Every animal deserves the chance to feel safe, receive the care they need, and find a loving home. Through the Irvine Animal Care Center Holiday Donation Drive, your generosity helps weave a stronger safety net for animals in need.
Your gift supports the center’s special programs, including Enhanced Care, Foster Care, Third Chance for Pets, and Rescue Support. Together, these programs provide critical medical treatment, nurturing foster homes, and lifesaving assistance for animals who need extra help on their journey to a brighter future.
The 2026 Holiday Donation Drive is November 15–January 15, 2027.
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Your Generosity Makes a Difference
Enhanced Care (Open in new window)
Your donations help cover specialized veterinary treatment and lifesaving procedures for animals with serious medical needs, from emergency surgeries to advanced dental care.
Some animals need more than a shelter stay. Foster volunteers provide a safe, nurturing home for animals who need extra time, attention, and care before they are ready for adoption.
This program brings animals to Irvine from overcrowded shelters and other difficult circumstances, giving them access to the care and resources they need to find loving homes.
Rescue Support (Open in new window)
Through partnerships with more than 100 rescue organizations, Rescue Support provides critical funding to help partner organizations care for animals with medical or behavioral needs that might otherwise be too costly to address.
Every Gift Helps Knit a Better Future
Since its inception in 1999, the center’s Third Chance for Pets (Open in new window) program has helped nearly 14,500 animals find forever homes. Your support also helps provide specialized care for orphaned wildlife, around-the-clock attention for animals in foster care, and advanced veterinary treatment for pets facing serious medical challenges.
Every contribution helps the Irvine Animal Care Center continue this lifesaving work.
Give today. Donate using the enclosed envelope or visit irvineanimals.gov/holidaydrive.
Celebrate With Us
Decorate and return our 2026 ornament (Open in new window) to be displayed at the Irvine Animal Care Center during the holidays. It is a special way to celebrate the generosity that brings our community together to help animals in need.
Decorate Your Ornament (Open in new window)
As a thank you for your support, you can download our 2026 keepsake ornament (Open in new window).
Thank you for helping us knit a brighter future, one animal and one gift at a time.
Visit the Donate & Support page to learn how you can continue to help all year long.