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Shelter Cleanup at ACCT Philly: Volunteers Needed: Saturday, November 25th

Looking for volunteer opportunities? On Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. for approximately 3-4 hours, please join us at ACCT Philly for a shelter clean up day!

Please contact info@philadoptables.org for more information and to sign up to help!

Ages 10+ welcome! Some of the tasks we have for the day are:

  • Trash pickup
  • Weed whack weeds and overgrown areas (weed-whacker needed)
  • Stack pallets
  • Clean up kitty barn area out back
  • Install fence slats in the isolation yard
  • Shovel pea gravel into isolation yard (shovel needed)
  • Build 2 benches (tools needed)
  • Build 2 pergolas (tools needed)
  • Mulching the areas outside of intake and adoptions
  • Repair broken dog beds/ build new beds- tools needed
  • Make Adoption folders -inside, administrative activity (two people – a sit down job)
  • Washing pet dishes and Kongs
  • Making dog treats
  • Doing laundry
  • Cleaning, organizing, etc.!

Supporting Our Community During Kitten Season

The term “kitten season” may sound like a magical season filled with cute and cuddly baby felines. While baby cats are unbelievably cute, thousands of them can enter shelters within weeks, making kitten season the most challenging time of the year in rescues and shelters nationwide.

Here in Philly, since we experienced a warmer winter than usual, kitten season began early and animal welfare warriors felt the pressure sooner than expected.

With a warmer season and influx of new kittens, local resources were sparse and organizations had to provide even more care than usual.

We remain dedicated to supporting cats and kittens in our community and through kitten season outreach, we’re pleased to provide over $8,000+ to local organizations! To help our local rescue friends provide life-saving and critical care to breeding cats and kittens in need, we set out to support as many organizations as possible.

Thank you to our rescue friends listed below for their service and dedication to kitten season and our cat friends who need us most.

Interested in helping cats and kittens? You can help too! Donations and foster parents are needed now more than ever. By opening your heart and home up to a kitten (or a litter and maybe mama!) you not only save fragile lives, you also free up valuable resources in the sheltering community.

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Pet Food Pantry With Our Friends From The Life Foundation

Full bellies are happy pet parents is what we and our friends at the Life Foundation aim for!

Thanks to our generous supporters we were able to drop off thousands of pounds of pet food today to help the community members in need! To the volunteers, organizations, donors, and community members who hosted food drives, thank you for making the pet food pantry a success and for your dedication to the animals in our community.

Community Cat Gets Lifesaving Care for Injured Paw

When Community Cat, Ashtar, found himself with an injured paw, a good Samaritan and cat lover reached out to Philadoptables for help!

One evening, Ashtar showed up for his nightly outdoor meal when his caregiver noticed he could hardly walk and had a severely swollen paw.
Concerned for his well-being, his caregivers immediately contacted us for help with his injury.

Here at Philadoptables, we love Community Cats and their well-being, especially this winter, is so important to us! We offered to cover Ashtar’s medical care and neuter surgery.

Thank you to his caregivers for going the extra mile to find help and care for him. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of Community Cats.

Love and Support for 14-year-old Justine and His Best Friend

It has been a busy here with requests for medical help for owned and unowned pets.

Pup Justice and his owner live in their car and have been befriended by two wonderful community cat feeders in Bucks County, Joy and Carol! They make sure both men have what they need to eat. 14 year old Justice was severely in need of medical care- he was not eating, has belly issues and has red swollen eyes.

Our friend Carol was able to get him an appointment at the vet today. Justice was able to get medical tests and much needed medicine.

We were able to cover his vet bill thanks to your support!