Yonkers Humane Society

Our available pets Meet our feline friends at the Petsmart in Yonkers! 2458 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY All of our cats are spayed/neutered and up to date on vaccinations. Cat adoptions: Gabriel Pancrudo, GPancrudo@aol.com, (914) 439-2415 Dog Adoptions: Leslie McCauley, crysros1@aol.com, (201) 981-3215 Fundraising/Public Relations: Leila Sesmero, jubud52000@yahoo.com, (914) 751-7870 Community Outreach: Rosemary Lee, enviro3232@aol.com, (914) 584-0374 Please direct all general inquiries to Rosemary at enviro3232@aol.com.

The Yonkers Humane Society, Inc. was established to support the animals at the Yonkers Animal Shelter and animals in the community. We work with staff and administration to improve the life of shelter residents and we work to keep animals out of the shelter by coordinating with rescue networks. Some of our present and future projects include:

• Contributing to the fund to build a new shelter, replacing the outmoded facility now in operation
• Sponsoring community adoption days
• Purchasing a mobile adoption van to provide low cost spay/neuter services to residents
• Supporting the spay/neuter programs to reduce overpopulation and decrease the number of unwanted pets
• Contributing funds for specialized care for abused and neglected animals
• Providing educational programs to schools and community groups in order to reduce the incidence of animal abuse
• Helping to promote senior and special needs dogs that are currently up for adoption at the Yonkers Animal Shelter

Care2.com Contest Prize
Thank you for voting in the care2.com America's Favorite Animal Shelter contest. The Yonkers Animal Shelter placed 6th in this nationwide contest and will receive $500!

Art for Paws
The Yonkers Humane Society hosted Art for Paws, our first art auction and reception, on December 13 at Lenoir Preserve Nature Center in Yonkers. The auction included art donations from the artist community, as well as goods and services from local businesses. All proceeds will go to keeping the cat adoption center at Petsmart open and the new Yonkers Animal Shelter construction. We thank everyone who attended and helped make the evening a success, and we look forward to seeing you all at our Spring auction, which is currently being planned. Check back soon for more information!

The New Yonkers Animal Shelter

Barney is a special needs dog, he is three and one half years old, and in a loving home, where he has been well cared for by his family. This family has suffered some devastating personal losses, and now find they are not able to care for him and want him placed in a loving home. Barney, as you can see is handicapped in body but not in spirit. He runs around on his cart like any other dog, but needs a committed person to care for him who is experienced with handicapped dogs.

We are fundraising for Barney's medical expenses and care, and have set up a fund for this purpose called "Barney's Fund" to ensure that this special needs pet receives services that are beyond the available funds of the Yonkers Humane Society and the family. Please direct all inquiries to Rosemary Lee at 914 584 0374. We would be pleased to hear from those of you who have cared for a handicapped pet.

There are many ways you can help the Yonkers Humane Society. In addition to our fundraising drive to raise money towards the construction of the new Yonkers Animal Shelter, we also need funds to keep our Petsmart cat room and outreach programs going! Everything you donate--be it time, money, or old blankets--goes to the animals!

iGive.com: Click on the icon above, register online, and iGive will donate $5 to our cause. Once you're registered, you can do all your usual online shopping through iGive, and part of the proceeds from your purchases will go to the Yonkers Humane Society. Over 600 major retailers (such as Amazon.com and expedia.com) are a part of iGive. If you aren't much of an online shopper, that's okay, too! Every search you do on the search.igive.com search engine generates a $0.02 donation to the Yonkers Humane Society. Every little bit helps!

Cars 4 Causes
Donate your car to Cars 4 Causes, and the Yonkers Humane Society will receive 70% of the proceeds! Click on the logo above for more information.

Volunteer
You can always donate your time! Our Petsmart cat room relies on volunteers to clean the cat condos and socialize our furry friends, and morning and evening shifts are available 7 days a week. Our volunteer application can be downloaded here. You can fill it out and drop it off at the cat room at Petsmart. If no one is there, you can just slip it under the door, and someone will contact you promptly.

In addition to volunteering at the cat room, we are also desperately in need of volunteers in other areas, such as:

• fundraising
• helping us organize our database
• helping out at special events
• sorting/labeling/folding materials for mass mailings (such as our newsletter)
• helping with online support (keeping myspace/facebook/catster up-to-date, taking pictures of all our cats at petsmart so that petfinder and related websites can stay updated, etc.)

Donate Goods
We are always accepting donations for our cat room at Petsmart in Yonkers on Central Park Avenue (behind Best Buy). Some items on our wishlist include:

• Wet food (the cats love anything fishy, like tuna or oceanfish)
• Catnip toys
• Cat beds
• Litter
• Scratching posts
• Old towels and blankets
• Large Kong toys
• Cat treats and dog biscuits
• Donations for tag sales
• We'd also love to have a large cat tree for the cats to perch on

Anything that we do not use at the cat room will be taken to the Yonkers Animal Shelter. Everything you donate goes to the animals!