Includes Emerald Paws benefits below, and the following:

Join our Regional Rescue Team on a mission to save animals, and see how your gifts are transformative in the lives of so many animals. Because of your support, we are able to provide this type of safety net to animals in our community, and in overcrowded shelters throughout California and beyond. This end-to-end experience will open your eyes to the critical impact your caring has on our mission to save every saveable life, one animal at a time.

Relieve stress for you and your friends or colleagues with a “Puppy Pit” or “Kitten Cube” at your workplace, church, school, or wherever you choose. Submerge yourself among rescued puppies or kittens (when available), for two hours, and feel the joy of face-licking and puppy breath, or warm purrs, and lots of snuggles. Or gift this opportunity to a friend or family who would greatly benefit from some restorative animal-time.

Join us for a “Behavior Team Experience” including testing dog intelligence through “Dognition” and watching a typical HSSV Doggy Playgroup, OR instead choose a two-hour consultation with one of our behavior specialists. Through either experience, you can gain a deeper understanding of your animal companion, learn new techniques for real-life challenges, or take your training to the next level. HSSV behavior specialists are experts in the newest best practices in humane, effective animal training, preparing our animals for the second chances your gifts make possible.

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Have lunch with a leader! Join HSSV’s President, Kurt Krukenberg, or our Chief of Shelter Medicine, Dr. Cristie Kamiya for a one-on-one luncheon, where you can share your deep commitment to the human-animal connection, and learn about their vision for animals in our community and beyond. Because you are a crucial partner in our mission, you can gain insight into our Animal Community Center’s future, and have the opportunity to discuss your ideas about animals with a knowledgeable, passionate, and inspirational leader in animal welfare.

Become immersed in our day-to-day work by embedding yourself in our Medical Center or Kitten Nursery for a morning or afternoon. Experience in great detail how we do the lifesaving work that we do, every day, with our veterinarians, vet techs, behaviorists and/or highly-trained volunteers.

See your name listed in our Fall newsletter as a member of our Visionaries’ Circle, and be an example to those in our community with your deep commitment to our lifesaving work, while inspiring others to action. (Anonymity provided upon request)

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Meet with one of HSSV’s pet photographers for a complimentary photo session with your pet. They are accomplished at capturing each animal’s true personality. If no one has ever been able to capture your dog’s elusive smile, or get your three kitties to settle into the same photo, this is your chance!

Enjoy a gift certificate for a free adoption of a pair of kittens, or give it to a friend who could use some new entertainment and companionship in their home. When it comes to kittens, trust us, two are ALWAYS better than one.

Show that you care about the cats, dogs, and/or rabbits here in our community. With your generous support, you have sponsored the care and feeding of the animals who inhabit our dog, cat, and rabbit condos. The recognition signage we’ll display outside a habitat for a year will proudly and gratefully bear your name (or your pet’s name).

Discover the mysterious ancestry of your canine companion. Science will reveal your dog’s breed composition with a complimentary saliva DNA test. You may be shocked by the results, while learning the reasons behind some of their quirky behaviors!

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Bring a friend or two with you for a private tour of our Animal Community Center that is tailored to your special passion. Perhaps you’ll be handed a bottle-baby kitten to help feed, or hold a fearful kitten who needs socialization. Watch as a senior dog has his teeth cleaned in our Medical Center, or comfort a dog or cat who is just waking from surgery. You never know what you will encounter when you go “behind-the-scenes” and experience our daily lifesaving work.

Meet with a highly-trained animal socializer volunteer, whose experience with our shelter animals is building healthy human-animal connections in our community. Looking for tips on clicker-training your cat? Socializing a timid puppy, or helping an older dog navigate his new life? The people who socialize and steward rescued animals are here because your gifts support our lifesaving work.

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Join us for our annual event at our Animal Community Center for President’s Circle members at the Amethyst level and above. Listen alongside fellow animal-lovers while Kurt shares our latest lifesaving trends, unique programs, and heartwarming success stories which you helped make possible, while being inspired by her visionary plans for the future of HSSV.

Design your own complimentary Tribute Brick. What better way to honor or memorialize a beloved family member, pet, or friend, than to ensure they become a permanent part of Humane Society Silicon Valley with a unique and meaningful Tribute Brick? You can personalize your text and even have symbols such as a heart or pawprint. Tribute bricks can be reserved as a single gift of $2,500, or through a number of gifts donated over a year’s time.

Take advantage of our complimentary microchipping for one pet (transferable, and includes basic lifetime registration coverage)—our way of saying “thank you” for enabling happy reunions in our community. If your pet is lost, it’s a comfort—and a significant recovery advantage—to know he or she carries a microchip containing all the information needed to find you.

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Join our community of friends; see your name or your pet’s name on our Annual Donor Wall in the Rosie and Lucky Diekman Atrium at our entrance, for one year. (Anonymity provided upon request.)

Meet other animal advocates at our exclusive annual President’s Circle Reception, which includes a special guest speaker presenting an inspirational animal-related topic.

Enjoy “Insider” information, including advance announcements of achievements here at Humane Society Silicon Valley before they reach the public, and invitations to certain HSSV events.

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