Charlotte Farms Animal Sanctuary

11/27/2024

We will be open this holiday weekend starting 11/28 - Monday 12/2 from 11-3!
Wishing everyone and their families a very Happy Thanksgiving! We are go thankful for each and everyone one of our supporters. We would not be able to continue doing this work without you! Even when things get difficult and you just want to give up, we look to all of you and we find the strength to keep fighting so animals everywhere can have a safe secure and loving home that we all deserve! We hope to see you guys over this long holiday weekend !

11/20/2024

It has been a rough week, not going to lie, morale is pretty low here at Charlotte Farms. The township has canceled our approved application due to an inconsistency regarding the lots. We attended court yesterday and the inspector and the prosecutor both tried to recommend to the judge to give us 60 days to vacate all animals from the property….. thankfully the judge found it odd that an application already approved by the zoning board has been canceled the night before the board meeting and the prosecutor and inspector are fighting so hard to shut us down, so he gave us 60 days to figure out the situation with the lot and see if we need to submit a new application. We are still fighting,,, but it kills us that the $15,000+ that we spent already on this application has been squandered by the township and now they want us to reapply and pay the $15,000 again. It cost us $1500 just to feed the animals alone every month and that money could’ve been put towards them… and instead it’s gone now.
We appreciate all the support everyone has given us, especially those who were able to donate whatever they could. It means so much and now we have to ask again for help us so we can be a safe haven and continue doing our important work for our animals.
Our GoFundMe is still live. We would appreciate so much. Whoever can donate or at least help us spread the word so more people can see and we can reach new audiences so they can know about us.

Thank you again to everyone we will hopefully be open the entire next week for Thanksgiving break and I would love to meet each and everyone of you on our farm so you can see firsthand what we do for our animals
❤️.

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11/13/2024

So update, we will not be proceeding with tonight’s meeting. We will have to reschedule and meet the rest of their (expensive) requirements in order to get the right to save animals….. it’s beyond me why we can’t get a straight answer from them even on scheduling but it is what it is.
We will update everyone when the next meeting is and of course what they want us to do to move forward.
Thank you again for the support and please hang in there with us! We can’t do this without you!
If anyone wants details please message or call us privately.

11/13/2024

Hello all,
I know we are all waiting for an answer whether or not we will be having our meeting tonight or not. We still don’t have an answer yet.
We submitted an adjournment request for one cycle to figure out the issue they have.
Will will hopefully let everyone know within the hour if we are adjourned or not.
If not I will be there tonight to request in person.
Thank you for the support and your patience!
We appreciate each and every one of you

11/12/2024

🙏🏽GRACE🙏🏽 Big, big thank you to Nicole Stasse-Morici & her beautiful daughters & Ava for sponsoring the cutest little baby goat we have! They have been visiting every chance they have! Grace will have the best life ever and she loves being held and cuddled! Thank you again for helping and supporting our sanctuary! We appreciate you guys so much!

11/10/2024

🌼DAISY🌼 Huge thank you to and her son Segio from for opening their hearts and sponsoring our HUGE female cow. They came right in and said we want to sponsor her, thank you for caring about her and our sanctuary. It means so much to have your support !
Daisy is so lucky to have you guys as her new family, I’m sure she’ll get to sample all your delicious doughnuts and rolls!!!
We thank you from the bottom of our heart - 💓 CFAS

11/08/2024

Just a quick update on our Meeting with the town this Wednesday.
The Town seems to be intent on playing games with us and leeching the money away from our animals.
We received this email yesterday claiming there is an error on our application and therefore the meeting is cancelled and we have to redo a new application and pay all the escrow fees and application fees all over again.
Oh and they get to fine us for being in violation of some ordinance that they can’t either provide us with…..

It’s amazing that the township can’t even read their own tax map.
Our lot is lot 81 and 81 only. There seems to be an internal error on there part because block 882.14 lot 82 does not exist… there is a lot 82.1 but that is the next door neighbor.
I’m not sure what they want from us or why they hate us so much, I wish someone would contact us and let us know. We were really looking forward to working together with the township……. Our lawyer is currently trying to sort this out so we will be updating everyone as soon as we have new information. As of now the meeting may or may not happen.
Feel free to email the mayor, the zoning board or whoever to try and get some answers because we cannot understand their issue.

Side note- we still need hay!! 😭 . $80/bale will help our animals in a big way. Whatever you can donate will be appreciated!

