- Appetizers
- Live Music
- 200+ silent auction items
- 50+ live auction items
- Kitten Cuddle Lounge
Raise Your Paw Auction
April 18 @ 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Reserve your tickets to the ARL's largest event of the year, supporting the thousands of pets who will enter our doors this year. Enjoy a night at the disco with other animal lovers for a chance to win silent or live auction items, meet the ARL's TheraPet teams, and more!
Tickets & Tables
*Tickets and tables must be purchased in advance. They will not be available at the door.
VIP tickets
- Express check-in
- Reserved seating
- Swag bag with ARL merch item
- Animal House store coupon
- Drink ticket
- Automatically entered to win a raffle basket (winner notified at check-in)
- & more!
Until March 12
$130
March 13 - April 9
$145
After April 9
$165
VIP reserved table of 10
- Express check-in
- Reserved seating
- Swag bag with ARL merch item
- Animal House store coupon
- Drink ticket
- Automatically entered to win a raffle basket (winner notified at check-in)
- & more!
Until March 12
$1,350
March 13 - April 9
$1,500
After April 9
$1,700
Donate to the Auction
We are seeking donations for the Raise Your Paw live auction, and silent auction! Donations are accepted through April 8, 2026, and can be dropped off at our Main location during normal business hours.
- Gift Certificates or gift cards
- Home improvement items
- Tickets to local events
- Animal-themed artwork
- Services
- Themed gift baskets
Contribute to our Whine (wine) and Whiskery (whiskey) Wall
When you donate bottles of wine or whiskey, valued at $10 or more, they will be featured in our Whine & Whiskery Wall to be raffled off to participants. Donations are accepted through April 8, 2026!
Feature your pet at Raise Your Paw!
Show off your beloved pet while supporting animals in need! For a donation of $2,500, your pet’s photo will get an exclusive feature on a bar at Raise Your Paw. PLUS – you will get to take the sign home with you after the event!
Photo Requirements
- A high-resolution photo is required. Unsure if your photo qualifies? Please email it to kmiller@arl-iowa.org before purchasing.
- Photo deadline: March 27, 2026
Signage design is subject to change; size will remain the same.
Sponsor, underwrite, or advertise
If you’ve ever considered making an investment in the welfare of animals in central Iowa, this is the place to do it. The Raise Your Paw auction is the most significant event for homeless pets in central Iowa and as a sponsor, underwriter, or program advertiser, you or your organization will be highlighted and recognized for your support.
Sponsor
A variety of sponsorships are available and offer an array of benefits to you or your business. Benefits may include: WHO radio commercials during the ARL’s Animal Connections show, mentions in social media to 110,000+ followers, company name included in e-newsletter, and so much more!
Underwrite
The underwriting donations help cover the cost expenses of the auction so that all funds raised at the event goes directly to the help the animals. You may make your underwriting gift in honor or in memory of a person or pet.
Program Advertisement
The program ads also help offset the event cost. Program ads are a wonderful opportunity for a business to show its support of the ARL. You have a captive audience of 900+.
Questions about the auction?
If you have questions about the auction or donating an item, please contact our team:
FAQs
- You will not receive a physical or digital ticket for the event. Once you register, we will only need your name, or the name your ticket is listed under, to check-in.
- If you have a table, or have a guest joining you and you haven’t provided the names of your guests, please email their first and last names to events@arl-iowa.org. This will make check-in for your guests much faster!
- We encourage you to dress in your best disco attire!
- Parking is FREE and first come, first serve. For more details on parking, please visit their website here.
- Parking is FREE and first come, first serve. For more details on parking, please visit their website here.
- Although you may check in as early as 4:30 p.m., doors will not open until 5 p.m.
- Once checked in, you will receive a text message with the link to the bidding portal. From this link, you will automatically be logged into your account – which is how you will know your bidder paddle number, table number AND how you can bid on silent auction items!
- Remember to come with a fully charged phone!
PRESENTED BY
CHANGING LIVES SPONSOR
CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR
HOST OF THE PAW-TY SPONSOR
CUDDLE LOUNGE SPONSOR
BEST FRIEND SPONSOR
To see some of the pets YOU have helped, please enjoy our 2025 Raise Your Paw Auction video.
Fine Print:
The ARL adheres to a no-refund, no-credit policy. Once registered, if you are unable to attend, please consider your payment a tax-deductible donation. Tickets are non-refundable.
Disclaimer:
By entering an event or program of the ARL, you are entering an area where photography, audio and video recording may occur. Your entry and presence on the event premises constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded which may be used for purposes connected to the ARL and its initiatives. Click here for more information.
