Philadoptables

2020 Year End Message

2020 was an extremely memorable year for many reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic was a challenge for nonprofit organizations, like Philadoptables, who rely on in-person events and fundraisers to generate money to support our animal lifesaving activity. Thankfully, we will be able to hold our annual Love Potions event in February- although this 2021 event will be virtual!

Here are some of our other notable accomplishments in 2020:

  • We kicked off 2020 by donating a total of $12,000 to 20 amazing local rescues in a “20 for 2020” campaign.
  • We ramped up our involvement with community cats by funding a large number of spay and neuter surgeries. We hosted a TNR (trap, neuter, return) clinic with The Peanut Fund and funded 119 surgeries.
  • After rescheduling twice, we held our Second Annual Philadoptables’ (socially distanced) Golf Outing in November and raised almost $12,000.
  • We partnered with Philly Auto and Parole to hold a pet food pantry event to help struggling pet owners.
  • We shot our 2021 Hunks for Hounds calendar outdoors at the beautiful Thistle Dew Farm in Bucks County, PA.
  • We had our first ever outdoor fitness challenge fundraiser hosted by Earn Your Break (who also modeled in the 2021 Hunks for Hounds Charity Calendar) and Dub Fitness.
  • We masked up and held one of our much needed Shelter Clean Up events at ACCT Philly.
  • We donated $10,000 to help revamp the cat housing at ACCT Philly.
  • We wrapped up the year with “12 Days of Giving” where we donated $500 each to 12 deserving rescue groups.
  • Finally, we would like to express our gratitude for our partnership with PetValu. This wonderful business was extremely generous and supported all of our endeavors for the last 11 years. We are sad to see them shut down, but we will always fondly remember our relationship.

All of this activity would not be possible without our supporters. Whether you donated/participated/volunteered with us or just shared our social media posts, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
XO,
Ali, Diana, Michelle, and Sandy
Philadoptables

2020 Year End Appeal

If you are considering making an end of year donation, we would like you to choose Philadoptables! This year, more than ever, we see the need to help members of our community with pet food and pet care. With your help, we can help even more animals and people in 2021! As always, thank you for your support and Happy New Year! Donate Here

Comfort Cages for ACCT Philly Kitties

We donated $10,000 to ACCT Philly for Comfort Cages! This donation will help ensure that the thousands of cats ACCT takes in each year don’t stay in noisy cages sleeping next to their litterbox, but instead wait for homes in quieter, better ventilated and more spacious housing, reducing stress and disease.

We could not do this good work without the support of our donors and friends!

Philadoptables 2020 Annual Pet Food Collection


Our annual pet food drive was a success for a few reasons:

  1. Amazing supporters sent Amazon donations from our wish list!! THANK YOU to Michele O/Poshy Blooms, Barbara C, Heather M, Carrie H, John H, Joan M, Blair P, Randalynn K, Samantha R, and others- some donations came without a donor name.
  2. Corporate partners Pet Valu and Finance of America Cares who helped with food, and
  3. Our wonderful volunteers who set up collection boxes in the Delaware Valley! Every donation is appreciated and is now in the paws of hungry dogs and cats.

In line with our mission, we have shared donations with some local rescues, some community cat feeders (who feed outside cats 365 and pay for the food themselves), and to the public at our pet food pantry last Saturday!

Our annual pet food drive has officially ended but we can still take donations– monetary or pet food- if you missed it.

Dec. 5th Pet Food Pantry Recap

Today’s event- distributing tons of much needed pet food to SW Philly residents- was the culmination of weeks of planning and a month long pet food collection. We were able to distribute this pet food to families in need because our donors are so generous and sent us boxes of pet food from our Amazon wish list, Pet Valu gave us a pallet of pet food, our super fantastic volunteers collected pet food throughout the state and our friends at Finance of America Cares supported us with a $2500 grant, which we happily spent on wet/dry cat food and cat litter. Diana has never been so excited!

When we first founded Philadoptables, our mission was to support the city’s open in take animal shelter ( now ACCT Philly ) and through the years we’ve grown to include rescues who pull from the city shelter, community cats, and owned pets in need. We are very excited to take the next step and do more in the community with amazing groups like Philly Auto and Parole (PAAP).

Please enjoy these pics of us, braving the wind, and helping hungry pets! Much thanks to The Arrimour Group for lending us their giant truck to transport our food and of course or partners today, PAAP, who organized, promoted, and hosted the pet food pantry.