Shelter Flooded By Requests After Offering To Draw Hilariously Bad Pet Sketches To Raise Money
Some fundraisers rely on bake sales, raffles, or a table at the local fair. The Humane Society of Wisconsin took a far stranger route, offering to draw hilariously bad pet sketches in exchange for donations.
The idea came together with help from BARCS, a nonprofit in Baltimore, and the response was immediate. People sent in photos of their pets, paid about $15 for each sketch, and quickly overwhelmed the shelter with requests.
What started as a goofy fundraiser turned into a full-blown viral hit, and the drawings were every bit as chaotic as promised.
This is one of the submissions someone sent:
The catch was simple, the shelter was much better at caring for animals than drawing them.
And this is the result!
A cat holding a fake banana.
And tada!
People actually preferred this simple approach, which explains why this initiative received so much attention.
In just a single night, the shelter raised a whopping £9,359, which is approximately $12,000, from the 700 requests they received.
This chaos is basically the same energy as the artist who turned pet photos into Disney-style images to help them get adopted.
Such a beautiful boy (or girl)
How cool is this 😂😂
They eventually had to stop accepting submissions to give the 50 drawing volunteers time to start working on their masterpieces.
The volunteers were originally supposed to work on their pictures at the shelter, but considering the excessive number of submissions they received, they were forced to continue working on them from home.
Another good boy (or girl)
Wonderful, just wonderful!
That fundraiser clearly had a life of its own.
Want the opposite of “can’t draw their way out of a paper bag,” check out how Disneyfied pets turn furry friends into animated stars.
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