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I started Scrappy Rat Designs as a way to combine my love of animals with my other loves, writing and crafting. I wanted to provide pet lovers eye catching collaged jewelry as a way to share animal-positive sentiments. I want animal lovers to enjoy sharing their devotion with friends in unique and fun ways, from message pieces to my flutterkitten designs and more.

You can feel good about shopping at Scrappy Rat Designs because every single purchase benefits animal rescue. I donate at least 50% from the sale of every item in my shop which adds up pretty quickly, but there are also designated items you can find throughout the shop with up to 100% of their price donated to animal rescue/advocacy. How can you go wrong with that? One of those items is my Yummy for Dogs Cookbook for Canines! It's got nearly 100 pages of healthy, vegan dog treat recipes your dog will love!

Scrappy Rat Designs is the perfect place to find something special for the animal nut in your life, like your friend who takes her dog absolutely *everywhere*, or your vegan in-laws, your pet sitter who always goes above and beyond, the trainer who taught your dog to stop standing on the dining room table, your favorite vet who's always got a pocket full of cat treats, your sister who feeds a feral cat colony, or your boyfriend whose spare bedroom doubles as a shelter for foster rats he takes in from the city pound so her can find a special home for each and every one.

It's also full of things to indulge yourself in, and even some stuff to adorn your pets with. I hope you'll come in and browse. I'm always adding something new!

So, which charities do your purchases benefit? Every two months I choose an animal rescue or advocacy organization to raise donations for, via my sales during that period. See below for this month's group:

2021
March's charity was Chihuahua Rescue and Transport, who does fantastic work helping these little dogs through foster care and adoptions. They received $50.

January/February's charity was For the Love of Rats rescue who received $55 to help the small animals in their care.

2020
November/December's charity was Love-A-Bull rescue, who received $100 to help continue their important work.

September/October's charity is Strong Paws Rescue who received $60 to help their foster program and pet food bank!

July/August's charity was Bat World Sanctuary, who received $75 to help them rescue and rehabilitate injured and orphaned bats.

May/June's charity is For the Love of Rats Rescue who received $100 to help rats and other rodents via foster care and adoption.

March/April's charity is Farm Bird Sanctuary, who received $100 to help further their hard work caring for the formerly farmed animals in their rescue sanctuary.

January/February's charity was Chihuahua Rescue and Transport who received $100 in donations thanks to everyone who shopped here!

2019
November/December's charity was Triangle Rabbits Rescue, who received $100.

September/October's charity is Chihuahua Rescue and Transport, a great rescue that helps *so* many little dogs in need! They received $65 to help continue their work.

July-September's charity was For the Love of Rats Rescue who received $150 to support their important work.

May/June's charity is Full Circle Farm Sanctuary. They do outstanding work rescuing abused and exploited farmed animals and received $50.

March/April's charity was The Pixel Fund. They received $50 to help animals in high-density shelters through fostering and adoption.

January/February's charity was Music City Animal Rescue, who received $50 to help continue their work finding homes for animals in need.

In 2018 our donations totaled $595. Thanks for all the help!

2017 was a great year for our selected animal charities. With your help, we raised $720 to help animals in need of help.

Thanks to your orders in 2016, our favorite animal charities received $597 in cash and in-kind donations. Thank you so much for your support!

2015 was our highest year of cash and in-kind donations yet with a total of $879!

2014 again beat last year's donation total! Thanks to you and your purchases, Scrappy Rat Designs was able to give $847 in cash and in-kind donations!

2013 nearly doubled 2012's donations! Thanks to your purchases, my shop earned donations totalling $619 for animal rescue and advocacy groups, not counting the gift baskets and other in-kind donations of merchandise to fundraisers for groups like A New Leash on Life rescue.

2012 was a record year for donations! Added up, Scrappy Rat Designs donated a total of $332.50 plus many gift baskets and other items donated directly to rescues for their own fundraising efforts. Looking forward to what this year will bring!

In 2011, Scrappy Rat Designs donated a total of $280, plus many gift baskets of my handmade items as requested by rescue groups for their fundraising raffles and auctions.