Help For Pets in Charles County, MD

Help For Pets in Charles County, MD Help For Pets is a pet food bank, TNR program and community outreach program in Charles County, MD.

Our mission is to keep pets out of the shelters and rescues and at home where they belong.

Our sincere thanks to everyone who donated to our medical fund and shared our post about Hopalong yesterday. Your donati...
06/21/2025

Our sincere thanks to everyone who donated to our medical fund and shared our post about Hopalong yesterday. Your donations will also help our other amputee Poppy, who had his left rear leg amputated and went home this week. Poppy was born outdoors as a yard cat with half of his leg missing. He was one of the lucky ones who managed to survive after probably being born with an umbilical cord wrapped around his leg. When we went out to trap him, his mom, brothers, sisters, cousins and cat friends for TNR, we found an infection at the end of his stump. A decision was made to amputate his leg to prevent further problems. He recovered well indoors for 4 weeks but made it obvious he was not a fan of being indoors. He really missed his cat family and was so happy to be back home in his yard, and was seen sleeping on the children's jungle gym this morning. Thank you all for your support that makes it possible to help cats like Hopalong and Poppy.

Please stop by our table at the Calvert County Fairgrounds tomorrow, Saturday June 21 from 7am until 11am. We have lots ...
06/20/2025

Please stop by our table at the Calvert County Fairgrounds tomorrow, Saturday June 21 from 7am until 11am. We have lots of cats on our TNR waiting list. We need money and you need stuff!! See you tomorrow!!

The last six weeks have put an emotional and financial strain on us and our outreach program. The requests for pet food ...
06/19/2025

The last six weeks have put an emotional and financial strain on us and our outreach program. The requests for pet food have increased, our TNR waiting list grows longer every day, there are kittens everywhere and so many sick and injured community cats need our help. So far this month we had two cats euthanized, one with injuries so severe we would rather not describe. We have had two amputations, with this little guy having his left front leg removed yesterday. (A picture before surgery is in the comments). Hopalong is still a very sick kitty, but we are doing all we can to help him regain his strength and recover. When urgent vet care is needed, we won't let cats suffer. That's where we need your help. If you would like to make a donation to our medical fund to help cats like Hopalong, there is a donation link below. We also accept PayPal at paypal.me/helpforpetssmd
Thank you for helping us to help pets in our community.

Help For Pets will have free dog and cat food available at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden on Friday, J...
06/19/2025

Help For Pets will have free dog and cat food available at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden on Friday, June 20 from 9:00 am until 10:00 am. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

06/18/2025

is the only humane and effective approach to community cats. Catch and kill does not work. The Vacuum Effect is why.

While removal may temporarily reduce the number of community cats in a given area, it is ultimately counterproductive. Other, unneutered cats move into the newly available territory for the resources that sustained the first cats, and the population quickly rebounds. This phenomenon is what is called the Vacuum Effect.

Learn more: alleycat.org/VacuumEffect

Help For Pets will have free dog and cat food available at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden on Friday, J...
06/11/2025

Help For Pets will have free dog and cat food available at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden on Friday, June 13 from 9:00 am until 10:00 am. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

Help For Pets will have free dog and cat food available at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden on Friday, J...
06/05/2025

Help For Pets will have free dog and cat food available at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden on Friday, June 6 from 9:00 am until 10:00 am. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

06/04/2025

There are two key ways animal shelters can save more cats' lives:
1. Support
2. Do not impound community cats

Shelters can enact humane approaches for community cats by connecting them with TNR programs, or performing those services in the shelter if they have the resources. This ends the cycle of impounding and killing community cats, who are generally not socialized to people or adoptable into indoor homes.

And, critically, it allows shelters to focus more resources on adoptable animals--which is what they are designed for!

Check out our resources to kickstart humane change for cats at your animal shelter: alleycat.org/ShelterTransformation

After having a really difficult week, there's nothing better than driving around a rural neighborhood seeing all the hea...
06/01/2025

After having a really difficult week, there's nothing better than driving around a rural neighborhood seeing all the healthy ear tipped cats we trapped two years ago, relaxing on front porches with their tails curled around their front feet. TNR works. Thank you southern Prince Georges County for adopting common sense regulations for community cats.

Looking for something to do on a rainy Saturday? Stop by and see us at the Mt Zion Church Indoor Yard Sale this Saturday...
05/29/2025

Looking for something to do on a rainy Saturday? Stop by and see us at the Mt Zion Church Indoor Yard Sale this Saturday in Mechanicsville from 7am until 1pm. These yard sales are a lot of work for our volunteers, but a major source of funds for our TNR program. Please stop and see us and all of the other great vendors- and food will be available!

Help For Pets will have free dog and cat food available at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden on Friday, M...
05/28/2025

Help For Pets will have free dog and cat food available at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden on Friday, May 30 from 9:00 am until 10:00 am. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

Help For Pets will be partnering with the Maryland Food Bank Mobile Market on Wednesday May 28 from 11am until noon at t...
05/27/2025

Help For Pets will be partnering with the Maryland Food Bank Mobile Market on Wednesday May 28 from 11am until noon at the Indian Head Senior Center. We will have free dog and cat food and information about the services we have available for our community.

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