Giving Trees Are Back in Fredericksburg
It’s Giving Season in Fredericksburg, which means the Giving Trees have sprouted all over town like festive little beacons of kindness. You’ll find them tucked into businesses, offices, and community spaces, quietly doing what they do best: making it easy for people to help animals in need.
Each Giving Tree is decorated with tags featuring real animals currently in the care of the Fredericksburg SPCA. These are not generic wishlists or abstract requests. Every tag represents an actual adoptable who relies on the shelter each day. Along with their photo, you’ll find a list of specific items we need to care for them, comfort them, enrich their days, and keep operations running smoothly through the busy winter months.
How the Giving Trees Work
Participating is simple, flexible, and entirely on your terms.
When you visit a Giving Tree, you can choose a tag that speaks to you. On the back of each tag is a QR code that links directly to our online wishlists. Scanning the code allows you to order items from home and have them shipped directly to the Fredericksburg SPCA. No extra errands required.
Prefer to shop in person? You can take the tag with you, pick up the listed items while you are out, and drop donations off at the shelter or at participating Giving Tree locations. Either option makes a real and immediate difference.
And if you would rather give from the comfort of your couch, or if standing up would disturb the cat currently napping on your lap, all of our wishlists are available at fredspca.org/wishlist. A few clicks can turn into warm beds, full bowls, enrichment activities, and medical care for animals who need it most.
Why These Donations Matter
The holiday season is one of the busiest times of year for animal shelters. Intake does not slow down just because the weather turns cold or calendars fill up. Animals continue to arrive needing food, warmth, medical care, enrichment, and time to heal.
Items donated through the Giving Trees help support nearly every aspect of daily care. Food and treats keep bellies full and spirits high. Toys, chew items, and enrichment supplies help reduce stress and boredom, especially for animals waiting longer for adoption. Bedding, litter, cleaning supplies, and grooming items allow our animal care team to maintain clean, comfortable spaces even during high-traffic weeks.
These contributions also help stretch donated funds. When community donations cover essential supplies, financial resources can be directed toward medical care, behavioral support, emergency intake, and programs that help keep pets with the families who love them.
In short, every tag taken and every item returned helps us continue doing the work we do, not just during the holidays, but well into the winter season and beyond.
Where to Find a Giving Tree
Giving Trees are located throughout Fredericksburg and the surrounding areas, making it easy to participate wherever you already are. This year’s participating locations include:
CarMax
Urology Associates of Fredericksburg
Dog Krazy (Cosner’s Corner and Chancellor)
Starbucks (Cosner’s Corner and Spotsy)
Lee’s Hill Community Association
The Joint (Cosner’s Corner and Central Park)
PetCo Harrison Crossing
Shore United (Harrison Crossing and Downtown)
Truist Downtown
Joshua Lawrence Salon
Fusion Rehab and Wellness (Chatham, Butler Rd., Spotsy, Ruther Glen)
River Rock Outfitters (Central Park)
C&F Bank Downtown
Liberty Town Arts
Happy Endings
Natural Mystics
Food Coop
Mason Dixon / Eats
Salon 730
Lakewood Animal Hospital
Barking Barley
Tales and Tails
Confederate Ridge Animal Hospital
England Run Veterinary Clinic
Four Paws Animal Hospital & Wellness Center
Leavells Animal Hospital
Loving Touch Animal Hospital
St. Francis Animal Hospital
VCA Chancellor Animal Hospital
Whether you stop by one location or make a day of visiting several, every Giving Tree offers the same opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
Keeping the Holiday Magic Going
The Giving Trees are more than seasonal decorations. They are a direct line between the community and the animals who depend on it. Every donated item represents comfort, care, and compassion during a time of year when those things matter deeply.
Thank you to everyone who takes a tag, fills a wishlist, scans a QR code, shops locally, or gives from home. Your generosity helps ensure that the Fredericksburg SPCA can continue caring for animals in the best way possible, all season long.
