Operation Cold Noses

24/01/2026

Making our rounds doing south country drop offs today! Last weekend we took a haul over to FLUFF Animal Rescue and today we dropped off some goodies for Hanks Bark Box, stopped by Pet Pal Animal Shelter with a few baskets and met up with Andria Protecting Paws For Life to drop a few things to her as well.

Next weekend North County drop offs Humane Society of Pinellas and Pinellas County Animal Services

17/12/2025

❤️ We’re blushing over here! ❤️

This morning, Operation Cold Noses — our little grassroots mission to bundle up shelter animals with blankets, towels, food, and supplies — was featured in Patch St. Pete! 🐾✨

From collecting donations and coordinating drop-off spots around town, to assembling laundry-basket-filled gifts and making the big deliveries to our local shelters, this “small idea” has grown far beyond anything we ever imagined. And it’s all because of YOU — our neighbors, friends, pupsitters, business colleagues, fellow animal lovers, and even complete strangers who chose to help make winter a little warmer for animals in need. 🧤🐶❤️

Thank you to Patch St. Pete for the feature and for shining a spotlight on this annual mission. And endless thanks to everyone who donated, shared, volunteered, or simply sent good vibes our way — it truly means the world. 🙌

(Yes… I might be posting something that isn’t a voting reminder today — but this one felt extra important 😄)

A St. Petersburg Realtor collects blankets, towels and other items for local animal shelters ahead of the winter cold snap each year.

31/10/2025

🐾❄️ It’s that time of year again — Operation Cold Noses is BACK! ❄️🐾

Since 2018, we’ve been collecting supplies for our amazing local no-kill shelters to help keep all those cold noses warm this winter. What started as a small family idea (inspired by our own rescue pup who hates the cold!) has grown into a heartfelt community effort that helps so many animals each year.

We’ll be collecting now through December 31st, and dividing everything among our partner shelters in January — including Pet Pal Animal Shelter, Humane Society of Pinellas, Hank’s Bark Box, Pinellas County Animal Shelter, and Protecting Paws.

🧺 We’re collecting:
Blankets, towels, food, treats, toys, cleaning supplies, ziplock bags, carriers, tennis balls, and anything else that makes life a little cozier for our shelter friends.

💙 Want to get involved?
👉 You can donate anytime!
👉 OR help even more by becoming a drop-off location — we’ll share your info and handle pickup after the holidays.
👉 OR lend a hand with pickups and deliveries come January!

If you’d like to be part of this year’s effort, send me a private message or call/text the number on the flyer.

Together, we can help keep those tails wagging and noses warm all winter long! 🐶💖

21/01/2024

Last deliveries were dropped off yesterday!

Thank you everyone who helped by donating all these wonderful items!💕

A huge thank you to Operation Cold Noses for dropping off so many incredible donations for our shelter!

Every year since 2018, they collect donations of toys, blankets, bowls, towels and much more and give them out to shelters in need! We are honored to receive donations from them year after year!

Thank you Operation Cold Noses!🐾💙

08/01/2024

Thank you to all friends, family and supporters of Operation Cold Noses for the amazing amount of donations that came in!

We have several blankets, food, toys, bowls, crates and more to begin dividing up amongst the organizations we are sponsoring this year!

If you have been meaning to get to us but haven’t quite found the time, we will be wrapping up collections this week.

Then this weekend we will be organizing it all and making the deliveries!

Be sure to stay tuned for delivery pics of all your wonderful contributions!

From the bottom of our heart and all the fur babies…thank you again💕

02/10/2023

🐾❄️ Operation Cold Noses is back! ❄️🐾

It's that time of year again when we kick off our annual charity drive to support our local shelters and fellow animal organizations!

We have a couple new organizations that we have added to the donation this year! In addition to a couple of our old favorites – Humane Society of Pinellas and Pet Pal Animal Shelter, we have come across a couple new to us smaller operations that not only support our fur babies, but also support our community.

Hanks Bark Box is a self made & ran operation out of St. Pete that helps our local community with food supplies for those who might be struggling getting those fur babies fed. We have all been in those situations where an emergency arises and all the sudden funds are tight – Hank’s Bark Box serves to provide assistance to those in that situation and offer a community box where those in need can come and grab a bag of pre-measured food to get them though the tight times. If you haven’t checked out their page yet, please do! In addition to food, one special item we will be adding to the list of collection items specifically for Hank’s Bark Box this year is Ziplock bags. These are essential for what Hank’s Bark Box does, and they can never have too many!

The other new organization we will be sponsoring this year is FLUFF Animal Rescue out of Seminole. Fluff’s Animal rescue is a foster-based non profit that helps in so many ways, one of their largest contributions being to assist in over-crowding at our local shelters. This incredible organization is dedicated to saving lives and creating a positive impact in the community. Through raising awareness, offering assistance and education, as well as facilitating rescues, Fluff Animal Rescue aims to combat animal overpopulation and alleviate shelter overcrowding. Let’s try to do what we can by providing them some items that might cut down on expenses and help their foster parents make the lives of these rescue babes a little more comfortable until they find their FURever home.

Most of you know our story by now here at Operation Cold Noses, but if you don’t our updated flyer is attached.

We'll be collecting donations through the end of the year, and in mid-January we'll distribute them evenly among our local sponsored organizations.

A big thank you to everyone who has already contributed, and we hope to surpass last year's efforts together!

🐶💙

10/12/2021

Hi Everyone! We are still collecting and hoping to surpass last year's record breaking donation drop off of 282 items!
Everything is welcome..blankets, towels, toys, food, all the way to cleaning supplies for the shelters we deliver to.
We love and appreciate you all for the continued support💕
Here are a couple shots on our growth over the years....

01/12/2021

What a nice month!! We had a lot of chilly nights and mild days along with long stretches of low humidity. We also had a record setting rain event on the 5th (3.26"). Meteorological winter starts tomorrow, and of course, all signs are the first half of December should be warmer than normal. 🤷

23/11/2021

Operation Cold Noses is back in effect for 2021! Thank you to all who have donated so far and to all who plan to help contribute over the next few weeks!
I know all of us locals just went through our first "cold front" and maybe are not feeling all that chilly just yet, but the season is right around the corner. is back for the 4th year running!
In the years when we first started, we started accepting donations the 1st of December. Last year, we opened that up and started collecting a bit earlier. This year, we have been collecting year round, but now is THE LAST PUSH FOR DONATIONS to wrap it all up before the year's end.
Many of our local shelters and the fur balls of cuteness they are housing are in need more than ever. When, we first launched , it was for blankets and or towels, to help keep those kissable noses warm during our colder months. However, due to the AMAZING GROWTH and the MANY KIND HEARTS who have and continue to contribute, we will continue to accept ALL DONATIONS (non monetary).
So, to sum it all up....donations are now being accepted for any and all items you can spare! Blankets, towels, food, toys, crates, cleaning supplies, etc....we are accepting it all and DIVIDINIG IT EVENLY BETWEEN ALL OF OUR LOCAL NO KILL SHELTERS.
Private message for drop off locations, or I can always come to you!