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Walk Your Tail Off For Homeless Pets

BISSELL Pet Foundation’s Walktail Challenge is back! Lace up your shoes and leash up your pet from Sept. 9 – 22, 2024, to walk your tail off for pets in need. Over two weeks, raise money to help us hit our fundraising goal while challenging yourself to walk whatever distance feels right for you. The virtual format allows participants from coast to coast to fundraise to support BISSELL Pet Foundation’s lifesaving programs. 

Walktail is a fun, easy way to exercise your support for ending pet homelessness. 100% of funds raised will support BISSELL Pet Foundation’s pet adoption, transport, spay/neuter, vaccination, microchipping, and crisis and disaster response programs. 

 

Launch Your Walktail Fundraiser

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WHO: You, friends (furry friends, especially!), family, neighbors, coworkers, and anyone else who wants to go for a walk!  

WHAT: Challenge yourself to set a fundraising goal and encourage your network to support your Facebook fundraiser as you walk your tail off to help BISSELL Pet Foundation save more pets in more places. Walk whatever distance feels right for you over the two-week fundraising period.  

WHEN: September 9 – 22, 2024—Feeling eager? Get a head start by launching your fundraiser now! 

WHERE: Anywhere! Walk when and where you want.  

WHY: To help BISSELL Pet Foundation save more pets in more places.  

How to Get Involved  

Want to join in and walk the walk for homeless pets? This year, it’s even easier to make a difference for deserving pets. Fundraising for this challenge takes place on Facebook: 

1. Connect with the Walktail Community

  • Make sure you are logged into Facebook.
  • Join the Walktail Challenge Fundraiser Community Facebook Group to connect with other walkers, stay motivated and receive support as you hit your personal walking and fundraising goals.
  • Update your fundraiser description to tell your Facebook friends why you’re walking to support BISSELL Pet Foundation! 

2. Launch your fundraiser

  • Launch your Walktail Challenge fundraiser by clicking on the “Start Here” post in the Featured section of the Facebook Group, or launch your fundraiser here.
  • Update your fundraiser description to tell your Facebook friends why you’re walking to support BISSELL Pet Foundation! 

3. Hit Your Fundraising Goal  

  • Share your fundraiser with your friends, family, coworkers and more to gain support and hit your fundraising goal. Tell people why you are participating and how much their donation means to you and the work that BISSELL Pet Foundation is doing to end pet homelessness.  

4. Walk Your Tail Off  

  • Walk whatever distance feels right for you! Start planning where, when and who you’re going to walk with for this challenge. We suggest planning a walking date with your favorite people, volunteering to walk dogs at your local animal shelter or scheduling a walk with coworkers—there are so many fun ways to get your steps in!  

If you want to participate and don’t use Facebook, you can challenge yourself to reach a step goal and donate here.  

 

Get your Walktail gear here!

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Walktail Challenge FAQs

Where does my donation go?

100% of all proceeds raised during the challenge directly benefit pets in need through BISSELL Pet Foundation programs.

Can people donate to my Challenge fundraiser if they are not on Facebook? 

Unfortunately, donations need to be made through Facebook to record properly for your challenge fundraiser. 

Can people who are not friends on Facebook donate to my fundraiser?

Yes! Anyone with a Facebook account who has your fundraiser link should be able to donate.

I made a mistake while donating. Who should I contact?

Unfortunately, BISSELL Pet Foundation cannot assist with any Facebook donation errors. As an organization, for data security purposes, we do not have access to anyone’s individual fundraiser or payments that are made on Facebook. We advise you to visit the links below for assistance with any donation issues. Users and/or donors will need to report the issue to Facebook directly using this form:    https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/162031714239823

I made a donation on Facebook but it says “recurring payment” on my banking statement, how do I fix this?

According to Facebook, “One-time donations made on Facebook may appear as ‘Recurring’ on your bank statement but will only be charged one time. Check that your donation is not set to recurring in your Facebook Payment Settings.”

Why is BISSELL Pet Foundation using Facebook for this virtual challenge?  

We are using Facebook for this virtual challenge to create a digital community for animal lovers to come together to fight pet homelessness. Facebook Challenges also help us increase user engagement and create an easy environment for people to fundraise.

I don’t want to donate through Facebook, what are my other options?

We understand that not everyone wants to donate through the Facebook platform. BISSELL Pet Foundation virtual challenges are strictly Facebook activations. You can make a donation directly to BISSELL Pet Foundation by visiting our Ways to Give page at https://www.bissellpetfoundation.org/ways-to-give/ or calling 616-735-6666.

How is walking fighting pet homelessness? 

Virtual challenges allow people to build a community of like-minded individuals with a common goal. By encouraging donations on Facebook and completing the activity, we are collectively raising money and awareness to fight pet homelessness through BISSELL Pet Foundation program. You can learn more about everything we do here: https://www.bissellpetfoundation.org/programs/

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