Help a Buddy Fund

Help a Buddy Fund aims to increase the number of animals that are protected from abuse or neglect through supportive partnerships, activism, securing physical resources, and alleviating the financial burden for animal welfare groups.

Our funding grants provide qualified animal welfare groups with important funding for long-term rehabilitation. Our Bella Bucks program is specifically designated for emergency surgeries for rescue animals.

It all started with one dog: Buddy, aka, Butters and/or Francis.
Buddy was kept in foster care for four years through a local animal rescue. She was 14 years old at the time she was taken into care. Buddy suffered from various medical conditions that prevented her from being adopted. While never permanently adopted, Buddy left paw prints on the hearts of the two foster homes she spent her final years. It is in her honour that Help a Buddy was created.

Buddy will be remembered as the dog who loved the following:
- Eating food that didn't belong to her
- Spurts of energy that reminded you we all still have a bit of puppy in us
- Resilience through pain as long as she was surrounded by those she loved