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June 1st 2024-Annual Santa Monica Animal Shelter Open House Fundraiser

We are very excited to share that our Third Annual Santa Monica Animal Shelter Open House Fundraiser will be Saturday, June 1st from 12-3pm at the Santa Monica Animal Shelter.

Join us for a very fun afternoon for the whole family to raise much needed funds for the Santa Monica Animal Shelter.

At the event

• Tour the animal shelter and meet the wonderful animals waiting to be adopted, you may meet your new best friend-pet adoption fees will be reduced to $30 during the fundraiser

• For a small donation you could win fantastic prizes from our raffle, like gift certificates to our favorite local businesses

• Bid on unique experiences in our silent auction, our great silent auctions items are listed in the next section

• Face painting by The Magical Atelier

• Balloon animals, headbands and bracelets from Wild About Balloons LA

• Delicious sweet treats from Cadoro Bakery

• Interact with cool critters from Allan’s Pet Center West LA

• And more fun activities for the whole family!

Event participants are generously donating their time and skills to help ensure that this is a successful fundraiser and a very fun day. Please learn more about them by visiting their websites.

Silent Auction

The following are part of the silent auction:

Learning Experience with the Santa Monica Police Forensics Department-A very unique opportunity to spend ½ day (4 -6 hours) in the laboratory with Forensics.

• Lab Tour.

• History of friction ridge (fingerprints) and review the process of the development in the lab.

• History of forensic science.

• Collection of evidence in the field (lab setting or tow yard).

• Preserving evidence for probative value.

• Development of forensic evidence in the lab (to include making chemicals/using the chemicals on the evidence they collected/developing the evidence for court).

• How they locate suspects using the automated fingerprint identification system.

• Presenting evidence to Detectives as a potential Lead.

Ride-Along with the Santa Monica Harbor Officers-The wonderful opportunity to ride on a Harbor Patrol rescue boat and see Santa Monica in a new way.

• 1-hour Santa Monica Harbor tour

• Ride with the Santa Monica Harbor Officers on the Monica 1

• Invite up to 10 guests to join you on this unique experience, participants must be at least 8 years old.

All the items in our raffle and silent auction have all been generously donated. We are very thankful for all the support!

All funds we raise go to the Santa Monica Animal Shelter and make a difference in the care and well-being of the animals.

The 3rd Annual event is sure to be a great time and we hope to see you there!

 Sponsor an Event

If you are interested in learning more about sponsorship opportunities please contact us, we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for event sponsors for our 3rd Annual Santa Monica Animal Shelter Open House Fundraiser on June 1st, 2024. Sponsorship opportunities start at $500. By sponsoring our fundraiser you will be helping to make the day a success.

Past Fundraisers

2nd Annual Santa Monica Animal Shelter Open House Fundraiser-June 3rd 2023

Visit the 2023 Shelter Open House Fundraiser page by clicking here. View photos from the event and learn all about this great day. We appreciate everyone who joined us at our 2nd annual Santa Monica Animal Shelter Open House Fundraiser. Thanks to your help we were able to raise much needed funds for the Santa Monica Animal Shelter and help many animals find their forever home.

1st Annual 2022 Santa Monica Animal Shelter Open House Fundraiser-June 4th 2022.

Visit the 2022 Shelter Open House Fundraiser page by clicking here. View photos from the day and learn all about our first annual Santa Monica Animal Shelter Open House Fundraiser. It was a fantastic event and lots of fun for all!

Past Events

We regularly participate in events to help raise funds and get the word out about the shelter. A few of the events we have participated in most recently include:

Open Main Street Halloween Festival October 21st, 2023.

Coffee with a Cop December 12th, 2023.

Clear the Shelters Day August 26th, 2023.

National Night Out August 1st, 2023.

More past events:

Santa Monica Brew Works-We have had two fun fundraisers at the wonderful Santa Monica Brew Works: October 2021 and July 2022. At both events they donated a percent of sales from their flagship beers to us. We had a great time and in addition to raising funds we were able to showcase many of the available animals at the Santa Monica Animal Shelter.

We also have had several events where you are able to visit a local business and raise funds to help the Santa Monica Animal Shelter. Such as June 6th, 2022 at The Counter Restaurant.

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