as well.  That is why we do not charge you for our services.  It is the last Gift you can give your baby, and it is Sugar's Gift to both of you.

OUR PET OWNERS AND THEIR MESSAGES TO US….

Pet owners across this great country of ours describe Sugar’s Gift™ as “Bringing lasting peace to pets and their owners after a life full of love.”  We offer a life-changing experience...our services extend far beyond the time and scope of the services we provide for you and your pet. We are here as a resource, an ear or a shoulder to cry on, an organization that will always be here for you and your furbabies. Some of our pet owners have described our client care service as unsurpassed. Read some of our testimonials here.  

LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM!

With the challenges of COVID-19 across the country, we have been a bit challenged getting our new website up and running, but it will come soon!  Thank you to all of you who have encouraged others to like us on Facebook….we have increased our followers to 1,516 as of today.  We want to build even more Facebook Likes, so go here to Like Our Page and share this with your friends on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/sugarsgift  We’ll make sure you’re the first to know all the good news we have for you.  Our Instagram page will be updated and so will out Twitter page now, too!   www.instagram.com/sugarsgift and www.twitter.com/sugarsgift.

WHAT WE NEED NOW FROM YOU

1. Please consider helping us at 9:00 am EDT on November 29, 2022 for Giving Tuesday.  Log in to our link here to help us with our largest matching event of the year!   CLICK HERE TO DONATE
2. We are still getting calls in our Sarasota/Bradenton location at the rate of 10-12 pet owners per week to help their beloved pets cross the Rainbow Bridge from home.  It is wonderful that we can help so many, but that takes funding.....so we need more generous souls like you to help us pay for the expenses of each euthanasia and cremation for all these Little Angels. CLICK HERE TO DONATE
3. Consider a donation up to $200 per month to help us help more Little Angels cross the Rainbow Bridge from home.  Click here to go to the Monthly Donation Tab Page.  We receive a 100% match on your first month’s donation after you donate for 4 months in a row!
4. If you work for or with a Corporation or Foundation, let us know.  We would love to talk with them to form a partnership and help the Little Angels together.  It would also help to know if they match employees' donations. (We are happy to speak with your Human Resources Department, if you would like us to inquire about this for you)

1. We are looking to add experienced Members to our Board of Directors and to our Advisory Board.  If you are interested, or know of someone who is, please contact Nikki at 941-320-1524 or via email at nikkistewart@sugarsgift.org.  You must have experience on another Board of Directors, preferably with a non-profit organization.  There are other qualifications, but please email or call if you are interested.  We are accepting applications nationwide.

WE ARE COMPILING A BOOK OF STORIES!

The pet owners whose pets Sugar's Gift™ has helped are giving us stories - either written stories, poetry, songs, about their pets' lives.  We want to publish those stories and let others know what wonderful people and pets we have helped, and how we have helped them through their experience with Sugar's Gift™.  If you are one of our terrific pet owners and we don't have your story yet.....get those pencils (or iPads) working overtime!  We want to publish the first volume this year!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED –

NOW WE ARE READY TO USE YOUR TALENTS!

We have asked in the past and many of you have stepped up and even asked us if you can help!  Our needs are growing, so please complete the Volunteer form on the website if you have a special skillset or have extra time on your hands.  Our website has a few positions listed and we certainly have a need for various Administration positions, Website Manager, Social Media Team Members, Event Planners, and many more.  And, if you just want to join us but don’t have anything in particular in mind, that is OK, too!  Remember, though…..all positions are Volunteer, not paid.  That is one reason our overhead rate is at 2-5% and it will stay there.  We are very cognizant of our costs.  We want your dollars to go to our mission, not our overhead expenses.

So, when we say every dollar counts…..EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS.  CLICK HERE TO DONATE

REMEMBER….

Sugar’s Gift™ is the only non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization in the country whose mission is to help terminally ill pets cross over the Rainbow Bridge from home with comfort, dignity and peace. 

Please give generously.....monthly, annually, whatever suits your budget.  All the other Little Angels need us....and we need you.  Thank you.

We apologize, in advance, if you receive a duplicate of this report.  We are sending this through our email server, too, so you may get 2 of the same reports.  Just simply forward one to someone  you feel would like to read it!  Thank you.

Links:

• Our Home Page
• The Rainbow Bridge Poem