Friends of Pinal Pets 501c3
Friends of Pinal County Animal Shelter and Rescues has changed their name to, Friends of Pinal Pets, Inc.
It's a shorter name, with an expanded focus!
The new name reflects an added mission, preventing pets from even entering a shelter. Pinal County Animal Care and Control (PCACC), located near Casa Grande, is running at or above 150% of capacity. There are simply more dogs and cats needing homes than ever!
Processes that will prevent dogs and cats from even entering a shelter is an immediate and a long-term goal to address the overcrowding. Placing more animals in a facility not designed for the current demand PCACC is seeing, creates issues with staffing, volunteer efforts and daily management of a safe housing place for animals.
An overcrowded shelter environment can be detrimental to the behavioral health of some pets, making adoptions challenging.
Friends of Pinal Pets will focus on creating and funding processes, such as assistance with spay/neuter programs, that will ultimately reduce the number of dogs and cats needing temporary shelter. The non-profit organization will also pursue additional methods, focused on preventing animals from coming into the shelter.
The volunteer-run Friends of Pinal Pets will continue with their original goals as well. A primary goal is financial support for shelter dogs and cats that have medical needs beyond the financial resources of the county shelter, as well as funding medical equipment and services at the PCACC facility. The groups second goal is to provide resource support to local animal rescue groups working with PCACC.
Donate to Friends of Pinal
Your generosity allows us to help bridge funding gaps in PCACC's budget. We fund verterinary care and purchase necessary supplies for the animals under PCACC's care and for those pulled by rescue organizations for adoption.
Legacy Gifting
Help Raise Funds for the Shelter
Make your Amazon purchases through smile.Amazon.com and choose Friends of Pinal county Animal Shelter & Rescues as your non-profit to have a portion of your Amazon expenditures donated to us.
Visit FrysFood.com, sign in to your account (or open new account), click on "Community Rewards" at the bottom of the home page and link your card to Friends of Pinal County Animal Shelter to have a portion of your purchases donated to us.
Arizona Gives
AZ Gives raises money for registered nonprofits throughout Arizona. While giving through AZ Gives is available 365 days a year, the statewide giving campaign takes place in early April each year. Just click on the donate button or scan the QR code to give a gift through AZ Gives to Friends of Pinal.
April 2,
2024
Help Spread the Word
Donating isn't the only way to help raise funds. Here's a couple of other ideas:
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Have a strong social media presence - ask your friends to give
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Like to host friends at your house - host a fundraising party
Purchase Items for the Shelter
You can also help by purchasing items for the shelter from PCACC's wish list on both Amazon and Chewy. Click on the button below or use your smart phone to scan the QR Code at right to buy from Amazon.
Click on the Chewy "Gives Back" button or scan the QR code below to find the "Friends of Pinal County Animal Shelter & Rescues" wish list.
In both cases, your purchases will be sent directly to the shelter.
