Beth Emeth Early Childhood Center event

AFH volunteers Julie, Rachel and Catherine - along with Alex Stinson were invited to do a presentation at the Beth Emeth Early Childhood Centre in Herndon.The children had been learning about responsible pet care. Alex took along Rumple his beautiful black lab mix , who is a trained Pets on Wheels dog, and showed the children the correct way to approach a strangers dog. The session ended with a wonderful meet and stroke the dogs session. Julie and her girls had taken 2 puppies - Ruby and Lucy and they were -along with Rumple who lay down and let the children cuddle with him- stars of the event. The children had a surprise for us as they donated a check for $130 that they had collected. Our thanks to the school and especially the children. Below is the thank you we received later that afternoon

Your visit was fabulous! Thanks so much to you, your beautiful daughters, Alex and, of course, the wonderful dogs!

Tzedakah is a Hebrew word commonly translated as charity, though it is based on the a Hebrew word which actually means righteousness, fairness or justice. The giving of Tzedakah is a fundamental requirement for Jewish people. We start teaching even our youngest students about Tzedakah by collecting a few coins from each child each week. At the end of the school year the children help decide which organization could use the money we have collected. This year, because you were coming to our school and we knew of the wonderful work AFH does to help animals in need, we decided that your organization was the perfect place of this year's collection!

Thank you all again!

Adoptions Events This Weekend

There will only be a Sunday adoption event this weekend at Petco. The Saturday event at Webers has been canceled due to a scheduling conflict. Hope to see you Sunday!

AFH Wants To Be In A Movie

Please VOTE for our organization to win a featured spot in the family friendly, Hollywood movie, SMITTY!

We are helping spread the word about a movie that spreads the message that lives of both humans and pets can be enriched with pet adoptions.

The dog SMITTY in the movie is a homeless dog from a house foreclosure. SMITTY travels across country and eventually ends up in a shelter in Iowa where he is rescued by a young boy, Ben, and his Grandpa. SMITTY makes a positive change in the life of the entire family that adopts him, like so many rescued dogs could do if they were only given the chance.

Please visit the SMITTY website at http://www.SmittyTheMovie.com and vote for us, your favorite 'pet organization'. The organization with the most votes could win fabulous prizes.

And please, pass on to everyone you know to see the movie SMITTY to help spread the message!

Thank You!

AFH Receives XMS Fund

A Forever Home Rescue is the proud recipient of a $2000 grant from the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia - XMS Fund. AFH recently took in a number of dogs removed by the Virginia State Vet in an animal cruelty case. Many of these dogs are undergoing heartworm treatment which will cost the rescue far more than the adoption fee that eventually be received when they are adopted. This grant will go a very long way to helping these deserving pets. Thank you Community Foundation of Northern Virginia and all of your wonderful donors that made this possible!

A Forever Home on WTTG Fox 5 News

Once again, AFH appeared on WTTG Fox 5 News. Debbie Marson brought along some beautiful puppies and talked about some of the misconceptions about adopting rescue pets. Check out the following link for more:

AFH Volunteer Highlighted

AFH and AFH volunteer Jane Davis were recently highlighted in the SatoTravel Office newsletter. Jane began volunteering for AFH in 2009 when we brought in dogs from the Missouri puppy mills. She has been a valuable asset to our rescue as a foster home.

AFH Makes Kindergarten Presentation

AFH volunteer, Judy Kautter, was invited to speak to the kindergarten classes at London Towne Elementary in Centreville where her grandson attends school and where AFH volunteer Victoria Bristol is a teacher. Jduy spoke to them about rescue work as part of their program on careers. After everyone had shared their careers, the children voted on which presentation they enjoyed the most and decided the rescue presentation was their favorite. Judy also handed out AFH and American flag patches to each of the kids. AFH volunteers enjoy spreading the news about adoption and proper care for pets.

