Protectors of Animals

Mackey's Homes for the Holidays Adoption Event
2018-12-01 11:00 - 15:00 UTC | Mackey’s Colchester, 132 Linwood Avenue, Colchester, 06415, United States
Find a friend to warm your home! Join POA’s adoptable dogs at Mackey’s at 132 Linwood Avenue in Colchester on Saturday, December 7th from 11 am until 3 pm for the Homes for the Holidays Adoption Event!

Art+Soul Hartford: a holiday market to benefit POA SPAY!
2018-12-09 11:00 - 16:00 | Hartford ArtSpace Gallery, 555 Asylum Aveneu, Hartford, CT, 06105, United States
Art+Soul Hartford is planning our 5th spectacular pop-up market and fundraiser at ArtSpace Hartford!
This year’s beneficiary will be POA SPAY!, a newly developed Protectors of Animals program whose experienced, highly trained, and compassionate team’s mission is to provide high-quality, low-cost, professional spay/neuter services for pets, stray animals, and feral cats in Hartford and surrounding towns. Discover more about POA SPAY! by visiting www.poaspay.org.
Art+Soul Hartford is the BEST place to shop for cool, unique gifts from local vendors while supporting those in need. 100% of the vendor registration fee will be donated to the POA SPAY!, along with 20% or more of sales.
Suggested donation at the door: $5 or more
All proceeds go to POA SPAY!
Street parking is free on Sundays (try Union Place, Church Street, etc.) or pay to park in the lot across from Union Station.
Vendors announced soon.

POA CAT CAFE- Holiday Cafe /Hot Chocolate and Cookie Bar
2018-12-16 17:00 - 20:00 | Protectors of Animals, 144 Main Street, East Hartford, CT, 06118, United States
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Come for the cats…stay , well, for the cats..but enjoy the Hot Chocolate/Holiday Cookie Bar, a glass of wine and the company of other cat loving friends! What a great way to take a break during the busy holiday season, while supporting our shelter at the same time. Give yourself AND a pet in need the purrfect Holiday gift! We will have holiday related items for sale as well! Entrance donation is $25 payable at the door. Space is limited to 25, so make your reservations early!! christine.p@poainc.org to reserve your spot!!

Pet Photos by Lynn Damon
2019-01-22 08:00 - 2019-02-14 17:00
Award winning Glastonbury photographer Lynn Damon is offering pet photo portrait sessions to benefit POA now through February 14, 2019. The package features a studio portrait session with a gift size portrait for your pet. There minimum donation is $75, with all proceeds to go to POA! To learn more, contact lynn@lynndamon.com.

Happy Hearts, Happy Tails POA Cat Cafe
2019-02-10 11:30 - 13:30 | Protectors of Animals, 144 Main Street, East Hartford, CT, 06118, United States
Come and join us at our next Cat Café! What a perfect way to spend the day with some absolute loves at our cat shelter. Bring a friend, a loved one, or fly solo. There will be many like minded, cat loving people to hang out with…and did we mention CATS!! Food and drink is provided with your donation of $25 to Protectors of Animals. Volunteers will be on hand to talk about the cats, the organization and volunteer opportunities. This not an adoption event…but, if you meet the love of your life, you can fill out an application for adoption. It IS pretty close to Valentine’s Day after all..so we imagine love WILL be in the air! ♥ This is an adult event although we have had some animal loving teens attend with an adult. This event sells out quickly as there is a limit of 30 spots! Please email christine.p@poainc.org to reserve. We can only reserve your spot via email request.
Menu to follow
Raffle ticket included with admission
We LOVE this fun, amazing way to share our shelter with you so we hope you will join us!!

Cat/Kitten Foster Home Open House
2019-02-24 11:00 - 14:00 | Protectors of Animals, 144 Main Street, East Hartford, CT, 06118, United States
Interested in fostering kittens or cats but not sure just how it works? This is the perfect way to find out! Please join us at our open house and talk to our foster home volunteers about just exactly what fostering is all about. The need for foster homes is great…so some extra room in your home and lots of love in your heart are the first steps! See you there!

