Business Partnerships

We are always looking to grow our partnerships with local businesses, brands, companies and advocates. Connect with us today to begin a valuable and lasting partnership. We are a 501(c)3 and depend greatly on our local community and sponsors/partnerships to continue our mission.

Here are some general ways we could partner:

  • Host a donation jar or bin at your business—We can schedule a regular pick up at your location or make you a special donation drop spot for a set time. 

  • Purchase round-up–Set an amount of time where customers can round their purchases up to the nearest dollar with proceeds supporting our organization. 

  • Percent of sales (shop for a cause)—Designate a specific dollar amount or a percentage of your sales for a set period of time (or permanently) to be given to our organization. 

  • Workplace giving—Recent surveys show that 86% of employees expect to become involved in charitable activities (such as workplace giving) through their place of employment. Employees who don’t take advantage of these programs say they don’t give because the causes they care about aren’t offered as a choice. Productivity increases by up to 13% when people are able to support the causes they care about. Support our work for animals through your workplace giving program!

  • Event sponsorship—We have a variety of fundraiser events throughout the year that are made possible through event sponsorships. Your sponsorship helps underwrite the costs of events so that all the funds raised can go directly to our mission. When you sponsor an event, there are unique recognition opportunities depending on the scale of the event and your sponsorship level. Reach out to us and we can send you our next event sponsorship opportunity.  

  • Matching gifts—Whether you choose to match your employees’ gifts or pledge a matching gift for community support, your impact is DOUBLED and your support makes others join you.   

Gifts may be made on our website or checks can be mailed to:

Big Lake Humane Society
2640 Marquette Ave.
Muskegon, MI 49442

For more information, contact our outreach coordinator, Hilary Brown at EventsBLHS@gmail.com

Peer to Peer Fundraisers

As a private, nonprofit organization, we rely on our community’s support to care for thousands of animals in need each year. Independent fundraisers hosted by businesses, clubs, individual adults, local youth, and others raise lifesaving funds for these animals.

See below for tips on how you can plan your very own fundraiser.

Review Guidelines

Before you start planning your event, please review our Independent Fundraiser Guidelines.

Guidelines

Brainstorm Ideas

What type of fundraiser works best for you and your group? How much time can you commit to planning? What materials will you need? Do you have a budget and funds to cover expenses? Will you need to recruit volunteers? What are your goals?

Need inspiration? Check out this list of some fundraisers that have been hosted in the past:

  • Trivia Night

  • Flamingo Flocking

  • Benefit Concert

  • Bake Sale (human or pet goods)

  • Silent or Online Auction

  • Car Show

  • 50/50 Raffle

  • Birthday Fundraiser

  • Holiday Pawty (see what we did there?)

  • Art Fair/Craft Show

  • Chili Cook-Off

  • 5K Run/Walk

  • Happy Hour Event

  • Pints For Paws

  • Ice Cream Social Benefit

  • Bike/Motorcycle Ride

  • Buy in to Casual Dress Day

  • Wine & Paint Night

  • Supply Drive

  • Pet Yoga:

Loop Us In

We can help promote your event in several ways:

  • Adding your event to our website.

  • Hanging a physical flier in our shelter and clinic.

  • Posting it on our Facebook pages (@biglakehumane) with 10,000+ followers

If possible, we may also include your event in these additional marketing opportunities:

  • Included in our quarterly newsletter, sent to 5,000+ supporters.

  • Mentioning your event during our weekly radio segments.

  • A press release sent to our local news outlets.

  • Bring adoptable pets on the day of the event:

Promote and Advertise

Our Media Kit has everything you need to know about us to create event material including shelter pet photos, our logos, press release templates, wish lists and more:

Media Kit

Wrapping It All Up!

Cash and checks (made out to Big Lake Humane Society) can be delivered or mailed to

Big Lake Humane Society
2640 Marquette Ave.
Muskegon, MI 49442

If you would like to participate in a check presentation or have any questions along the way, please contact our outreach coordinator, Hilary Brown at EventsBLHS@gmail.com.