Ellie McClure
Each year for her birthday, Ellie chooses a charitable cause to raise money for, in lieu of receiving presents. This year, Ellie chose Charleston Animal Society as her benefactor! Thank you, Ellie, for your kindness and service-mindedness!
Sam Chavez
For the past 7 years, Sam has asked for donations for Charleston Animal Society for his birthday. With the help of family, friends, and neighbors, he has brought hauls of food, crates, carriers, beds, and more to the animals for 7 years in a row! Sam’s family are also the proud adopters of three CAS alum!
Elin & Evie Norris
These amazing entrepreneurs hosted a lemonade stand in their driveway to raise money for the animals! On top of lemonade, Elin and Evie also made homemade ice cream and snow cones to sell to make more money! Overall, they raised $325 for the animals!
Kids R Kids Mt. Pleasant
Led by Ms. Julia Binnarr, the students at Kids R Kids Mt. Pleasant had a school-wide donation collection for Charleston Animal Society! They collected tons of food, treats, small animal bedding, enrichment supplies, and more for the animals!
Annabelle, Lee, Hayden, & Hannah (not pictured)
These amazing kiddos hosted a lemonade stand in the heat of summer to raise funds for Charleston Animal Society! They had tons of customers, including some UPS drivers who really loved their lemonade! In total, they raised $153 for the animals!
Til Epps
Til is a very popular kid! This summer, he had over 70 guests show up to his birthday party! Til loves animals, so he requested that his party guests bring donations for Charleston Animal Society. Thanks to Til’s selflessness and his amazing birthday guests, he was able to bring lots of food, towels, toys, treats, and more to give to the animals!
Lily, Ella, Molly, & Riley
These summer campers were absolutely amazing! In addition to being so kind to our animals all week long, they also brought in a HUGE donation for us! These creative entrepreneurs made the cutest bracelets to sell, donating all of the proceeds to Charleston Animal Society! Their first donation exceeded $200, and they’ve said there will be even more to come! How amazing are these 4 young ladies?!
Reese Wojtalik
For her 9th birthday, Reese asked for donations for the shelter in lieu of gifts for herself. She says “I love animals and want to help them all!” On top of donating some money, Reese brought the animals 7 bags full of blankets, towels, toys, leashes, harnesses, and more!
Izzy Dirkes
Every week, Izzy goes on a bike ride with her neighbor to hand out treats to dogs. For her birthday this year, she said she wanted to get treats for all the dogs who don’t have any. So, she brought lots of goodies for the dogs at Charleston Animal Society! What a true animal lover and compassion hero!
Hannah Davis
Hannah created a bunch of rainbow loom bracelets, and decided to sell them in her driveway. She donated all of her profits from selling her jewelry to Charleston Animal Society! Her mom says she is so excited that she can be a part of helping animals.
Braden & Tristan Kelley
Brothers Braden and Tristan hosted a lemonade stand in their neighborhood and raised $60 that they decided to donate to Charleston Animal Society! Even cooler, when they stopped by to drop off their donation, they ended up convincing their mom to adopt 2 kittens to add to their family!
Angelique
A gifted and creative artist, Angelique creates beautiful pieces of jewelry that she sells to friends and neighbors. Her pieces are quite popular with local teens! Because she loves animals, she decided to donate a portion of her proceeds to Charleston Animal Society.
Olivia Ward
Olivia has been coming to camps at Charleston Animal Society for many years, and is a true animal lover and compassion hero! For her birthday party this year, she set up stations for her and her friends to make rice socks and dog toys. In addition to that, she also asked for donations for the animals for her birthday, and ended up collecting over $300 in cash and 2 bins full of food, treats, and toys for the shelter! She had so much fun that she’s already planning her next enrichment party!
Hyer Street Kids
This amazing group of neighbors from Mount Pleasant all worked together to host a sale to benefit Charleston Animal Society and the Bardet Biedl Syndrome Foundation! The donations to BBS are in honor of their 3 year old neighbor who was recently diagnosed with the condition, and the funds to CAS are in honor of their mutual love for animals! After 2 days of selling snacks, candy, drinks, and art, these young entrepreneurs raised over $600! To read more about their efforts, visit https://www.live5news.com/2022/12/29/local-kids-host-fundraiser-support-neighbor-charleston-animal-society/
Mia & Maeve Magner
As a huge animal lover, the Magner family decided to do something special for the animals for Mia’s 10th birthday! Instead of asking for gifts for herself, Mia asked her friends to bring in things that they could donate to Charleston Animal Society. She then made a trip to the shelter to bring in dog and cat food, toys, pet beds, and more to give to the animals!
Primrose School of Mount Pleasant
For the month of February, Primrose School of Mount Pleasant celebrated “Food for Precious Pets.” They placed buckets outside of each classroom for students to donate food, toys, treats, and more. Additionally, the Explorer students made homemade dog treats to sell in a bake sale at the end of the month. In addition to all their donations, they raised $100 through their bake sale!
Josephine & Lydia Bruce
These sweet sisters decided to host a lemonade stand to benefit Charleston Animal Society and raised $50 for the animals! Adoptable dog Applesauce was so excited to meet them when they stopped by to drop off their donation!
Wando High School
For the 14th year in a row, Wando High School’s Key Club led a schoolwide donation drive to collect supplies for Charleston Animal Society. Titled “Tons of Love,” their donation drive lasted through the month of February and brought in tons of donations for the animals!