Dog Meet & Greet - Pet Supplies Plus Wethersfield
2019-03-02 10:00 - 13:00 | Pets Supplies Plus, 1142 Silas Deane Hwy, Wethersfield, CT, 06109, United States
Come out to meet the POA dogs available for adoption at Pet Supplies Plus in Wethersfield on the first Saturday of the month from 10 am until 1 pm!

John Gagnon's Pet Resort Dog Adoption Event
2019-03-24 11:00 - 14:00 | John Gagnon’s Pet Resort, 227 Upton Rd., Colchester, CT
Join us on Sunday, March 24th from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm at John Gagnon’s Pet Resort 227 Upton Road Colchester, CT 06415 for their Dog Adoption Event!
Stop by and meet some beautiful dogs looking for a family to love!
If you have any questions about this event please email Sherri at- dogmansherri@gmail.com

Cat Adoptions
2019-04-06 10:30 - 16:00 | Protectors of Animals, 144 Main Street, East Hartford, CT, 06118, United States
This Saturday
Every Saturday
144 Main Street
East Hartford
10:30 AM to 4:00 PM

No Cat Adoptions This Week
2019-04-13 | Protectors of Animals, 144 Main Street, East Hartford, CT, 06118, United States
**No cat adoptions are happening this week**
The shelter is closed for adoptions on April 13th as we have some cats recovering from colds.
Their well-being is of the highest importance to us!
They need to feel better before meeting you.
We appreciate your interest in a cat or kitten from POA and hope to see you soon!
Please visit next Saturday, April 20th
144 Main Street
East Hartford
10:30 AM to 4:00 PM

Come Celebrate with Us at Labyrinth Brewing Company
2019-04-15 19:30 - 20:30 | Labyrinth Brewing Company, 148 Forest St., Manchester, CT, 06040, United States
POA is the lucky recipient of $1,000 from Labyrinth Brewing Company’s brewing competition. The competition winner chose us as the beneficiary of the competition and we will be presented with the check! Come join us and support the local business who supports us!

POA Shelter Wish List Supply Drive
2019-04-20 10:00 - 14:00 | Petco, 13 Welles St., Glastonbury, CT, 06033, United States
Manchester Community College students will be collecting much need shelter wish list items on Saturday, April 20th! Please come out to donate and help them to help us!!

South Windsor Jaycees Pet Food Drive
2019-04-27 10:00 - 14:00 | Geisslers Supermarket, 965 Sullivan Ave., South Windsor, CT, 06074, United States
South Windsor Jaycees’ Pet Food Drive to benefit POA at Geisslers Supermarket, 965 Sullivan Ave., South Windsor! Please consider stopping by to donate!

Stop & Shop Community Bag Program
2019-05-01 08:00 - 2019-05-31 17:00 | Stop & Shop, 55 Oak St., Glastonbury, CT, 06033, United States
Have you heard the news? POA has been selected as the beneficiary of the @StopandShop Community Bag Program! Each time the reusable Community Bag is purchased at the Stop & Shop at 215 Glastonbury Blvd., Glastonbury, CT during the month of May we will receive a $1 donation!

Paws in the Park
2019-05-04 09:30 - 15:00 | Wapping Fairgrounds, 75 Brookfield St., South Windsor, CT, United States
The South Windsor Jaycees will be holding their annual “Paws in the Park” event from 9:30am to 3:00pm on Saturday, May 4th and POA will be a part of it! Paws in the Park is a fun-filled, dog-friendly (and family-friendly!) event that raises awareness about canine shelter and rescue groups! With 150+ vendors and great food trucks, its an event that the whole family will enjoy! Come on out to meet POA dogs available for adoption and enjoy a lovely day at the park!

