From Shari Polen:
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter is in desperate need of newspaper, towels and blankets. We don't have power, and are running on a generator, which means we also don't have a washing machine/dryer. Food bowls are being washed by hand, it is a cold 30 degrees most nights, although we have heat in the kennels, it still gets chilly. We are also driving through the hardest hit areas to provide food/water for people who lost everything but haven't given up on their pets.

We NEED people to come in to foster animals- we need rescues to step up to adopt from the shelter, we can't provide transport at this time. BUt we are asking the rescue community to help us get animals out!!

We have small dogs, (a few with medical conditions), felines, kittens, adults cats and seniors, we have dogs of all shapes, sizes and breeds..And we have senior dogs that deserve to spend the winter months out of the shelter and in the care of rescues.

Anyone interested in adopting from the shelter is urged to contact:
Nancy Giris @ [email protected]
Wendy Cariello @ [email protected]

Any rescues interested in pulling from the shelter are asked to contact:
Shari Polen @ [email protected]

If you can't pull animals but want to still help, you can do the following:

Foster an animals
Donate Newspaper
Donate Gently used Towels/Blankets
Donate pillows / cases
Donate cat carriers / dog cages (all sizes)
Donate cat litter / cat food (kitten food)
Donate Dog toys / dog food (unopened)

Thank you all!