There are several ways to support Helping Strays, including some very easy ones. Several local businesses have partnered with HS, and will donate a portion of your purchase. There are online programs as well. If you shop with any of these merchants, please make Helping Strays your beneficiary.

Schnucks

Pick up a Schnucks eScrip Card and register it with eScrip. Select Humane Society of Monroe County as your designated organization. Then, swipe your card every time you make a purchase at Schnucks, and Schnucks will donate 3% of your purchase to Helping Strays. We are listed on the eScrip website as Humane Society of Monroe County. While you are there, consider adding some of your other loyalty cards. Many businesses and restaurants are registered with eScrip. You can get a card at most Helping Strays events, or pick up one next time you shop at Schnucks.

iGive

iGive is an online equivalent of the the eScrip card, with hundreds of stores donating a portion of your purchase. Stores like Amazon, and Apple, Bass Pro Shops and Zumba Fitness. If you do any shopping online, please consider signing up for iGive.

Amazon Smiles

Amazon Smiles lets you designate a portion of your purchase to charity. Select Humane Society of Monroe County Illinois, and 0.5% of your eligible purchase will be donated to Helping Strays. There are quite a few Monroe County organizations, so be sure you have selected the one in Waterloo, IL.

EBay

Yes, if you sell on EBay, you can designate a portion of your proceeds to benefit Helping Strays. Perhaps you have considered listing a few of those items you have in the attic? Now you can do it for a good cause. Sign up and start selling!

Corporate Matching Programs

Please check with your employer to see if they have a corporate matching program or a volunteer day program.

• Alias
• Aetna Foundation, Inc.
• AIG
• AON Foundation
• AT&T Foundation
• Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
• Bank of America
• Bituminous Insurance Companies
• The Boeing Company
• Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
• Bunge North American Foundation
• CA, Inc.
• Chubb & Son
• CNA
• Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
• Cooper Industries
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Elsevier
• Emerson
• Energizer
• Equifax
• Exxon Corporation
• FM Global Foundation
• Follett Corporation
• Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation
• Gannett Foundation
• Genentech
• GlassHouse Technologies, Inc.
• GlaxoSmithKline
• GMAC Financial Services
• Grainger
• Henry Crown & Company
• Home Depot
• IBM Corporation
• Illinois Tool Works Foundation
• Johnson & Johnson
• Koch Development Company
• Kraft Foods Foundation
• Lincoln Financial Group Foundation, Inc.
• Macy’s Foundation
• Mallinkrodt
• MasterCard
• McDonald’s
• Merck Partnership for Giving
• Merrill Lynch
• Microsoft
• Monsanto
• Norfolk Southern Foundation
• Novus International Inc.
• Oracle Corporation
• Peabody Energy
• PBC Foundation
• Pfizer Foundation
• PNC Foundation
• PPG Industries Foundation
• Prudential Financial Foundation
• Regions Financial Corporation
• Rockwell International Corporation
• SAP
• Sara Lee Foundation
• Schneider Electric/Square D Foundation
• Charles Schwab Foundation
• Scottrade, Inc.
• Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
• TALX Corporation
• Reuters America Inc.
• Tripos, Inc.
• U.S. Bancorp
• UBS Foundation
• Union Pacific
• Verizon Foundation
• Western Union Foundation

Donation Boxes

We give our thanks to the following friends of Helping Strays who sponsored donation boxes the past year and/or holiday collections for supplies.

• 1st National Bank of Waterloo
• Americom Imaging Systems, Inc. (St Louis)
• Back Door Salon
• Bad Sister Boutique
• Bellson Animal Hospital
• Binder Animal Hospital (Lemay, MO)
• Bootsie’s
• Columbia Animal Hospital
• Curves of Columbia
• Dairy Queen (Columbia)
• Fabulous Finds
• Gibault Catholic High School
• Hardee’s
• Maverick Technologies
• McCarty’s Contemporary Marble
• Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio
• Mill Street Treasures
• On the Run
• Philomena + Ruth
• Reiniger Jewelers
• Roosters Health Food Store
• Schnucks Supermarket (Columbia)
• Waterloo Animal Hospital
• Waterloo Feed & Pet Supply

We welcome interested parties who would like to support us in these ways to call 939-7389.