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Golden Circle members: Devoted and loyal supporters

Golden Circle members are integral to saving lives in Bentonville, Arkansas, and nationwide. They help to ensure that, together, we make the entire country no-kill in 2025 and keep it that way for years to come.

When you become a member of the Golden Circle, you also become a part of a group of extraordinary animal lovers who give $1,000 or more annually to the animals of Best Friends. Because of the generosity of Golden Circle members like yourself, homeless animals will receive the love and care they need in Northwest Arkansas and communities around the country now and well into the future.

As a Golden Circle member, your gift will also help fuel the lifesaving work at the Best Friends Pet Resource Center and support our work to save the lives of pets in shelters across the country. Thanks to your compassion, every pet will have a better chance at going to the loving home they deserve.

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.

Your kindness will make an extraordinary impact on homeless pets across the U.S. When you become a Golden Circle member, you will give dogs and cats in need the second chances they deserve, helping them to find families and love. Your Golden Circle gift is dynamic, meaning it will always be directed to where it’s needed most — ensuring you’re there for animals in their greatest times of need.

Golden Circle members play a vital role in Best Friends’ lifesaving programs across the nation, such as low-cost spay/neuter services, community cat programs, no-kill initiatives, and more.

Additionally, the support of Golden Circle members ensures that pets at the Best Friends Pet Resource Center in Bentonville get the care they need to find homes and provides resources to families in the community to help them keep their pets safe and at home.

Perks for Golden Circle members

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

When you become a Golden Circle member, you also become a part of the Best Friends family.

Golden Circle members are invited to a behind-the-scenes tour of the Best Friends Pet Resource Center in Bentonville and are given an exclusive VIP experience when visiting Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, or any of our other lifesaving centers around the country.

Additionally, as a thank-you for your generosity, any Golden Circle member residing in Arkansas will be featured on the annual giving wall at the Pet Resource Center for at least one year.

You will also be assigned your very own personal Best Friends contact, who will be accessible to you by phone and email, and you’ll receive invitations to special events at the Sanctuary and across the U.S.

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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 CEO Emeritus and co-founder Gregory Castle 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.

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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

Best Friends Animal Society is working to save the lives of cats and dogs all across the country, giving pets second chances and happy homes.

Just a few short years ago, cats and dogs were killed in staggering numbers in this country simply because shelters didn't have the community support or the resources to save their lives. That number is now less than half a million per year, but there’s still work to do to ensure a bright future for every dog and cat in America.

Best Friends operates the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals and is committed to saving the lives of homeless pets by working with shelters and passionate people like you. Together, we will bring the whole country to no-kill in 2025. Together, we will Save Them All.