1. Birthday parties at an animal shelter? People pay a fee to schedule their party in a multi-purpose room. See what else the Animal Rescue League in Bedford has to offer at www.rescueleague.org
2. Twenty-two acres of beautiful woodlands nestled in the mountains will soon be home to a permanent sanctuary, called Mountain of the Bird, for Fauna Rescue, Inc. The organization focuses mainly on companion parrots, but extends help to other animals in need. www.faunarescue.org
3. Reducing the cost of adopting a cat or kitten by having a Cat-alogue Sale during “kitten season” is just one way of promoting adoptions at the Portsmouth Humane Society. See their puppy coloring book and other ideas at www.portsmouthhumanesociety.org
4. Live and Let Live Farm, just east of Concord, rescues mostly horses including pregnant mares. To see what other ways they help “animals and their humans” go to www.liveandletlivefarm.org
5.The residents of the Rolling Dog Farm Animal Sanctuary in the White Mountains include blind dogs, blind horses, deaf dogs, blind cats, and animals with other neurological and orthopedic disabilities. www.rollingdogranch.org