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Tier 04 · A Month

A month of recurring help for a shelter

Help that repeats: emergency fostering for one dog, a monthly collection on your street, weekday skills given to a shelter office.

A wall calendar with circled dates above a shelter office desk, beside a tray of printed forms and a lead hanging on a hook

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  1. · A Month

    Become an emergency foster for one dog

    One spare room saves one dog this month: the emergency foster call, the kit to have ready, the boundary to hold.

    A spare bedroom with a crate, a folded blanket and a water bowl ready, a dog lead hanging on the door handle

  2. · A Month

    Run a monthly collection on your street

    One neighbours list, one drop point, one day a month: the standing collection that outlives every food drive.

    Cardboard donation boxes labelled with marker pen on an apartment lobby table, one neighbour adding a pack of treats

  3. · A Month

    Give a shelter your weekday skills

    Your day job is the rare gift: the office trades shelters lack, and the honest way to offer them.

    A person with a laptop sitting with a shelter manager at a desk covered in intake forms and ring binders

On the stair below this tier: A Weekend. Above it: A Season. The whole stair is readable from the home page.