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Golden Circle members: Devoted and loyal supporters

As a Golden Circle member, you’ll be part of a compassionate community of people who feel as you do: that every animal deserves a chance at a loving home.

Through annual donations of $1,000 or more, Golden Circle members ensure that homeless animals get the love and care they need.

Golden Circle gifts can help pets find loving homes, aid communities in establishing spay/neuter programs, offer emergency rescue and response to animals in crisis, and provide public education critical to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's animal shelters.

Golden Circle gifts are dynamic, so your gift has the flexibility to be directed wherever it is most needed to make an extraordinary lifesaving impact.

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Your steady support saves lives

With your gift of $1,000 or more, you’re providing the crucial funding to support and expand the work of saving the lives of homeless pets.

Best Friends operates lifesaving programming around the U.S., including offering low-cost spay/neuter services, running community cat programs, and providing resources to help keep pets in their homes with the families who love them. The support and devotion of our community of members help make this lifesaving work possible.

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Perks for Golden Circle members

You're providing essential and steady support as a Golden Circle member, and we’re incredibly grateful for that.

As a thank-you for your support, you’ll enjoy the VIP experience when visiting the Sanctuary or any of our lifesaving centers, insider updates directly from the CEO (exclusively for Golden Circle members), invitations to special events at the Sanctuary and across the U.S., and your personal Best Friends contact accessible by phone or email.

We’ll also send you a special printable Golden Circle certificate commemorating your membership and commitment.

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Become a Golden Circle member

You can sign up to be a Golden Circle member using direct debit, your credit card, or PayPal in a few simple steps.

When you set up your gift to come directly from your bank account, more of it goes to helping animals because there are no processing fees or interruptions in your support. Your contribution to Best Friends goes straight to work providing care for and saving the lives of homeless pets, both at the Sanctuary and all around the country.

If you have any questions, feel free to call 435-644-4801, option 3, or email goldencircle@bestfriends.org to connect with the Golden Circle associate in your region.

 

A heartfelt thank-you to our Golden Circle members

Please check out this special video message from Best Friends co-founder Cyrus Mejia on behalf of Best Friends.

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Partners in lifesaving

The animals are incredibly grateful for your support today — and we are too. Please know that your gift goes straight to work providing lifesaving care and life-changing opportunities to homeless pets around the country.

 

We’re here to help

If you have any questions about becoming a Golden Circle member, we welcome you to contact us. You can call 435-644-4801, option 3, or email goldencircle@bestfriends.org to connect with the Golden Circle associate in your region.  

Got a question about a recent donation or a gift you’re planning to make? Go here to get answers, renew your membership, manage your gift, update your contact information, and more: 

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Transparency, accountability, and trust 

At Best Friends, we aim for transparency and authenticity — two of our guiding principles — in every aspect of the work we do. And because we not only depend on but trust our family of supporters, we are committed to open, two-way communication and to financial transparency across the organization.

Read our most recent financial reports

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Respect and responsibility

We’re so honored to be recognized for our innovative work to make the entire country no-kill.
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Provide the steady support the animals need

Your gift of $1,000 or more means you become a Golden Circle member, part of a compassionate community of people who believe that every animal deserves a chance at a loving home.
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About Best Friends Animal Society

Best Friends is working to end the killing of dogs and cats in U.S. shelters in part by getting more pets out of shelters and into loving homes.

We’ve come a long way since the first known city reached no-kill in 1994, and now we’re closer than ever to making the entire country no-kill. Of the roughly 3,900 shelters operating in America today, 1,300 of them are not yet no-kill, but nearly half are close with 100 or fewer additional pets to be saved, and we know what to do to get them there.

Best Friends is committed to working with passionate people like you to save homeless pets through adoption, volunteering, fostering, and advocacy. In addition to our lifesaving centers around the U.S, we also founded and run the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals.

Working together, we can save homeless pets in our communities and secure a better future for our best friends. Together, we will bring the whole country to no-kill.