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Add 5 to feeds a homeless animal for two weeks in Romania or Ukraine.
The holiday season is a time when friends and family gather to celebrate the festive period with good food and cozy times that are filled with warmth from the hearth and also felt in our hearts. Street animals and those in shelters, without families of their own, don’t know what that means; sadly, to them, it’s just the same as any other day.
Every winter, ROLDA strives to provide food and warmth to thousands of homeless animals in the southeast of Romania. And since spring 2022, we are helping the best we can #UkraineAnimals, too. For the “nobody’s animals”, there is no Santa, there is no festive season.
Together, we can change this! For Holidays time (and after that, if you want) You can be their Santa and spread some holiday warmth and cheer to the animals we care for during this festive season.
Christmas is not
just for the people
Because of your generosity, ROLDA will be able to go this year again where Santa doesn’t.
Milestones reached before
ROLDA is turning 20 years old
Since the Holidays Food Appeal began nine years ago, we have exceeded 120k meals delivered to starving homeless animals
in the Galati community in Romania and since 2022, Ukraine too.
Milestones reached before ROLDA is turning 20 years old
100000 animals helped in Romania and Ukraine
125000 meals offered since Christmas Meals Campaign started
Since the Holidays Food Appeal began nine years ago, we have exceeded 120k meals delivered to starving homeless animals in the Galati community in Romania and since 2022, Ukraine too.
ROLDA’s goal for this year’s
Christmas Meals appeal
Our goal is to share the meals in 20 locations in Romania and Ukraine as follows:
3 locations including our shelters in Galati area.
6 small NGOs in Romania and yes, we help farm animals, too).
10 different rescuers in Ukraine.
1 shelter in Antalya, Turkey.
Help us reach 25.000 meals for animals in need.
For the animals living on the streets or over crowded shelters, Christmas is just another day when they barely subsist. Once rescued by organizations like ROLDA, they are safe and well fed but many don’t get any chance to be adopted.
Years pass and we grow old, together. Not many people open their house’ doors to senior dogs. 60% of ROLDA dogs are seniors.
Your Santa Paws Gift Options
(1 $ for one meal)
Will you prefer to top your donation of festive meals with any of the followings?
Buy meals
Add 10 for a toy which will enrich the environment for a dog while in our care
Buy a toy
Add 15 for a blanket to keep a senior dog warm in winter
Buy a blanket
Or
Enter your own amount
$
Donate
You have the power to transform the lives of the animals suffering alone, in silence! Your generosity, compassion and kindness are the true miracles they need for these Holidays (and any other day). Be a Santa and spread your magic power to an animal in need!
Chefs for Pets Kindred Kitchen – Holidays Challenge
This initiative celebrates creativity, compassion, and sustainability by inviting you to create homemade meals or treats for your pets made mostly or entirely from leftovers in your fridge or pantry basics.
Create a meal or treat for your pet using leftovers from your fridge
Show that it’s good: Share a photo or a short video of you AND your pet trying it.
Submit your recipe (and story, optionally) for a chance to be featured in our e-book and win prizes.
It’s #dogsXMAS… and cats XMAS too!
ROLDA’s slogan is “Christmas is not just for people…” simply because it takes everyone to make this world a better place for animals, no matter if you choose to save a turkey for ending up on festive dinner table or build a doghouse for a neighbor’s dog that is exposed to extreme weather, or make a donation to our (or any other) shelter.
Without your support, the reality is that thousands of animals who rely on ROLDA will have awful Holidays: hundreds of dogs from our private shelters, pack of strays roaming freely in the town, thousands of animals saved by our partners in Ukraine, or dozens of cats cared in our sanctuary or by our partners; they all rely on you and us. How do we help them all?
How can you have the capacity to help thousands of animals in Romania and Ukraine when you can only make a small gift? The answer is simple: you are not alone. Luckily, this is our magical power. Thousands of supporters like you share the gift of giving with ROLDA for the Festive Season, which is how your donation empowers us to support many animals in need.
Every successful story begins with a single person but can’t be carried individually; it relies on a team effort to continue to be written.
For ROLDA supporters, Christmas is every day because they are generous and empathic.
2025 came to an end…
…but we are proud to report these accomplishments:
We helped a total of 21000 vulnerable, homeless or abused animals.
We covered sterilization costs for 450 dogs and cats in different towns in Romania.
Continue to support small animal charities across Romania to prevent them from closing down.
Continue rescue/shelter/rehome animals that have no one else.
Continue to support over 40 shelters and animal rescues in Ukraine, especially closer to front line, where it’s a concentration of injured animals and animals in dire need to be evacuated.
Extended our support internationally to Antalya, Turkey (1 shelter) and in Palestina (1 shelter) as well as a Bulgarian rescuer who save animals from critical situations (puppy mills, floods).
Through our social program, #FriendsForever we helped 75 seniors with pets who have been affected by the dramatic increase in living costs .
Distributed 1500 colouring books to schools across Romanian borders.
Big thanks from ROLDA team for another amazing year together!
Extra Festive Ways to Give
Shop other XMAS items
Send a ROLDA Christmas e-card to loved ones
Buy personalized handmade ROLDA gifts
