Jennifer Aniston Starts Fund to Help Animal Rescues, Hopes to Inspire People to 'Throw in a Dollar' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jennifer Aniston (left) and Aniston’s new children’s book, “Clydeo Takes a Bite Out of Life”.Photo:Sandy Kim, Courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers

Sandy Kim, Courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers

Jennifer Anistonwants to do her part when it comes to rescuing animals in need.

To celebrate the debut of her children’s book,Clydeo Takes a Bite Out of Life, out Oct. 1, Aniston, 55, is now launchingThe Clydeo Fundto support animal rescue organizations around the globe.

Jennifer Aniston with dog Clyde.Courtesy of Jennifer Aniston

Courtesy of Jennifer Aniston

The actress, producer, and entrepreneur wanted to “create a fund where we can donate to these animals all over the world and inspire people to just throw in a dollar. It all adds up,” she tells PEOPLE. “We can get awareness out and help the shelters that are in desperate need.”

With every dollar donated, the fund will help organizations rescue, rehabilitate, and find forever homes for animals. “We can help these animals, and we can get awareness out, and help the shelters that are in desperate need of upkeep because they’re falling apart,” explainsthe formerFriendsstar. “They can’t keep up. And all you see is that we’re euthanizing innocent, beautiful, perfectly, perfectly fine two-year-old dogs, or a puppy, or a litter. I can’t. It’s too much. It’s too many.”

First introduced as an animated dog on Aniston’s Instagram account in 2021,Clydeonow has his own four-book children’s series. “When they came to me with the idea, it was like, ‘Obviously, I’ll make it about something that I fully love and adore, which is my rescue animals,’ " she says.

The actress' rescue pups (she has two,including Lord Chesterfield) “have brought so much joy into my life,” she said. “I hope that my book, the Clydeo Fund, and all of the future work I will be doing to support these animals will inspire people around the world to consider adopting, fostering, or lending support where they can to animals in need.”

For more information and to donate, visitwww.theclydeofund.org.

source: people.com