March 2026
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March 2026 〰️
Pet Pantry
Familiar Hearts Animal Society has started the first pet pantry project in Germantown Philadelphia!
Our goal is to help members in the community who are currently struggling financially, be able to provide their pets basic necessities, such as food, litter, and flea prevention medication. This will help keep pets in their homes and out of the already overcrowded city shelter and off the street.
The first pet pantry in March of 2025 we were able to help 68 pet owners and a total is 263 pets! Then in May we helped 74 pet owners and around 250 pets again. Most recently, in September 2025, we helped 49 owners and 146 pets stay in their loving homes.
We were able to help so many individuals and pets because of the out pour of support that we got from individuals and local businesses. This is 100% donation based and volunteer run project. In order to continue executing pet pantry events, we need continued support from the community in the form of monetary donations, supply donations and volunteers.
People started lining up at 6:00am
If you are in need
Our next Pet Pantry event will be sometime around March 2026 - details to come
We will have:
Wet/Dry cat food
Wet/Dry dog food
Collars / Harness
Leashes
Cat litter
Litter pans /scoops
Flea & tick topical
Pet beds
* while supplies last*
If you are able to donate items
…for this amazing project, you can in the following ways:
You can drop off donation items at the local businesses below (we do not accept blankets, towels or pet diapers):
Weavers Way Co-op Across the Way in Mt Airy - 610 Carpenter Ln, Philadelphia, PA 19119
Fairmount Bark - 7627 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19118
Furville Pet Supply - 5226 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19128
Two Dog People - 286 Parker Ave, Unit A, Philadelphia, PA 19128 (red door)
You can send donation items at any time via our Pet Pantry Wish List
New Partner
Expanding care one partnership at a time.
We’re thrilled to announce a new partnership between Familiar Hearts Animal Society and the Germantown Community Fridge, a collaboration that helps ensure no bowl goes empty in Northwest Philadelphia.
Together, we’re stocking community pantries with dog and cat food so that families facing food insecurity don’t have to make the impossible choice between feeding themselves and feeding their pets. Because food insecurity doesn’t just affect people, it touches the lives of their beloved companions, too.
