Rescue Me: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting an Animal Rescue you learn everything you need to get your rescue off the ground. Sandy takes out the legalese, puts in the common sense, and provides practical pointers all along the way.

In Rescue Me you'll learn:

- Five quick steps to get your rescue off the ground
- Why you need to niche your rescue for success
- Step-by-step guidelines for incorporating and filing for 501(c)(3) status
- The do's and don'ts for raising money legally
- The state and federal rules that regulate animal welfare organizations

The Rescue Me appendices provide comprehensive lists of the state laws regulating animal welfare organizations, sample animal surrender, adoption and fostering contracts, and resources for managing both your volunteers and your finances.

In School Fundraising: So Much More than Cookie Dough, Sandra Pfau Englund, Esq. turns her 20+ years of experience working with nonprofit groups into a comprehensive, easy-to-read, guide to the profits to be made - and the pitfalls to avoid - volunteering for your school's fundraising group. It's More than Cookie Dough is a must-have book for school administrators who work with the fundraising groups, and the for the volunteers who manage them.

School Fundraising: So Much More than Cookie Dough includes:

• More than 50 quick takeaways summarizing the do's and don'ts of school fundraising
• Over 20 recipes for success containing Sandy's insider tips for avoiding the pitfalls of starting and maintaining a school booster club, including how to get IRS 501(c)(3) status, what to if your group gets its exemption revoked, or you find out the booster club has never filed taxes
• Appendices chock full of sample documents and guidelines, form donation letters and receipts, budget worksheets and suggested financial

The book's companion website, www.morecookiedough.com, provides even more tools, tips and bonus material to make managing school fundraising groups easier than ever before.