Gifts that Give Back: The Ultimate Gift Guide

1. Holiday pet Food Drive

Shopping for someone passionate about pets? Donate in their name for our annual pet food drive, providing 2.5 million meals to hungry cats and dogs. Your donation will help shelters care for more animals, rescuing pets from harsh lives on the streets and giving them the chance for a forever home.

2. TRANSPORT SHELTER PETS

You can help make this season brighter for animals in need and fly pets to their new home in time for the holidays. Animal shelters across the country are operating above capacity with more pets in their shelters than they can hold, leaving little hope for homeless pets.

Help us transport pets from under-resourced shelters to rescue organizations in parts of the country with stronger adoption rates. 

3. GIVE A CARE PACKAGE TO A PET IN NEED

As shelters across the country face low adoption rates and are overwhelmed with the amount of pets in their care, they often struggle to afford basic necessities. Due to the high cost of food, vaccinations, bedding, and enrichment needs, shelters often have to limit the number of dogs and cats they can save and provide homes for, leaving many innocent pets to fend for themselves. 

You can help by sending a care package. For just $25, you can send meals, a warm bed, and vaccines to a pet in need. Your holiday gift can help keep pets warm and fed through the winter.  

5. GIVE EMERGENCY CARE TO A PET IN NEED

Due to the high cost of veterinary care, shelter pets like Bumper who become sick or injured have a lower chance of receiving the treatment they need and eventually getting adopted. From lifesaving surgery to treatment for parvovirus, your support makes urgent care possible and saves pets in need. 

1. PROTECT POLLINATORS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

This holiday season, we’re working to save pollinators and their ecosystems. Your donation can help fund emergency feeding, habitat restoration, and the resources needed to rebuild pollinator populations — ensuring they can continue to sustain crops, communities, and ecosystems for generations to come.  $50 can plant 100 square feet of habitat for important pollinators

2. HELP PROTECT CRITICALLY ENDANGERED WOLVES

There are only a few hundred Red and Mexican wolves left in the wild. They’re often struck by cars as humans encroach on their habitats. We're partnering with wolf sanctuaries to build wildlife crossings on busy roads and are renovating wildlife sanctuaries to accommodate more born-captive and injured wolves. This holiday season, give the gift of protection.

3. GIVE SAFETY TO BABY WILDLIFE

This holiday season, you can help by providing formula, medical care, and rehabilitation support for babies such as bobcats, opossums, raccoons, birds, and more. Donate now to help vulnerable baby wildlife survive. 

4. HELP PROTECT ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES

Sea turtles are in crisis—only 1 in 1,000 hatchlings survive to adulthood, making six out of seven species endangered or threatened. 

Rapidly changing ocean temperatures, plastic pollution, and boat strikes all threaten sea turtles’ chances of survival. This holiday season, we’re working to protect this keystone species by protecting nests, providing medical care, and transporting sick turtles to warmer waters for rehabilitation and release. Give the gift of protection this holiday season.

5. PROTECT CRITICAL HABITATS

On Idaho’s Sagle Peninsula, over 500 acres of forests, meadows, and wetlands provide food, water, and shelter for elk, birds, and countless other species. Without the funding needed to finalize the conservation easement, this landscape remains vulnerable to development. Your holiday gift can provide the funds needed to protect it forever—safeguarding vital corridors, rare habitats, and the species that call them home. 

1. GIVE THE GIFT OF COMFORT TO VETERANS AND THEIR PETS

This holiday season, while families are gathering to celebrate together, veterans could be left out in the cold. Thousands of unhoused veterans will give up shelter to stay with the pets they love. With so few pet-friendly shelters, many are forced to choose between safety and the bond with their only companion.  

You can provide holiday hope to veterans in need by providing Emergency Packs filled with a blanket, toiletries, a water bottle, and pet food and toys. Just $25 can send an Emergency Pack. 

2. PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR REFUGEE STUDENTS

With your help, we can remove obstacles for 10 students, covering their tuition so they can focus on learning instead of survival.  Each scholarship can open the door to college for a student—creating future teachers, healthcare workers, and leaders who inspire the next generation. Just $45 can cover a day of college for a student. 

3. SEND A GOOD PACK TO AN AMERICAN AND THEIR PET EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS

With so few pet-friendly shelters, many are forced to choose between safety and the bond with their only companion.  You can provide holiday hope to Americans in need by providing Emergency Packs filled with a blanket, toiletries, a water bottle, and pet food and toys.

4. HOLIDAY BLANKET DRIVE TO GIVE WARMTH

For many, the holiday season highlights what’s missing—safety, family, and security. By donating a blanket through Greater Good Charities, you’re offering more than just protection from the cold — you’re giving hope and a reminder that they are not forgotten. Just $15 can send a blanket to someone in need.

1. GIVE WARMTH TO A STRUGGLING FAMILY IN UKRAINE

Ukrainians are entering yet another holiday season tainted by war. Each time a ceasefire is promised, missiles strike again. But Ukrainians have never lost hope, and neither have we. 

Now, they face another threat – winter. As temperatures drop, Greater Good Charities is providing critical insulation for windows and Winter Relief Kits filled with food and a blanket to care for the people and pets facing unimaginable conditions. Just $130 can provide a Winter Relief Kit and insulated windows for a household. 

2. SUPPORT PETS IN UKRAINE

Pets on the frontlines of Ukraine need urgent support this holiday season.

Shelters are overwhelmed, resources are stretched thin, and families fleeing conflict are struggling to care for the animals they love. Your holiday gift can provide food, shelter, and evacuation support for pets across Ukraine. With your support, we can give these animals a chance at survival. Just $30 can provide 300 meals for pets in Ukraine. 

5. BECOME AN AMPLIFIER WITH A MONTHLY GIFT

Looking for a meaningful way to honor a loved one throughout the year? Consider becoming an Amplifier on their behalf. By making a monthly donation in their name, you'll be amplifying the good all year round. Your continuous support directly contributes to Greater Good Charities' vital programs for people, pets, and the planet, making a lasting impact. Join our dedicated group of Amplifiers today and help us create positive change month after month.