Hello Friends!
My name is Sydney, I'm the Animal Care Volunteer Coordinator here at Animal Friends Alliance! I've been working in nonprofits for about 8 years, 5 of those have been in animal wefare, and I'm honored to be a part of the team here at Alliance! In my role, I’m responsible for coordinating our shelter volunteers with a focus on mindful animal handling, education, and volunteer appreciation. 
Thank you for helping us reach one of our biggest yearly fundrasing goals :)

✨If you donate to my page:
I'm happy to offer my personal donors a tour of our shelter to visit with our animals and see how our work is done behind the scenes! I love getting to show people how meanigful their donations are! If you are in the NOCO area and would like a tour as a 'thank you' for your donation, please reach out to me at sydney.edwards@savinganimalstoday.org 
Not in the NOCO area? I'm happy to answer any questions you have about our organization by email! 

With your generosity, our program can keep saving lives:
When I first joined the Alliance as the Animal Care Volunteer Coordinator in 2022, the idea of working with 600+ volunteers across a brand-new campus felt overwhelming. Coming from a tiny cat shelter in Wyoming, where one volunteer a day was often enough, this was a whole new world!
What I found here was something truly special.
From the very start, I was welcomed into a community of deeply committed, knowledgeable, and compassionate volunteers. Our Alliance volunteers do far more than just walk dogs or clean cat rooms, they create a culture that makes this shelter a place of hope and healing for all who come to us.

Your donation directly fuels the programming that allows this powerful volunteer community to do what they do best: saving lives - today, tomorrow, and every day.

Can't donate but still want to help?
- Share my funding page online!
- Become a foster by applying here: https://www.savinganimalstoday.org/volunteer/become-a-foster/ or at your local organization!
- Learn about local resorces, legislation, and programming to better advocate for animals in your community!
- Follow us on Facebook! We earn money when followers simply like/share/comment on our Facebook page!
- Tell a shelter worker or animal care professional in your life "Thank you!" ... there is so much invisible emotional labor and trauma involved in animal care work spaces, feeling seen and supported helps keep our humans going in a very challenging and emotional field of work. 

About the Saving Pets Challenge:
We're fundraising for Animal Friends Alliance, a nonprofit that’s been saving lives and spreading love since 2006. What started as two separate rescues—Fort Collins Cat Rescue & Spay/Neuter Clinic and Animal House Rescue and Grooming—became one fabulous force for good in 2020. Now they’re an adoption-guarantee shelter and affordable spay/neuter clinic helping animals in Northern Colorado and beyond.

Since their humble beginnings, Animal Friends Alliance has found loving homes for over 41,000 dogs and cats, spayed and neutered more than 100,000 pets (because we don’t do accidental litters OR unnecessary drama), and helped over 5,400 community cats live safely outdoors.

Join us in supporting this amazing cause—and let’s give these Real Housepets the spotlight they deserve.