Donations are appreciated. If using a charitable giving account, have your organization contact us directly for IRS DLN letter verification as the IRS has not updated the Pub 78 Dataset of charitable organizations with us yet.
Other ways to donate include sending a check/bill-pay or VENMO to Skagit Newfy Haven Charitable Trust. As a charity, Venmo will not charge you 3% for using credit cards donating to us. Also email us so we can send an acknowledgement. If you wish to make a credit card payment:
Our physical and mailing address is 13069 Buchanan Ln, Mount Vernon, WA 98273.
Our email: info@skagitnewfyhaven.com
You Can Make a Difference!
Your donation helps make a real impact, one Newfy at a time, especially as the needier/older Newfs arrive and may need special care.
If you are unable to donate, please consider spreading the word of Skagit Newfy Haven. We greatly appreciate it!
Examples of Newf care costs:
$75 - Annual vaccinations for one Newf, or food for one Newf for one month.
$150-200 - Annual Vet wellness visit plus vaccines for one Newf.
$1000-2000 - cost for Vet ER visits (*based on previous visits for Riley and Sophie).
$1300 -The recent cost for Teddy to get his umbilical hernia repair and neuter surgery.
$2000 - First 5 days of expenses taking senior pair Luna and Zeus (mostly vet/med needs)
*Riley at 8 years of age had a case of bloody infectious/explosive diarrhea and was severely dehydrated, requiring an overnight ER stay for workup, IV antibiotics and re-hydration.
*Riley at 11 years of age, developed extraordinary pain one night when rolling over during sleep, so was brought to the vet ER for workup. He was found to have metastasized hepatic carcinoma for which there was no treatment. The difficult decision for euthanasia at the vet was made, when there was no way to ease his pain and bring him home for a last couple days. The only redeeming feature of hepatocarcinoma in dogs, is that generally they have fully active lives without much pain until the very last day.
*Sophie at almost 14 years of age was not able to keep food down over a period of weeks and no availability of high level workup at the regular vet clinic. ER full workup determined mega-esophagus. The difficult decision was made to give her 2 more days of love at home and then euthanasia at home by mobile vet service.
Non-Monetary Donation Wish List:
1. Dog cart for draft work (plus extra large harness). Newfs are a working breed. You may have seen pictures of them hauling pumpkins or trees during holiday season.
2. Replacement Newfmobile. At this time the 22 year old Toyota Sienna with 308K miles is still working. In another couple years it would be helpful to replace it with another similar van where all the rear seats can be removed to allow for 3-5 Newfs to ride. If you have a great working and gently used van you would consider donating, please let us know. Examples are Toyota Sienna, Chrysler Pacifica, and Honda Oddyssey. Ford Transits are also a possibility.
