Quincy Animal Shelter

A 100% Volunteer Run, Non-Profit Organization - P.O. Box 690088, Quincy, MA 02269 - 617-376-1349
In-Shelter Adoption Hours: 56 Broad Street, Quincy, MA 02169 • Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. • Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Shelter Programs

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Wesley's Feral Cat Program

Mickey's Medical Fund

Dear Shelter Friends - Kitten season is HERE!!!
Please add StretchandScratch.com to our "Wish List"
Get scratchers donated!

The people in the pictures are:
Lynda Southerland, Quincy Animal Shelter and my dog "Bitty"
Renee Gagne, Plymouth Rock employee and Hough's Neck resident.

Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. Employees Open Their Hearts to Quincy Animal Shelter

As you know, we're always grateful when someone chooses to support Quincy Animal Shelter and the animals we lovingly care for each day. Thanks to the dedication of one loyal supporter in particular - Hough's Neck resident Renee Gagne - our Shelter was fortunate to recently receive a helpful donation from the employees at Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation in Boston (plymouthrock.com). As a Plymouth Rock employee herself, Renee worked closely with Team 695, the company's activities committee, to establish a special drive just for our Shelter, collecting dog and cat food, toys, beds, and over $200 in cash donations - all items from our Shelter Wish List. Needless to say, everything will go to great use, and we'll now have funds to purchase two dorm size refrigerators replacing the 2 we currently use for storing medicine and kitten food. This is reason to celebrate!

Dear Kathy and Everyone at QAS, THANK YOU so much for your help with our design process. It was wonderful getting to know you, and the work you do is inspiring and heartwarming! Our final service concept was a Cat Care Partnership that would allow Senior Citizens to either adopt a cat, or keep their pet when they wouldn't otherwise be able to by having a Shelter Volunteer go and help them in their home.
Thanks again, and all the best!
Scott, Claire, Alyssa and Jenna
User Oriented Collaborative Design - Olin College

The Quincy Animal Shelter proudly presents

"RECIPES FOR CARING" - A Fundraising Cookbook

A unique collection of recipes
for humans and their companion animals,
as well as love stories of homeless animals
finding their forever homes, and the
Volunteers who help them along the way!

A great gift for food lovers and animal lovers alike!

100% of the proceeds go directly towards the
care of the homeless Dogs & Cats at the Shelter.

Now just $20.00 per copy
(Cookbooks can be shipped for an additional $5.00 P&H per book)

Available at:
The Quincy Animal Shelter
56 Broad Street, Quincy, MA, 02169
During Adoption Hours:
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Saturdays, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Our cats love to sleep on Kuranda Cat beds, but we don't have enough for everyone. If you would like to donate a bed at a special wholesale price for another cat to sleep in comfort, please donate a Kuranda Cat bed.

About Us

The Quincy Animal Shelter is a 100% volunteer-run organization. The Shelter has NO PAID STAFF and relies completely on our volunteers and the community for support. Incorporated in November 1999 as a non-profit Massachusetts charity, we are also a recognized charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service code. Since 1999 the Quincy Animal Shelter has placed more than 5,000 cats and dogs into loving and forever homes through out MA and New England.

As a "no kill" shelter, we make every effort to find the right home for every animal in our care. This means we exercise the same ethical and humane treatment of animals in our facility that you would for your own family feline or canine friend. Every animal receives age-appropriate vaccinations and, if old enough, is spayed or neutered before finding its forever family.
Delivering this type of care involves many volunteers, an active and dedicated management, and a lot of money. Our budget runs approximately $100,000 every year in order to keep doing what we do to help the dogs and cats of Quincy. Please visit our Volunteer and Wish List pages to find out about ways you can help.
Our capacity at the Shelter is limited to a maximum of 12 dogs and 15 to 25 cats, depending on ages and condition of the cats. Our dream is to eventually find a larger facility so that we can continue our mission on a larger scale and serve the continuous needs of the community and the animals.

Quincy Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 690088, Quincy, MA 02269 | Phone: 617-376-1349 | Fax: 617-745-5736 [view street address]

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