Wisconsin (August 3, 2026) – In August, every single dollar donated to the Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) will be tripled by a generous group of donors. This is WHS’s largest campaign of the year and couldn’t come at a better time. Summer is peak intake season at WHS, and many animals in the community are in urgent need of shelter, medical care, behavioral support, and a new family to cherish them.
Every gift made will help animals just like Gio. Gio was dragging his left hind leg when he first met veterinarians at WHS for his intake exam. The extreme loss of muscle in his leg made it clear he was suffering from an old injury and hadn’t been using his leg for some time.
Further exams showed the extent of the damage, and considering the best outcomes for Gio, WHS veterinarians knew amputation would relieve his pain and help him find happiness once again. Before long, he met Judy, who could not have been happier to sign his adoption papers and welcome him into her family.
Gio is now making up for all that lost fun with a family of his own, and none of it would be possible without the generosity of donors. Please consider making a gift now to give 3x the hope to local animals and their families.
- $10 will become $30 to provide a lifesaving care kit for orphaned neonatal kittens.
- $30 will become $90 to provide public behavior support to keep dogs in their loving homes.
- $100 will become $300 so animals can receive emergency surgery and medical treatment.
As WHS does not receive general government funding and there is no national umbrella group in animal welfare, the local nonprofit depends on the generosity of the community to annually serve more than 65,000 animals and their families.
Donations will be generously matched by our wonderful friends at the Nicholas Family Foundation, Shirley Winnes in memory of her husband Richard Winnes, Judith Ford, Patricia Bachhuber, Barb Gilman and her pup Sassy, Guy Hawley and Gabriella DeLorenzo-Hawley, Patti and Jack McKeithan Northwoods Fund, Kathleen Ryan, Pat Lombardo and her kitty Benny, and Nancy Behrens – who donated in memory of Aggie & Gracie – the most wonderful rescues anyone could ask for. A special thanks to Virginia Kress for matching all gifts made to the Green Bay Campus, an anonymous donor for matching gifts to the Kenosha Campus, and to the Ruud Family Foundation for matching 100% of new donations and 50% of gifts from returning donors to the Racine Campus.
If you are able to make a gift and triple your impact for animals in need, simply go to www.wihumane.org/summermatch.
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