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Registered Charitable Organization Number: 720856400RR0001
It’s easy:
✅ Collect refundable bottles and cans from friends, family, neighbours, or community events
✅ Drop them off and donate the proceeds to Lily’s Place
✅ Know that every single bottle helps feed, house, and care for animals who need it most
To donate simply use the donation form on this page or e-transfer to hello@lilysplace.ca.
Do it on your schedule, in your community. Whether you collect 20 bottles or 2,000, you’re making a real difference. Help us turn bottles into hope—and be a voice for the animals this summer. Let’s make Bob proud. Let’s make it a bonanza.
A Summer Bottle Drive for The Animals of Lily’s Place!
Bob’s Bottles Bonanza
With summer just around the corner, things are heating up at Lily’s Place Animal Sanctuary! We've got exciting projects on the go to improve the lives of the rescued animals who call Lily’s Place home—and we don’t see it slowing down any time soon. But with big plans come big costs, and this summer, we’re doing something fun to help cover them—and we need YOUR help!
For the month of May and the 92 days of summer, we’re launching Bob’s Bottles Bonanza—a sanctuary-wide bottle drive campaign. Our goal? To raise $3000 by September, and we’re asking our amazing supporters to pitch in by running their own mini bottle drives.
MARCH 2, 2025
Bob joined us to live out his golden years after being asked to care for this sweet senior with mobility challenges. Bob has been bounced around through at least a few homes and is missing the bottom portion of his left back leg. Keeping up with his care had fallen behind and poor Bob was trapped in a full-body mat of wool that made his skin painful with every movement. His hoof care had also been neglected for at least a few years.
Now that Bob is at Lily's Place, we're working to get Bob's care caught up and him feeling so much better. Bob is about ten years old and it's beyond time for him to live that sanctuary life!
Bob's story
finding sanctuary
You made it to your sanctuary, Josie and Bob! Your golden years start now! 💕The weekend in a quick reel: From the first videos we saw of them to the whirlwind weekend road trip to bring them home to LP, Josie and Bob are now official sanctuary residents. Arriving tonight, Josie and Bob have come to Lily’s Place Animal Sanctuary for care and safety for the rest of their lives.We’ll share more soon!
MARCH 3, 2025
After a good night's sleep, pain meds, and a special breakfast, Bob was ready for us to assess his woolly situation.
It didn’t take long to determine how uncomfortable Bob’s wool had become. Due to its volume and all the feces, lanolin, and sticks 😳 packed into it, it was painfully pulling and stretching his skin.
With frequent breaks for Bob (and our backs 😅), Bob was freed from a full-body mat weighing almost 16.52 lbs. That’s a lot, considering how small Bob is.
The last thing we’d want to do is shear a sheep who needs their winter coat to keep them warm, but with Bob grinding his teeth, visually uncomfortable, and the matted wool pulling with almost every movement, the kind thing to do was to relieve him of the weight and discomfort.
While he still has a decent amount of wool despite today’s haircut, he’ll wear a coat while we see how he does with the rest of winter.
MARCH 6, 2025
Bob was a good boy again while we had a look at his hooves. We tackled the worst of them on the “good” back leg. The other leg is missing the bottom part (so no foot/hooves).
Before this, Bob hadn’t had his hooves trimmed in at least two years. Everyone needs a trim from time to time - even seniors or animals whose hooves might grow a bit slower or wear down well with daily use.
Bob was super good during the trim and we took it slow and steady as we don’t want Bob to see us coming and think “oh great, they are going to do something to me again.”
Bob will still need some corrective care for his hooves. Changing the angle of his hooves too quickly can cause serious problems (and pain), but this is a really good start.
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Registered Charitable
Organization Number:
720856400RR0001
Lily's Place is a Registered Charity!
Donations can also be made on the CanadaHelps.org website.
For farm animals, there are few options available when a loving guardian can no longer provide care to them or when they are left to fend for themselves due to abandonment or cruelty.
Lily's Place was founded by animal lovers who wanted to be part of the solution for farm animals who found themselves needing a safe place to go.
Providing care and safety to animals is a model you'll be familiar with from the amazing organizations helping cats, dogs, rabbits, and other companion animals in distress.
Our nonprofit's mission is similar with one key difference; we focus on farm animals who's options are limited due to their species and often compounded by age, medical conditions, and challenging behaviour.
supporting the sanctuary gives hope to farm animals in need and provides lifelong care to those who have been rescued.
Your donation means more happy tails.
