01/01/2026
As We Close One Year and Look Toward What’s Next
As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to pause not to look back with pride alone, but with clarity, gratitude, and purpose.
Over the past days, we have shared pieces of Animal House Project that many didn’t know existed. Not because the work was small but because much of it happens quietly, behind the scenes, wherever the need is greatest.
Animal House Project is more than one program. It is an ecosystem of care.
It includes Companion Pet Food Pantries that help families within 200% of the Federal Poverty Level keep the pets they love during difficult seasons preventing surrender before crisis ever begins.
It includes Rescue Pet Food Pantries that support smaller, grassroots rescues ensuring they can continue saving lives even when resources are stretched thin.
It includes SafeHaven Animal Rescue Team, operating in Texas and Pennsylvania rescuing large breeds, puppies, and small-to-medium sized dogs; providing rehoming, rehabilitation, and for some seniors, sanctuary. It includes the dedicated kennel teams who care for animals every day, and the vision to grow in 2026 so that we never have to say “we don’t have room.”
It includes Pet Vaccines for a Purpose Clinics, providing essential preventive care vaccines, microchips, nail trims so families can start the year with healthy pets and avoid emergencies later.
It includes disaster response, where tractor-trailer loads of food and supplies are mobilized to communities devastated by floods and emergencies.
It includes transport, one of the most unseen but critical parts of rescue safely moving animals from overcrowded shelters or foster care to the families who have opened their hearts and homes to them, sometimes across states, always with care.
And woven through all of it is Animal House Retail For Rescue not simply a store, but a cornerstone of sustainability. Every purchase strengthens our partnerships with manufacturers, opens doors to donated and deeply discounted food, funds programs, and allows us to respond when the next call comes.
None of this happens without people.
It happens because of volunteers who give their time, donors who give resources, partners who believe in the mission, manufacturers who step up month after month, businesses that host donation boxes, and a community that chooses compassion again and again.
As we step toward 2026, we do so with both humility and resolve.
The need is growing.
The vision is clear.
And the responsibility to be ready to have space, food, infrastructure, and people in place has never been greater.
This next chapter is about ensuring Animal House Project remains strong, responsive, and sustainable so we can continue saying yes when animals and families need us most.
To everyone who has walked alongside us this year: thank you. You are part of this story, and part of what makes what comes next possible.
As we close this year and look ahead, we invite you to continue standing with us because together, this work doesn’t just continue… it grows.
With gratitude and purpose,
Animal House Project Board of Directors
