Help For Pets in Charles County, MD

10/31/2024

Help For Pets will have two outreach events on Friday November 1. We will be at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden from 9:30 am until 10:30 am. We will be at Faith United Methodist Church in Accokeek from 11am until noon. We will have free dog and cat food and information about the services we have available for our community. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

10/26/2024

We are here at the Benedict Volunteer Fire Department Yard sale until noon today! We sincerely appreciate everyone who has stopped by our tables to make monetary donations for our pet food bank and TNR program.

10/24/2024

Help For Pets will be at the Benedict Volunteer Fire Department Yard Sale this Saturday, October 26 from 7am until 12pm. 18210 Hyatt Ave, Benedict MD. We will have Halloween decorations and pet costumes, pet supplies, new household goods and personal items. Please support our yard sales if you are able. The donations we receive help fund our active TNR program. We also need volunteers for an hour or two that day. Please message if you are available to help. Thank you!!!!!

10/24/2024

Help For Pets will have two outreach events on Friday October 25. We will be at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden from 9:30 am until 10:30 am. We will be at Faith United Methodist Church in Accokeek from 11am until noon. We will have free dog and cat food and information about the services we have available for our community. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

10/23/2024

It's a beautiful day today at the Indian Head Senior Center! We are here with the Maryland Food Bank Mobile Market, the Charles County Department of Heath and the Senior Center Yard Sale. The line is very long but moving fast. We will be here until everyone gets the pet food they need.

10/22/2024

Help For Pets will be at the Indian Head Senior Center this Wednesday October 23 from 11am to 12pm. We will have dog and cat food and information about the services we have available for our community. The Maryland Food Bank will also be there with their Mobile Market.

10/21/2024

10/21/2024

We have been taking advantage of the beautiful weather and getting as much TNR done as possible for folks in our community. Our big boy of the week was Mike Tyson, weighing in at almost 11 pounds. We appreciate your patience as we continue to work through our TNR waiting list.

10/19/2024

Our thanks to everyone who stopped by our table today at the Nanjemoy Heritage Day. Lots of pets picked out their Halloween costumes and sweaters for winter. Toby had a great day and decided he will go trick-or-treating as a hamburger.

10/19/2024

We are here at the Nanjemoy Heritage Day at the Community Center and have great news!!!! The Charles County Animal Care Center is here with dogs and kittens. Nova came to visit us, picked out a pumpkin costume and she has been ADOPTED!!!!! YAY NOVA!! And thank you to the hard working staff at the shelter for bringing these beautiful dogs and cats out to enjoy the day, meet new people and get adopted.

10/19/2024

Help For Pets will be at the Nanjemoy Heritage Day tomorrow, Saturday October 19, at the Community Center from 11:30am until 3pm. There will be a parade, vendors, food trucks and lots of activities for children and adults. We will have dog and cat toys, treats, collars and leashes, Halloween costumes for your pets, dog sweaters and information about the services we have available for our community. Stop by and see us- the weather will be perfect!

10/15/2024

After dropping off TNR cats at The Spay Spot in Upper Marlboro this morning, we headed south to deliver pet food and pet supplies to folks in Aqualand, Newburg, Issue, Rock Point and Cobb Island. Thank you to everyone who donates to help folks in our community who are struggling to care for their pets.

10/11/2024

Help For Pets will have two outreach events on Friday October 11. We will be at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden from 9:30 am until 10:30 am. We will be at Faith United Methodist Church in Accokeek from 11am until noon. We will have free dog and cat food and information about the services we have available for our community. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

10/07/2024

Thanks to the help of the caretaker who made sure the cats were hungry, we were able to trap all of their yard cats yesterday. And a huge THANK YOU to The Spay Spot for getting them all spayed, neutered, vaccinated for rabies and distemper and treated for fleas and ticks today. If you are on our TNR waiting list we are getting to everyone as quickly as possible.

10/05/2024

We are here at the Charles County Community Resource Connection Day at the St Charles Town Center until 2pm. We have free dog and cat food, pet toys and treats, collars, leashes, sweaters and information about the services we have available for our community. It has been a great opportunity for us to network with other nonprofit organizations in Charles County. Our thanks to everyone who donated to make this day possible for us. The turnout and response has been huge!! ♥️🐈‍⬛🐕

10/04/2024

ASD is excited and eager to present a Free Drive-Up Vaccination Clinic for Dogs and Cats! Rabies vaccines, distemper vaccinations, pet licenses and microchips will be provided.

Monday October 21, 2024
Prince George's County Animal Services and Adoptions Center
3750 Brown Station Rd
Upper Marlboro, MD 20770
Time: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Rain or shine

Please see flyer attached for instructions on how to register.

For more information on the Animal Services Division (ASD) and programs, visit https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/departments-offices/environment/animal-services.

