Spring has sprung, so celebrate the Dogs Trust way!

Spring has finally sprung, so it’s time to shrug off those winter blues! This is the time of year for holiday planning, celebration, and sprucing up that spring wardrobe. We thought we’d let you in on a few quick and easy ways to help out Dogs Trust while you spring into these seasonal activities!

Holiday planning - Thinking of escaping the Royal Wedding commotion? Already thinking of your summer getaway? Think your pets deserve a treat for being so patient through the snowy winter months? Plan a trip with Dogs Trust Cottages and choose from a superb selection of dog friendly holiday cottages throughout the UK, France and Ireland! For every holiday, we benefit from a 10% donation of the cottage element of your holiday.

Celebration - I hope you didn’t forget Mother’s Day, as it’s just around the corner! What about that certain loved one’s birthday coming up? Don’t fret, because we are happy to introduce our brand new card shop! With over 3,000 greeting card designs to choose from, there is something for everyone and a percentage of each card sold comes straight to us!

Shopping spree - Try this free service where you can shop with your favourite online stores at no extra cost and raise funds for Dogs Trust! You still shop directly with each retailer as you would normally, but simply by using the links from the Easy Fundraising site first, each purchase you make will generate a cashback donation!

Easy Fundraising, it's really THAT easy!

Ok, by a show of mouse clicks, how many of you plan to do some Christmas shopping online. I'd say that a fair few of us do this. In fact, I know we do! Eighty-five percent of all internet users are also internet shoppers, according to a May 2010 survey.

So, how can you continue to do your shopping AND raise funds for Dogs Trust as the same time for no extra cost to you? How, you ask? With Easy Fundraising!

Easy Fundraising provide a FREE service where you can shop with your favourite online stores and at no extra cost raise funds for any charity, good cause or group you choose to support. You still shop directly with each retailer as you would normally, but simply by using the links from the Easy Fundraising site first, each purchase you make will generate a cashback donation to the cause you wish to support. They explain:

"For example, spend £25 with WH Smith and 3.5% will be donated. You will have raised £0.88, at no extra cost to your purchase. Make any purchase from Amazon and 2.5% will be donated. Insure your car with Direct Line and raise £35.00, or purchase a mobile phone from O2 and earn £17.50, and so on."

The site is great because you can shop with 2000+ brand name retailers and to raise funds you just use the links from their site first - it's that simple! It just serves as a portal, so if you ALREADY shop online, why not help Dogs Trust at no extra cost from purchases you would make anyway.

Go on, at least check it out! I promise it won't exhaust you as much as that little guy in the photo!

Of course, if you're looking for Dogs Trust items from our cataloge you can see all those products online by going to http://www.dogstrustgifts.com/.