AFH Participates in Fairlington Day

On beautiful, sunny Saturday, May 15h, AFH was part of Fairlington Day at Utah Park in S. Arlington. This was the first annual Fairlington Day event and was an old fashioned neighborhood picnic. AFH was invited to attend and bring some of our wonderful dogs. People from all over the community were able to meet our dogs and puppies and to learn about the wonderful rescue work that AFH does. We had a lot of interest in our canines and a couple of them even got adopted as a result. In addition, we passed out many brochures, so I'm sure others from the neighborhood will be checking in with us when they are ready to adopt. Thanks to all the foster moms and wonderful foster dogs who attended. The puppies, of course, were the stars, especially Erin with her green "mascara".

Bobbie Needs Your Help!

Our sweet Bobbie was left at a WV shelter with her six puppies. Although her pups have all found great homes, we have since discovered that Bobbie has extensive hip damage. The vet believes she was hit by a car sometime in her past. Poor Bobbie now requires to have surgery on both her hips. The hope is that this procedure will then align her knee and no more surgery will be needed. It will be a long road to recovery, but we will make sure she is fixed up as good as new. For more information and updates on her progress, please check out her description under "Our Pets."

Thanks to our generous supporters, AFH is able provide badly needed medical care to the dogs in our care. If you would like to help Bobbie and other dogs like her, please make a donation which is 100% tax-deductable. ALL donations go directly to the medical care of our pets. Donations can be made online by clicking on the Donate button at the top right corner of this webpage, at any of our adoption events, or can be mailed to: AFH Brownie's Fund, P.O. Box 222801, Chantilly, VA 20153-2801.

Thank you for supporting AFH so we can continue to provide wonderful care to all of our pups!

Dog Feeders

These beautiful elevated feeders were hand made to benefit A Forever Home Rescue. All materials and labor are being donated so every penny will go directly to help our pets. They are in various heights from 16" down to around 6" high and hold 2 qt and 1 qt size bowls. We have the following sizes and colors left: 16 inch, Dark Wood Stain $50; 16 inch, Black Paint $50; 12 inch Tan/Ivory Paint $50; 12 inch, Deep Red Paint $50; 9 inch, White Paint $50; 8 inch, Medium Stain $40; 8 inch, Yellow Paint $40; and 4 inch, Ivory/Tan Paint $40. If you are interested in purchasing one of these, please e-mail maribel@aforeverhome.org and we will get you more information!

DoodyCalls

AFH Helps Missouri Puppy Mill Dogs

Be Part of the Solution PSA

Cell Phones 4 AFH

Did you know that there are over 800 million retired cell phones that are discarded and forgotten in drawers, desks, closets, etc. just in the United States? A Forever-Home (AFH) Rescue Foundation, a non-profit animal rescue group, has found a way to benefit from these antiquated and unwanted phones. AFH has partnered with Phones 4 Charity whose cell phone recycling program is designed to help enable charities and organizations to raise funds when monetary donations from individuals and corporations are receding.

Working with Phones 4 Charity, AFH will have collection boxes at their weekly an imal adoption events for people who would like to donate their used cell phones and cell phone accessories. All brands and types of cell phones are accepted, even broken cell phones. (No cordless house phones please!)

AFH will then ship the collected cell phones to Phone 4 Charity who will pay AFH for the phones collected. Phones 4 Charity then refurbishes these phones and they will go to areas when there is an economic necessity for cell phones for both safety and communication and distribute them.

AFH is Registered with iGive!

HELP! We always need dog & puppy fosters!

Adoption Events

We host weekly adoption events at the PetCo - Chantilly
(703) 817-9444
13053-B Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy
(Greenbriar Shopping Center)
Fairfax, VA 22033-2001
Events are held each Sunday from 1:00PM to 4:00PM.

We also hold adoptions every other week at the Weber's Pet Supermarket
(703) 631-2738
14508 Lee Rd, #G, Chantilly, VA 20151
Events are held every other Saturday from 12:00PM to 3:30PM