The animals we care for at the APF always need food, attention, medicine, and a clean, safe place to stay while they wait for homes of their own. You can help make their stay here more comfortable by donating items from our Wish List. Your donations allow funds budgeted for these items to be used in other important ways.

Every dog deserves a soft, comfortable place to sleep while waiting to be adopted. You can help by donating a Kuranda dog bed by clicking below.

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Wish List

    We no longer have a need for donated DRY cat or dog food for the animals here at the APF. Through Hills Science Diet’s shelter program, we receive all the kibble we need. 
    However, if you do have pet food you would like to donate to someone in need, we are collecting pet food for the Schenectady Inner City Ministry (SICM) Food Pantry program. You can either drop off donations for them here or at the Food Pantry located at 839 Albany Street in  Schenectady. For more information on this program, click here.

Order dog toys and other items we need online via our Amazon.com gift registry.

Special items we are currently looking for:

• KMR (Kitten Milk Replacer) - the orphan litters of kittens just keep coming and we go through a lot of this formula every week. We can actually buy this cheaper ourselves in bulk, so a monetary donation especially for KMR would be most useful for the kitties.
   

• We are always short of soft, comfy cat mats and small washable beds for our kitties, especially during the summer. Even donations of scrap fleece fabric to be made into beds would help.
   

• New dog or cat Beanie Babies (or similar manufactuer) for children's "adoption" activity coming at the Fireplug 500.
   

• Gift Cards through Visa, Mastercard, American Express, etc - the easiest way to make sure the animals get exactly what they need! These can be found online and at larger grocery stores.
   

• Chest freezer - manual defrost, 9 cubic feet or larger. We are willing to pick up.
   

• Electric dryers - heavy-duty, large capacity in excellent working condition. We are willing to pick up.
   

• Galileo nylon bones in Souper (largest) size and Black Extreme Kong rubber toys (largest sizes)
   

• Bil-Jac brand soft dog treats
   

• NEW children's items to use as prizes for children, such as games, puzzles, art and craft kits, gift certificates
  for ice cream, trinkets such as key chains, notepads, stickers, cute pencils, etc. Hello Kitty or any other
  animal-themed goodies especially.
  
   

• We've created a wish list through Walmart for your convenience.

  Click here to shop online and purchase items we really need!  Link to Walmart APF Wish List

Items we always need:

• Clear plastic bins - any size

• Forever postage stamps

• Laundry detergent (liquid)

• Galileo or Dino bones (Nylabone) in souper (largest) size

• Kong rubber dog toys - largest sizes, black extreme or red classic

• Clay (non-scoopable) cat litter

• Cat beds: machine washable and small enough to fit in our cages

• Small animal food, treats, and toys (for rabbits, guinea pigs, etc)

• Aspen or pine shavings (no cedar, please)

• Timothy hay

• Paper goods: tissues, toilet paper and especially paper towels

• Card stock and copy paper, assorted colors

• Post-it notes, scotch tape, duct tape, memo pads, clipboards, etc.

• Dish soap, bathroom cleaners, Windex, bleach

• Clear cellophane wrap

• Fleece fabric (for cat mats)

• And of course, cash donations really help the most!

Miscellaneous

• Jewelry, both costume and fine for our annual jewelry "Tails of Treasure" event. Accepting donations all year.
• Metal folding chairs
• New or gently used (and legally obtained!) traffic-type orange cones, approx. 18" size, for dog training
• Poster frames – 18" x 24” size
• Party supplies: balloons, paper plates, napkins, table coverings, etc. – especially purple.
• Animal-themed children's books, stickers, notepads, craft kits, magic markers, etc. for humane education classes
• WET erase markers

Gift Cards: another great way to help!

• Price Chopper / Hannaford
• Walmart
• Target
• Michael’s Crafts /  JoAnne’s Fabrics
• Office Max / Staples
• Gas cards
• Restaurants, book stores, mall gift cards, etc. to use as prizes and in raffle baskets for events

Items we are NOT able to use:

• No pillows
• No comforters / sleeping bags
• No sheets
• No rugs or bathmats
• No blankets or large used pet beds
• No used toys or medications
• Any other item that can’t fit into a normal-sized washing machine or that can’t be disinfected
• No used plastic litter pans, dishes or heavily used or broken carriers, cages, kennels, etc.
• Dry dog or cat food (see top of page) - please do not bring us any opened bags or expired pet food.
• We do not need any newspapers at this time, we have plenty

If you have non-food items to donate that we are not able to use, please consider contacting the Salvation Army
or City Mission.

Please call us with any questions about donations. 
Kim 374-3944 ext. 119 jess@animalprotective.org
Melissa 374-3944 ext. 121 tata@animalprotective.org

Thank you for thinking of us,
we, and the animals, appreciate it!