Help Me Help Animals in the City Shelters

A few weeks ago, I went with my friend Jill to pick out a dog at the Brooklyn branch of the NYC Center for Animal Control. My heart broke into a million pieces and I highly doubt it will ever recover. Ladies and gentleman, this is no ASPCA. This is the lowest of the low. Dogs, Cats and Rabbits are shoved into tiny cages, no blankets, no toys, a bowl of water and little hope.

After 7 days of being posted, if no one adopts or claims them, off they go to Animal Heaven. 20,000-30,000 adoptable, healthy dogs are euthanized every year in NYC alone because of overcrowding. I don't even want to know what the total number of animals (including cats, rabbits, etc.) is. The whole thing is truly wretched.

I haven't been able to stop thinking about them. I have to do something to help. I've decided to give as many animals as possible a little trinket to play with or a nice place to snuggle while they are in the shelter system.

This is where you come in.

Every month, I'll be collecting gently used blankets, towels and new toys for any of the above animal types and will be dropping them off at the Brooklyn branch. I will be donating at least $25.00/month or more to the cause and will personally drop off anything I collect.It's not a lot but at least it's something.

If you are interested in helping, please comment back and I will email you with my mailing address so you can send whatever you would like to donate. I will post pictures or a note from a NYACC rep to prove that it's all going to this new cause I'm on.

I'm calling this initiative the Furbaby Blanket Fund and will be creating a separate blog to post updates.

Thanks for reading this--and thank you in advance for any blanket, towel, toy or donation you send.