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Sanctuary Santa 2025
lily's place animal sanctuary
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Spreading Holiday Magic at
Help make this a first Christmas to remember.
Twelve* rescued animals are spending their very first holiday season at Lily’s Place — and you can help make it magical.
When you become a Sanctuary Santa, your $20 gift helps provide cozy bedding, nutritious food, and loving care for one new resident this winter. We’ll send you (or your chosen recipient) a festive postcard in the mail, sharing their story and the difference your kindness makes.
🎁 $20 = Sanctuary Santa sponsorship for one resident
📬 Comes with a mailed holiday card — perfect as a meaningful gift
Each $20 donation helps sponsor a rescued animal's first Christmas in sanctuary.
If you'd like to sponsor more than one resident — or give a little extra love — you’re welcome to increase your gift. Every bit goes toward their care.
Your gift is more than a card — it’s a lifeline.
Most of our newest residents came from tough situations — neglect, abandonment, or urgent surrender. This year, they’re safe. And with your help, they’ll stay warm, fed, and loved through the long winter ahead.
You’ll be supporting one of twelve animals currently spending their first Christmas in sanctuary. They may not understand the season — but they absolutely feel the comfort, care, and joy that your gift makes possible.
* 8 residents are already at the sanctuary and celebrating their first Christmas safe at Lily's Place Animal Sanctuary. 4 others are waiting for us to provide the safety net they need, a forever home. Could you help us bring them home?
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Step 3: Special Delivery
We’ll pop it in the mail — a personal, meaningful gift that shares the joy of rescue.
Step 2: Send To...
Tell us where to send the postcard — to you or someone you love.
Step 1: Become Santa!
Choose your Sanctuary Santa gift — $20 supports one resident.
How it works
Give a gift that matters
Whether you're honouring someone special, teaching a child about compassion, or simply spreading a little kindness, your Sanctuary Santa gift is a beautiful way to make this season brighter — for an animal who almost didn’t make it here.
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$20 supports one resident.
Residents Who Are Celebrating Their
When Bob arrived, he was grinding his teeth (a sign of pain), underweight, and covered in mats so tight they pulled on his skin — the result of care that had long since fallen behind. He’s also missing a foot, and while we don’t know how it happened, we know he didn’t deserve it. What we do know is that Bob is safe now. Gentle and curious, he’s settling into sanctuary life one brave step at a time.
Bob
Josie came to us in her golden years, facing more than her share of hardship. Severely underweight, mobility challenges, and constricted tendons in her front legs, and bred at ten years old, this sweet senior is finally receiving the care she’s gone far too long without.
Josie
Rescued alongside her best friend Penelope, Emma faced a big transition when she arrived — but she met it with quiet bravery. Day by day, Emma has warmed to her new surroundings, and now she greets each day with curiosity, confidence, and the comfort of a life where she will never be used or unwanted.
Emma
Penelope is gentle, watchful, and deeply bonded with her best friend, Emma. They were rescued together and have been side-by-side through uncertainty and change. At the sanctuary, Penelope is beginning to relax, soak in the quiet, and discover what it means to be truly safe.
Penelope
Aunt Viola is a sweet and spunky hen rescued from a backyard breeding operation where animals were treated like products. Despite the neglect she endured, Viola remains friendly and curious — already winning hearts at the sanctuary. She’s a reminder of just how resilient farmed animals can be when given a chance to heal.
Viola
Gladys came from a crowded, unsanitary situation that left her injured, unsocialized, and understandably fearful. But every day, she grows braver. She no longer hides when we enter her space — instead, she watches carefully, curious and cautious. Slowly but surely, Gladys is learning that she’s safe here — and that healing is possible.
Gladys
Millie was born on a farm where animals were seen only as profit. She didn’t even have a name — just a number. Born with a birth defect in her back leg, she was deemed unfit for breeding or sale and was going to be given away. But compassionate people stepped in, and Millie was rescued and brought to Lily’s Place. Now, she has a name, a home, and a life where she’s valued simply for who she is.
Millie
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