11/07/2024

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Hello all! The day we’ve all been waiting for!
Our zoning board meeting is scheduled for this coming Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 6:30 PM.
It’s going to be held at the Berkeley Township Building 627 Pinewald Keswick Rd, Bayville, NJ 08721 This is our last effort to try and get the town to approve our farm, so we need as many people as possible to show up and show support for us. We want the township to see that we are wanted and needed here and we will hopefully get an approval this meeting! We want to pack the room with supporters!
Berkeley township , please let’s put this issue to bed and let’s move forward working together to better the town! We are here to stay, and our animals need us, every time we come is costing us and our animals money and resources. Do the right thing!
We are also still halfway to our go fund me goal to pay for all this, please please help support us!
https://gofund.me/73f9b726

11/06/2024

🐴ARTHUR🐴 Thank you & her son Cameron for coming to visit today and adopting our beautiful pony fawn. On her very first visit she came in wanting to help. We are so appreciate of the amazing support and look forward to you coming and visiting you new little boy 🐴❤️! P.S. Arthur prefers to be called Arty !

11/05/2024

SPECIAL FALL BREAK OPENINGS!

Hello all! We will be open this week starting tomorrow
Wednesday 11/6 from 11:00-3:00
Thursday 11/7 from 11:00-3:00
Friday 11/8 from 11:00-3:00
Saturday 11/9 from 11:00-3:00
Sunday 11/10 from 11:00-3:00

Bring your kids and come visit our special sanctuary and meet our amazing animals!

We are still in desperate need of hay and feed to get us through the first part of winter, we have posted our detailed cost for feed and hay, which is about $2400 total. We’ve gotten about $280 so far 🫤
Whoever can help and donate please please help us out, and please share so we can spread the word.
If anyone wants to get the feed for us, we use the 12% all stock sweet feed, can be found in Tractor Supply.
Thank you very much!

11/04/2024

🧨DYMAMITE🧨 Thank you for opening your heart to our sanctuary and adopting our special emu, Dynamite. We think it’s pretty clear that dynamite has opened his heart to you too! After everything our animals have been through, there is nothing better than sponsoring them and being responsible for their care and love and dynamic is no different! Thank you so much from the bottom of our heart and we can’t wait for you to visit again!

11/03/2024

Happy November to all!
Holiday season is coming in hot, stay tuned for our special openings!
We are once again in need of our monthly hay stock, and our quarterly grain stock 😬
Hay is $800 and the grain is $1400 that will last for 3 months.
It’s a rough month and especially with winter and cold weather there’s no plants or grass to eat, the only food they have now is what we feed them.
Please help us raise this money for our animals, any amount will help so much.
Tax receipts can are available for any donations and if anyone has any questions or needs info about the costs you can message or call us.

Donations can be sent via
Zelle: [email protected]
PayPal : charlottefarms.org
Venmo
Cashapp $charlottefarmsanimal
Or on our website www.charlottefarms.org
Check and cash can be dropped off during our openings or mailed.

Thank you so much for all the support and help!

10/29/2024

Bayville School got a special visit and a new school member today! PETER THE DONKEY!
Bayville school ran a fundraiser and if the kids collected enough money the principal would have to kiss a farm animal! Well they hit their goal and the principal came through and actually gave Peter a huge smooch! It was amazing seeing how excited and happy the kids were and how they loove their principal and staff we were truly privileged to be a part of it!

Bayville School has also decided to adopt Peter ! He is now a honorary member of Bayville school!
Thank you so much the the school and its staff, you guys are amazing! Bayville School PTA

10/27/2024

Now that pumpkin season is almost over
If you or anyone you know have any pumpkins, corn, hay, straw or any extra veggies please don’t throw them out! Our animals love them! Please drop them off by our farm, if we aren’t open you can put them in our donation box right outside our gate!
Please contact us if you have a very large amount of hay or pumpkins we can arrange to have them picked up!
Thank you!
(732) 552-8113

Also we will be adding more hours as the holiday season gets under way, stay tuned!

10/20/2024

💫REGGIE & RACHEL💫 WOW! Such a Huge Thank you to and his wife for sponsoring BOTH of our ponies! Thank you for opening your heart to us, we thank you and appreciate all what you are doing for our sanctuary! Our animals ❤️ you!

10/13/2024

🖤CODY🖤 Our infamous “head butting” sheep has been sponsored!!! Thank you for bravely sponsoring our sweet boy, and correctly interesting his headbutts into “lovebutts” , that doesn’t sound so good but y’all get what we mean! 😂.
Our sweet boy now has a proud mama and he is getting all the attention he needs. Your help goes such a long way, thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts for partnering with us and caring for these amazing precious animals!

10/10/2024

Thank you & congratulations to Chailee Mariconda Chailee & Bill .nj on your new baby, NORA 💛! She is the sweetest little cow and she loves her new family already! You guys are two really special sounds that have so much love for animals and we are lucky to have people like you! Thank you much, our animals and us appreciate you so much! 💛💛💛

10/10/2024

We are scraping the bottom of our hay storage to feed our animals.
We are still 8 bales short for delivery.
They run $80 each
Please please help us feed our animals.
You can donate on our website , Venmo, cash, Zelle or PayPal.