Flash Fundraiser for POA Furries
2019-05-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Dream Dinners Manchester, 100 Tolland Tpke, Unit 1B, Manchester, 06040, United States
You gotta eat, right?
Well, what if you could eat well and donate to our cats & dogs at Protectors of Animals?
Win win we think!
The cost is $34.99 for 3 meals – $10 is automatically donated to POA!
Join us May 15 @ 6pm and make three great meals to take home & enjoy when you want!
You can call 860- 645-1523, or visit the web site and use Session Password: POA
http://dreamdinners.com/fundraiser/799628

Brews for Paws
2019-05-18 12:00 - 17:00 | Bad Sons Beer Company, 251 Roosevelt Dr., Derby, CT, 06418, United States
Come check out our POA table at the Brews for Paws event! We will have a few of our adoptable dogs, so please stop by and say hello!

Cam Jammers Car Club Show - To Benefit POA (Changed to Rain Date 5/19/19)
2019-05-19 10:00 - 15:00 | Bart’s Drive-In, 55 Palisado Ave., Windsor, CT, 06095, United States
Event Changed to Rain Date: 5-19-19
Annual Cam Jammers Car Club show to benefit POA! Come out to see all the great cars or enter your car in the show! Classics, Street Cars, Customs, Antiques, Muscle Cars and Race Cars! All years, all welcome!
Show car entry is $10
Ten specialty awards plus one President’s Choice award which gets an invite to be in the Cam Jammers booth at the Big E in West Springfield.
Music, giveaways, raffles and food available all day!

6th Annual Pitter Patter of Little Paws Kitten Shower or Sponsor a Mom
2019-06-02 12:00 - 15:00 | Pets Supplies Plus, 1142 Silas Deane Hwy, Wethersfield, CT, 06109, United States
The Protectors of Animals 6th annual Pitter Patter of Little Paws Kitten Shower will be held on June 2nd from 12:00 pm until 3:00 pm at Pet Supplies Plus in Wethersfield (1142 Silas Deane Highway) and Manchester (283 Middle Turnpike West)!
Kitten season will soon be upon us. At Protectors of Animals and POA Spay, we long for the day when there will be no homeless dogs, cats or kittens. But until that day, we will do everything we can to help the animals that come our way. The Annual Kitten Shower is our opportunity to support our foster homes and ensure that our kittens get the very best start.
Click on Kitten Shower Gift Registry for a list of items that can be ordered on Amazon and sent to us directly!
Want to help in another way? How about sponsoring one of our stray or abandoned mother cats who is in need of food, shelter and veterinary care? Here’s how your Sponsor a Mom donation will help:

A gift of $25 provides vaccines for one mom cat
A gift of $50 feeds one mom cat for a month (a mom cat eats up to 4 times more)
A gift of $75 covers the spay for one mom cat after her kittens are weaned
A gift of $100 (the Cat & Caboodle) covers the medical care for one mom cat and makes her ready for adoption.

Click here to make a secure donation, then select the Sponsor a Mom option from the drop-down list.

Dog Meet & Greet - Pet Valu Glastonbury
2019-06-22 10:00 - 14:00 | Pet Valu, 2520 Main St., Glastonbury, CT, 06033, United States
Come out and meet our great dogs available for adoption!

Summer Social Cat Cafe
2019-06-30 11:30 - 13:30 | Protectors of Animals, 144 Main Street, East Hartford, CT, 06118, United States
Come join us at our June 30th Summer Social Cat Café!! Held at the Protectors of Animals Shelter in East Hartford , it is a fantastic way to see the inside our your community animal rescue, meet some awesome cat ambassadors, and have some refreshments! This is not an adoption event, however, if you do meet your new best friend…who are we to get in the way of love!! A volunteer will talk to you about the adoption process. The donation for this event is $25 and is limited by space to 30 people. This is currently an adult event but we do allow young adults (15+) with a parent or adult guardian. Please specify in your email reservation is you are bringing a young adult with you. Start your summer right…by helping your community pets. So, bring a book if you like or just come and hang out with fellow feline worshipers. We ..and the cats..can’t wait to see you! This event is popular and reservations fill up quickly.. email christine.p@poainc.org to reserve today!
Tickets – $25 pay at the door, event day. Cash, check or cc accepted. Feel free to contact with any questions.

