Success Stories

We have grown with the help of our many donors and foundations that could see the need for an innovative organization that would recruit a group of people (collection sites) that care enough to give back to their community by helping the homeless with pets.  Without their help many homeless and poor would have to turn their pets over to overcrowded animal shelters because they cannot feed or provide vaccines and veterinary care for their pets.  Without help many of these folks would lose the only living thing that brings them comfort and unconditional love.  Without help the elderly and disabled that rely on Meals on Wheels would not be given pet food along with their own meal.

Below are a few examples of the satisfying victories and the extraordinary progress in the fight to combat hunger for the thousands of pets living on the streets of America with their guardians.

• Wyatt (2 years) and Morgan (4 years) are lab mixes.   Their dad, Ted, lost his job and all three live in a trailer in the desert without hookups.  The trailer is near a chicken coop that is not kept clean.  Both dogs ate chicken poop and got a bad case of bloody diarrhea and bloody vomiting.  Pets of the Homeless helped both these pets.  We set up an appt for the emergency and paid most of the veterinary bill.  The treatment included exam, fluids and amoxicillin.  Both dogs are on the road to recovery.  The best part of this story is the vet technician offered Ted, Wyatt and Morgan a place to live in exchange for being the care taker of her own dog rescue where she cares for 17 dogs and 3 cats.  Wyatt and Morgan thank you. 
• A dog waits outside while the homeless man enters the soup kitchen for his daily meal.  His eyes light up and water when he is given a zip lock bag of dry dog food.   For the man it is one less thing he will not have to worry about today. 
• A recipient of a grant receives a number of tail wags from pets receiving care, and a few hugs from owners who had tears in their eyes after receiving veterinary assistance for their pets. 
• A homeless man emailing us from a public library asking for help finding pet food, the food pantry that he goes to does not have pet food to give.  We guide him to another food bank that does have pet food.
• A homeless woman who is on social security needs help finding a veterinarian who will treat her pit bull that she rescued from a dog fighting ring.  We guide her to one of the free clinics that we awarded grant money.
• And the eleven volunteers who work with a member in Texas to pick up pet food and supplies from a number of collection sites and then deliver it to a homeless shelter in Dallas, where hundreds of pets of the homeless are fed on a weekly basis.  
• Alexander Orandello, a Boy Scout in East Rockaway on Long Island, NY decided to do a pet food drive for his Eagle Scout project.  Alexander said his goal was to “. . . collect as much food as possible to donate so it could be distributed to (animals) in need.”   Through Alexander’s efforts he received 12 free bags of dog food from Rachel Ray’s Nutrish company.  With the help of Boy Scout Troup 332, they raised community awareness to the plight of pets of the homeless through their pet food drive.  All donated pet food was delivered to Mr. Neve with Reaching-Out Community Services in Brooklyn, NY for their food pantry to distribute to the homeless and poor.
• Tina Carter owner of Get Ready! Get Pet! Go!  of El Cajon, CA started a FaceBook Cause on behalf of Pets of the Homeless.  The success of her efforts brought 3,861 new members enrolled who have donated $700 to Feeding Pets of the Homeless.  She also started a FaceBook Fan page that has over 13,500 fans.  Tina attracted new collections sites in the San Diego area as well as picking up and delivering over 700 pounds of pet food to St. Vincent de Paul Village there.  She can also be seen giving out pet food to people on the streets.
  Thanks to Tina, a member of the facebook cause donated $2,500 through The Thomas & Mary Ann Tizzio Foundation for which Pets of the Homeless and pets of the homeless are profoundly grateful.
• Donna Butler-Gates, the one woman army for disadvantaged animals and pets of the homeless, has an outreach which extends beyond her own business.  Donna’s Pet Grooming Mobile Service At Home Sweet Home, provides her the opportunity to also help disadvantaged pets.  She visits a homeless camp, delivers pet food, blankets, collars, flea and tick treatments and education the homeless about vaccines and spay/neuter.  She helps transport pets in need of veterinary care.

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