Continued Care Program 
Planning for their future is one of the most loving and responsible things you can do for your beloved pet. Through our Continued Care Program, Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue Center offers peace of mind by ensuring your pets will be cared for with compassion and dignity if you’re ever unable to care for them due to illness, incapacity, or death. By making arrangements now, you can be confident that your beloved animals will always be safe, loved, and protected—no matter what the future holds.
Peace of Mind for You and Your Pets
At Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue Center, we understand that your pets are family, and like any family member, you want to know they’ll be safe, loved, and cared for if something happens to you. That’s why we offer our Continued Care Program, a special service designed to ensure your pets continue to receive the love and care they deserve, even after you’re gone.
By enrolling in the Continued Care Program and leaving a planned gift to Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue Center, you can rest easy knowing that your pets will be welcomed into our care without delay. Whether they stay at our shelter or in the home of one of our trusted fosters, we’ll care for your pets until a new, loving forever home is found.
To enroll in the Continued Care Program, we ask for a minimum donation of $5,000 per pet, or a minimum provision of $5,000 in your will, living trust, life insurance policy, retirement account, or other planned gift vehicle that names Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue Center as a beneficiary.
Enrolling your pet involves:
Step 1: Submit your Enrollment Application and Pet Profile(s)
Begin by completing the Continued Care Enrollment Application, along with a detailed Pet Profile for each animal you wish to include in the program. These profiles help us get to know your pets, their medical history, behavior, routines, preferences, and special needs, so we can provide the highest quality care.
Our Development Team will review your application to ensure we’re able to meet your pets’ unique needs.
Step 2: Establish your Planned Gift or Donation
Once your enrollment is approved, finalize your participation by making a minimum commitment of $5,000 per pet through one of the following methods and sending documentation to development@honoranimalrescue.org.
- A planned gift in your will, trust, life insurance policy, retirement account, or another vehicle that names Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue Center as a beneficiary
(Tax ID: 26-087864) - An outright donation of the same amount, dedicated to this program.
Step 3: Receive your Continued Care Emergency Card
Once everything is complete, you’ll receive a complimentary wallet card identifying your pets and alerting others that they are enrolled in the Continued Care Program at Nate’s. This card ensures that
How it works:
When the time comes, your pet will be welcomed into the care of Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue Center with compassion and urgency. We ask that, when possible, your designated representative or loved one contacts us to let us know your enrolled pet(s) will be arriving.
Upon intake, your pet will receive a full veterinary exam from our medical team. We’ll update vaccinations, assess any health needs, and provide any necessary treatments or procedures to ensure they are comfortable and healthy.
Once cleared, your pet will enter our adoption program, either at our welcoming campus or in the home of a trusted foster caregiver. Every effort will be made to match your pet with a loving new family that fits their unique personality, history, and needs.*
If you have multiple pets that are bonded, we will do our very best to keep them together. While we cannot guarantee joint placement, we will always take their relationship into account and prioritize their emotional well-being.
*Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue Center guarantees the care of your pet until a permanent home can be found and for as long as finding the right home may take. Please be advised that there can be rare and extreme circumstances where an animal is severely ill and suffering or is displaying irreversible aggression making it unsafe to rehome them. In these cases, Nate’s will proceed with humane euthanasia.
These are truly extraordinary and very rare situations that require a team of medical experts, behavior specialists, and senior management to be in unanimous agreement.