Donate Now
We are always in need of additional funding. Our programs are 100% run via donations and 100% of the donations we receive go to helping the animals. Only with your help can this wonderful work continue. If you wish to make a one time donation, just hit the donate button.
There are many expenses associated with caring for animals. Any donation is highly appreciated.
1. Donating Money
Donations via Check:
Checks can be made payable to: Alison Sawyer or Isla Animals.
Send to the following address:
Alison Sawyer
1750 30th St #197
Boulder CO 80301
Donations via PayPal:
If you wish to donate once please click on the donate button above and if you wish to donate weekly please click on an amount below! Thank you.
2. Donate Supplies Today!
We are always in need of basic supplies such as flea and tick medication & shampoo, collars, leashes, food, bowls, toys, etc. Medical supplies are in great demand as well as they lower our operating costs greatly thereby increasing the number of animals we can reach. See the list below for medical and non medical supplies we can use.
Medical Supplies Needed:
- Syringes 1 cc, 3 cc, 5 cc
- Surgical blades – #15, #11
- Surgical gloves- STERILE- sizes 6.5 to 8.5
- The suture that we use has to be the best that we can get. These animals go back to the streets or into dirt, backyards where there is rarely any follow up care. If there is a problem with infection, these animals will suffer, so we are asking for the best suture material,
0-0 PDS, absorbable
2-O PDS, absorbable
3-O PDS, absorbable
-The above sutures need a 1/2 curved cutting surgical suture needle
-Reels of the same type of suture are also great, we can swag on our
own needles. - Surgical instruments
- Spay hooks, all sizes
- Sterile drape, also anything made out of drape material that we can cut and sterilize
- Betadyne hand scrub
- Chlorohexadine
- Prevails Betadyne scrubs #20
- Sterile gauze
- IV sets – microdrip and macrodrip
- IV catheters – 20 guage, 22 guage, 24 guage
- Needles 18 – 23 gauge
- Triple antibiotic eye ointment
- Antibiotics – injectable long acting amoxycillin,
– cephalexin, ketoconazole,
– doxycycline 100 ml. tabs
Non Medical Supplies Needed:
- Muzzles
- Leashes and collars
- Food dishes
- Animal Vitamins – especially puppy vitamins or supplemental gels
- Eye drops
- Ear cleaner
- Ear drops
- Fungal cream and anti-biotic creams like neosporin
- Clippers
- Clipper blades #40 or #10
- Tweezers and scissors
- Cotton balls
- duct tape and tarps
- Cages – hard or soft for transporting animals as carry on
- Non-sterile gauze







Of course there are dogs everywhere and when we have spay and neuter clinics we go there to pick up animals. And when we get donations we go there with de-wormer, collars, vitamins, food and medicine if needed. I would love sometime to be able to vaccinate all the animals but we will need a bigger budget for that as most of our funds go to the sterilization clinics. 
The children are wonderful and after many, many visits the people are used to seeing me hang around making a big fuss over their dogs. 
2011 ROSIE'S BOW WOW CLUB
The club for 2011 raised a total of $2,950.
In memory of Dr. Zhivago
Extra Large Bones $300 & Over
Cheryl House. In Memory of Rosie
Jan & Terry Gerken (Moby)
Large Bones. $100 to $299
Lael House Wojcik, Honoring - Rookie
Julie House Presa, Honoring - Trucco
James & Kristin Yasord. In Memory of Vago
John & Jean Epler
Chris & Kim Cannon
Roxane Osantowski, Honoring - Tequila - adopted from Plaza Almendros(AKA, Oreo, Patches)
Kelly Ragsdale
Valerie Kordyban
David & Karen Childers
Ron & Diane Seals
Medium Bones $50 to $99
Karl & Deanne House
Drew & Alison House
Tom & Barb Carlson
Small Bones $25 to $49
Mike & Tina Lawrence
Julie Howard
Dan Lindner
Don & Jan Hardin Honoring Goldie, Plaza Almendros Cat
Here is our new mom warming up her pups after their bath this morning, such a good mom. This must be black dog week, out of the thirteen puppies there is only one white one.
We are so looking forward to moving ahead this year. With all the rescue groups and people that we are working with now, we can get more done and we're hoping that we can get some help with this. Already we have some wonderful monthly donators, and it makes a huge difference.
So many people ask me what they can do to help, well it's really easy. If we can get enough people donating $10.00 a month we will have a budget to work with. Ten people giving up two starbuck coffees every month can buy enough dog food for a week, or three spays or four neuters, or twelve vaccines, or five distemper tests, or four parvo tests, or two and a half medium crates, or ten bottles of specialty shampoos, or two bottles of de-wormer, or five dog rides to the airport, or five health certificates, and on and on. Every penny goes to the dogs, there is no administration, we pay Marcelino's salary (he works at the house and helps with the dogs). IT'S ALL FOR THE DOGS.
We've been home three nights and already have two momma's with their pups. There is no where else for these dogs to go. We will find homes for the pups and spay the moms. Each spayed female is one step closer to a better life for dogs in Mexico. If you already donate, ask a friend to do it too, and ask their friends to do it as well. Ten dollars a month and we can make a huge difference together.
I forgot to mention in this blog yesterday that the Isla Animals Website is set up to do monthly donations. If you scroll down to the very bottom of the front page there is a donate button, click on that and then there are instructions on how to continue. Thank you everybody, in advance, who donates. It makes all the difference.
We are setting up for a big spay and neuter clinic today and getting ready for all the street puppies that we find.



We haven't finished with the tally because Jeff is still working at the music festival but as soon as we have numbers I will post them. We had over sixty runners thanks to all of you wonderful people who signed up to sponsor school kids. And for you generous supporters who sponsored teams of five, it added so much excitement. Unfortunately we couldn't fill all the teams but next year people will have a better idea of what's going on.
The whole event was fun and involved the entire community. From the island government to the police department to the Navy that allowed us to run on the runway. We had help from the Red Cross, they sent their ambulance to be on standby. We had runners of all ages from many different countries. For the first year we couldn't have asked for more.
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It's a great gift idea for the person who has everything. You can buy them a monthly donation to Isla Animals. I will make sure that every penny that you donate is put to work. It's the most wonderful thing to know that we can count on a certain amount of money coming in each month. It allows me to plan ahead in this work that is other wise, to say the least, financially chaotic.
And if you are looking for something different you can donate a certain amount of spays and neuters in someone's name. The surgery averages out to $20.00 an animal and it's the bottom line solution to overpopulation and suffering of animals in Mexico.
Donate and then let me know by email bayfirestd@aol.com so I can make sure that a Christmas card is sent to your friend or family member. They will love it.