10/03/2024

In May of this year we were contacted about a community cat who needed our help. She was covered in mats, thin and appeared weak. We trapped her and found out she already had an ear tip. Thanks to your donations, we were able to get her in to the vet the next day. She was sedated, the mats were removed, they gave her fluids and a B12 injection, treated her for ticks and fleas and updated her rabies vaccine. And they estimated her to be about 15 years old. After a couple days to rest, we took her back to her neighborhood where a kind family took over her daily care. Over the summer she grew very attached to the family, coming every day for her meals and finally letting them pet her and pick her up. Until today. This sweet old girl was put in a carrier, taken to the vet for a recheck and officially handed in her community cat card. She is now an indoor cat and will no longer have to endure the heat, the cold, the rain and the snow. On the days when we feel like we are trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon, the kindness and compassion of our community members lifts us up and keeps us going. Welcome home sweet girl!

10/03/2024

Help For Pets will have two outreach events on Friday October 4. We will be at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden from 9:30 am until 10:30 am. We will be at Faith United Methodist Church in Accokeek from 11am until noon. We will have free dog and cat food and information about the services we have available for our community. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

10/02/2024

We have been invited to join dozens of other nonprofit service organizations at the Charles County Community Resource Connection Day at the St. Charles Town Center in Waldorf, this Saturday October 5 from 11am until 2pm. They are expecting 500 people to attend this important event. We will be giving out small bags of dog and cat food, pet supplies and information about the services we have available for our community. If you would like to help us purchase a few more small bags of pet food from our local dollar stores, we estimate the total needed is $276. You can donate at the link below or at paypal.me/helpforpetssmd
Thank you for helping us keep pets out of the shelters and rescues and at home where they belong.

https://facebook.com/events/s/charles-county-community-resou/868339618159334/

09/26/2024

Help For Pets will have two outreach events on Friday September 27. We will be at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden from 9:30 am until 10:30 am. We will be at Faith United Methodist Church in Accokeek from 11am until noon. We will have free dog and cat food and information about the services we have available for our community. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

09/25/2024

Our sincere thanks to everyone for their concern and donations for little Twin. He has shown some improvements over the last 24 hours but is still a very sick little guy. He is more alert, up on his feet, purring, his hydration is better, and HE IS EATING!!! YAY!!! 💥🎉👍 He was being syringe fed baby food and a high calorie supplement overnight and is now eating *Recovery on his own, which is a high protein critical care prescription diet. We saw him trying to eat his kitty litter this morning, which is another sign of anemia (which he has) so we switched him over to pine pellets litter. Please keep him in your thoughts as this little monkey continues to fight to get better.

09/25/2024

When the house burned down in Nanjemoy, the family moved out and left their outdoor cats to fend for themselves. Fortunately they made it through the woods to a kind neighbor's house, where they did the best they could to feed and care for the cats. Until they started having kittens. We were contacted to help the family with cat food and to get the adults spayed, neutered, vaccinated and returned. We were about to start TNR on the spring kittens when we got the call last night that little Twin was sick. And he is very sick. Thanks to Dr. Parkin and the staff at Potomac Animal Wellness Services, we were able to get him in on an emergency basis. Twin is very weak, anemic, not eating, dehydrated and probably loaded with parasites. An ultrasound was performed and bloodwork taken and we are doing our best to get this little guy back on his feet in a foster home with fluids, B12, deworming, syringe feeding, antibiotics and love. We are trying and sometimes that's the best we can do. Twin looks a *tiny* bit better tonight, sitting up and drinking some water. He is the third very sick community cat we have taken on in the last ten days. If you would like to help us cover our vet bills, our paypal link is paypal.me/helpforpetssmd and a donation button is below. Thank you for helping us to help others.

09/23/2024

Help For Pets will be at the Indian Head Senior Center this Wednesday September 25 from 11am to 12pm. We will have dog and cat food and information about the services we have available for our community. The Maryland Food Bank will also be there with their Mobile Market.

09/22/2024

We are here at the Farm and Family Day at the Baden Firehouse until 4pm. Pony rides, petting zoo, lots of vendors, food and fun for the whole family! We have dog and cat toys, treats, pet supplies, dog sweaters and Halloween costumes free for our community. See you soon!!

09/21/2024

Please be sure to stop and see us at the Farm and Family Day tomorrow, Sunday September 22 from 1pm to 4pm! There will be lots of vendors, food, pony rides and other fun activities. We will have dog and cat toys and treats, dog sweaters, Halloween costumes and other pet supplies donated from Petco in Clinton and other local businesses. We will also have information about the services we have available for our southern Prince Georges County Community, including our TNR program which helps folks in Accokeek, Aquasco, Baden, Brandywine and Eagle Harbor. See you there!!