Susie, you wrote you knew how to get around the raffle thing through PayPal - please don't try it. Especially since you are not 501C....... those very experienced with them, don't want to face a $2,000 fine.... and that would be what you would be facing if you failed to get around it. Others have tried. Also, we still are recommending highly going 501C, you can apply for the lower version since you have just 6 or 8 ferrets where it cost much much less. A 501C status will help you with donations where you can give tax receipts, also make you qualify for grants you don't qualify for with out it, and makes your standing as a legitimate shelter confirmed with animal controls in the different cities. Also, if you do the raffles and bring in money, to avoid paying taxes on those earnings, by having the 501C, you can get Texas Exempt from paying sales taxes, which you have to collect for those items sold here to Texans. The penalties for trying to get around certain aspects would ruin you and it just isn't worth trying. Good luck with your endeavor. I still have the load of ferret cages here if you want to come get them. I just cannot deliver as our #'s range from 60 to 100 ferrets and its an all day cleaning routine plus the people coming to adopt or drop off take so much time. Millie with Texas Ferret Lovers Rescue www.txferretrescue.org ********************************** [Posted in FML 6573]