How Can I Help?
- Donate
Thank you to all our Donors!
Toby's Foundation, Inc. was formed in 2004 and is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax exempt to the fullest extent of the law.
Donations can also be forwarded to:
Toby's Foundation
P.O. Box 7321
Laguna Niguel, CA 92607
- Volunteer
If you would like to be on our volunteer list, please contact us with your name, mailing address, and any special skills you may have. If you have something specific you would like to do for Toby's Foundation, let us know!
- Run a Fundraiser
If you would like to help raise funds for Toby's Foundation, please consider running a bake sale, silent auction, dinner, or other fundraiser to support canine epilepsy research. View fundraisers that have been run already.
- Distribute Materials
You can help increase awareness about canine epilepsy and Toby's Foundation! Download our brochure for your club events, veterinarian, groomers, pet store, and friends.
- Contribute to our Website
You can submit an idea or photo for one of our ads by sending us an e-mail. You can also email us your epileptic dog's photo for our Aussie Album or write to us with your story for our Letters to Toby section.
- Submit Blood Samples
If you or someone you know has an affected dog, submit a blood sample to support canine epilepsy research.
- Participate in the 10-Steps to a Healthier Australian Shepherd Breed program
This is a program of the Australian Shepherd Health and Genetics Institute (ASHGI). Click here for more information and to see the current participants.
- Participate annually in Purple Day on March 26th!
Purple Day is an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide. Click here for more information.
Also, visit our Purple Day photo pages: Purple Day 2010 · Purple Day 2011 · Purple Day 2019 · Purple Day 2020
- Participate annually in Giving Tuesday!
Toby's Foundation is looking for volunteers across the world to print out one or all of these images to put up around your area for us! You can help increase awareness about canine epilepsy and Toby's Foundation by putting these images up at your vet, pet store, share with your friends, and more!! Giving Tuesday is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving weekend. This year it is December 3, 2019! Download the 2019 images: Ad 1 · Ad 2 · Ad 3 · Ad 4
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- Join the Fight to Save your Breed
Read How to Join the Fight Against Canine Epilepsy within your Breed by Pamela Douglas.