Heritage Humane Society

On Tuesday, May 5, The Heritage Humane Society is inviting the community to join in Give Local 757, Hampton Roads’ biggest 24-hour day of giving, to help provide much-needed support for the day-to-day operations of the shelter.

With more than 1,900 animals served in 2025 and a 40% increase in animal intakes in the first four months of 2026, we need your help!

The shelter’s goal is to raise $15,000 on May 5 to cover the gap in funding that this increase has resulted in. Every donation will be put into immediate action, and because we have $15,000 in gift match support, your donation will go twice as far!

Giving Levels

Want an idea of what it costs to help run the shelter each day? Peruse some of the suggested giving levels and their descriptions below, and remember - every donation will be DOUBLED!

• $5,000: Underwrites one full day of shelter operations, supporting staffing, facilities and comprehensive animal care (actual daily cost is $6,522, excluding government contracts and grants)
• $2,500: Covers a spay / neuter day. On average, we send 8 dogs and 12 cats on a surgery day
• $1,000: Provides heartworm treatment for two dogs
• $500: Sponsors the full care cost for one pet from intake to adoption
• $250: Covers the cost of vaccinations and a spay / neuter for a puppy
• $100: Supplies one week of enrichment resources for animals across the shelter
• $75: Covers one vet exam
• $50: Supplies one week of pill pockets for the successful administration of medicine
• $25: Covers one Parvo test

Who We Are

Heritage Humane Society is a local, independent, open-admission shelter that receives more than 93% of its funding through private donations, and receives no funding from the Humane Society of the United States or the ASPCA. By keeping donations local, you help homeless pets in our community find their way safely to new homes. Our mission is to work as compassionate stewards of companion animals that are in transition from stray/surrender to forever homes. Heritage Humane Society will also educate the public about humane animal care and treatment, advocate animal welfare, and provide affordable adoption and spay/neuter information to measurably reduce overpopulation of unwanted companion animals.