Philadoptables

The 2013 6abc Dunkin Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade

Philadoptables ThanksGiving Parade

For the 3rd year in a row Philadoptables has been part of the 6abc Dunkin Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade.  We believe in helping the community as much as we can, the homeless animals in Philadelphia’s animal control shelter ACCT Philly are our focus, but we also want to be a part of the City of Philadelphia, and this is our way of giving back. There’s nothing exciting about getting up early in the morning, whether it’s to help blow up the balloons, or whether it’s to arrive a little bit later and line up to walk in the parade as a balloon handler. What is exciting, is to see the looks on the kids faces as they see the big balloons, they are filled with excitement. It’s so much fun to see them as they wait for the big man in the red suit to arrive.  We hear “spin it, spin it” all along the route. Our founder and president, Michelle was featured on the parade commercials leading up to the parade and we were all asked “Was that Michelle on TV?”  many times!  Three members of our board walked in the parade,  Michelle, John and Marta.

This year we were supposed to handle Clifford, the big red dog balloon, however, the weather had other plans for us and due to high winds, the big balloons were grounded. Our team of wonderful volunteers were split up between three of the smaller balloons in the parade.  Two of them are pictured here, we handled the red train, a snowflake and Mr. Potato head.  We had a great time nonetheless, and we hope that we get to walk with Clifford next year.  Want to join us?  Volunteer@philadoptables.org

New Doggie Play Yards

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After we built the large play yard last year we were asked if we could do it all over again! So…we did!  We built an even larger play yard and 4 additional play yards/dog socialization areas at ACCT Philly! The completion of these 5 shelter dog play yards marks the culmination of our largest project yet. Without our friends at Animal Farm Foundation believing in us, without our donors and friends, this build would not be possible. There are thousands of dogs that come through these shelter doors every year and while each and every dog that enters may not get a romp in these new play yards the ones that do will love it!  The play yards allow dogs to relax, decompress, run, burn off energy and even get silly.  Philadoptables strives to make the shelter stay better for dogs and with your help we are doing just that!

From the bottom of our furry little hearts, we THANK YOU!

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Camp Out For Hunger 2013!

It is our favorite time of the year! This is Philadoptables’ fourth year collecting donated pet food with WMMR’s The Preston & Steve Show! This week- long on-site collection event features Philly’s favorite radio personalities living in RVs in a parking lot. This event has been collecting people food Philabundance for years and the guys saw the need to feed Philly’s homeless and hungry animals as well. Donated food to Philadoptables will be distributed to people in need, wonderful foster parents from Philly’s animal control shelter, ACCT Philly, and the amazing rescue partners who take animals from that shelter. RIGHT NOW folks like you are setting up pet food drives in their offices, retail locations, churches and schools. We will provide you with a letter explaining the event and posters to get you started. All collections must be dropped off to us by Friday, November 29th OR at the event Monday, December 2-Friday Dec 6 at Xfinity Live’s parking lot. Want to help? Please contact michelle@philadoptables.org or you can find out more on our Facebook page!

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New Play Yard Project!

pp1If at first you don’t succeed…oh wait- we DID succeed and we are gonna do it again! Last year Philadoptables, with your help, constructed a giant doggie play yard at ACCT Philly. Our next project, starting in approx two weeks is twice as nice! TWO more new doggie play yards where dogs can run, jump, and play. Once that is done we will be moving to the other side of the building to replace the three damaged smaller dog runs with brand new safe fencing. All of this does not come cheap. We worked hard to win a grant from the cool people at Animal Farm Foundation but we are still $6,000 short of our construction goal.

We are currently looking for friends who would be willing to sponsor a run, which will help us to offset the costs of some of the fencing, fence inserts, benches and other necessities. Your generous donation will earn you a beautiful plaque with your name on a run of your choice, a special acknowledgment on our social media pages and a beautiful framed picture of a Philly shelter dog enjoying the new run.

Donations can be made by clicking the blue DONATE button on the Philadoptables’ Facebook page.

For more details, please contact marta@philadoptables.org

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Brownies and Girl Scouts troops 4059 & 486

BowniesGirl ScoutsIf this is an example of the next generation, we have nothing to worry about. You may have met Jena, Philadoptable’s Junior Volunteer, before when she and her Brownie troop were making decorations for events, dropping off linens and dog treats, or when she was paying a visit to the shelter dogs. Recently, Jena and her fab mom Susan joined us at the Volunteer Breakfast armed with homemade dog treats, towels for the kitties, and amazing decorations made by the Brownies for our Love Potions event Feb 23, 2013. THANK YOU to the adorable animal loving Brownies for the cute decorations- we will be using them a lot!