{"id":88035,"date":"2025-12-18T15:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/88035\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:03:06","slug":"cape-coral-animal-shelter-launches-giving-tree-campaign-with-25000-matching-gift-to-double-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/88035\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral Animal Shelter Launches Giving Tree Campaign With $25,000 Matching Gift to Double Donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cape Coral Animal Shelter kicked off its eighth annual Giving Tree Campaign. An anonymous donor provided $25,000 to match contributions dollar for dollar.<\/p>\n<p>Each donation lets someone dedicate a light on the tree. People can pick their reason \u2014 every light tells its own story of kindness, according to the shelter&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks to the extraordinary commitment of our anonymous matching donor, every dollar donated will be matched up to $25,000, instantly doubling the impact of each contribution,&#8221; said Liz McCauley, executive director, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoralbreeze.com\/news\/local-news\/2025\/12\/16\/ccass-eighth-annual-giving-tree-campaign-launches-with-25000-matching-gift-from-anonymous-donor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cape Coral Breeze<\/a>. &#8220;These critical funds will directly support the Shelter&#8217;s mission to rescue, protect, and provide compassionate care to the forgotten and abandoned animals in our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Money raised goes toward rescuing abandoned animals and providing care. Each contribution adds another light to the tree, making it glow brighter.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement describes the campaign as bigger than just raising money. &#8220;The Giving Tree is more than a fundraiser \u2014 it is a symbol of hope, love, and remembrance,&#8221; the release states.<\/p>\n<p>McCauley and her team thanked everyone who supported their work, with special gratitude to the donor who made the match possible. They&#8217;re asking the community to help them reach the full $25,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cape Coral Animal Shelter kicked off its eighth annual Giving Tree Campaign. An anonymous donor provided $25,000&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-88035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}