Perfectly Imperfect Cat Adoption Promotion
2019-07-01 08:00 - 2019-07-31 17:00 | Protectors of Animals, 144 Main Street, East Hartford, CT, 06118, United States
Will you be the one to accept their imperfections and bring them home?
We ask you to look beyond what may seem like imperfection on the surface and see the beautiful souls of these special cats. Meet our Perfectly Imperfect cats who are available during our regular cat adoption hours or by appointment! The shelter is open to the public Saturdays from 10:30 AM to 4 PM and the 1st Wednesday of every month from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. During the month of July, the adoption fee is only $50 for these cats perfectly imperfect cats.

Pet Adoption Event - Goodspeed Opera House
2019-07-13 10:30 - 12:30 | Goodspeed Opera House, 6 Main St., East Haddan, CT, 06423
Bill Berloni and a pair of his rescue dogs, the canine stars of Goodspeed’s summer musical Because of Winn Dixie, are partnering with rescues for a Pet Adoption Awareness event. Come on out and meet some of our adoptable dogs!

Dog Meet & Greet - Pet Valu Cromwell
2019-07-14 11:00 - 15:00 | Pet Valu, 51 Shunpike Rd., Cromwell, CT, 06416, United States
Come out and meet our wonderful dogs who are available for adoption!

Dining For A Cause
2019-07-24 17:00 - 20:00 | The Ninety Nine Restaurant, 3025 Main St., Glastonbury
Come dine with us at the Ninety Nine Restaurant! Print and bring this Protectors of Animals Flyer and Ninety Nine will donate 15% of your guest check to POA!

Painting & Pups Adoption Event
2019-08-04 16:00 - 19:00 | My Own Masterpiece Studio, 2275 Silas Deane Highway, Rocky Hill, CT
Join us as we raise money for animals in need! Protectors of Animals will be bringing pups to our studio, while we paint and play! Your admission ticket and 10% of the proceeds we make this night will be donated to the shelter to help them feed and care for the animals. You might even meet your forever friend at our event! Tickets must be purchased in advance at the link provided! Limited seats available, while supplies last.
To purchase tickets, visit https://squareup.com/store/my-own-masterpiece-studio-llc/item/protectors-of-animals-fundraiser

POA Night at Hartford Yard Goats Baseball
2019-08-09 19:00 - 21:30 | Dunkin’ Donuts Park, 1214 Main St., Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
Summer fun means baseball on a Friday night! Come out and join POA for a great night of baseball at Dunkin’ Donuts Park! The Hartford Yard Goats will be taking on the Binghampton Rumble Ponies (the Double-A affiliate of the New York Mets).
Purchase tickets here: https://groupmatics.events/event/Protectorsofanimals
Ticket purchase deadline is July 26th at 11:59 pm!

Join Us for Clear the Shelters 2019!
2019-08-17 10:30 - 16:00 | Protectors of Animals, 144 Main Street, East Hartford, CT, 06118, United States
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Visit our adoptable cats at our Cat Adoption Center, 144 Main St., Unit O, East Hartford from 10:30 am – 4:00 pm!
Visit our adoptable dogs at Petco, 816 Washington St, Middletown, CT 06457 AND at Pet Supplies Plus, 1142 Silas Deane Hwy, Wethersfield, CT 06109 from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm (both dog locations)!
About Clear The Shelters
Clear The Shelters is a nationwide pet adoption drive on Saturday, August 17th to help find loving homes for animals in need. More than 150,000 pets found their forever homes since 2015.

Dog Days at Coventry Farmers' Market
2019-09-01 11:00 - 14:00 | Coventry Farmers’ Market, 2299 South St, Coventry, CT
Come hang out with some great POA dogs available for adoption at Dog Days’ at Coventry Farmers’ Market. Then spend some time checking out the market hosted on the grounds of Hale Homestead in Coventry. This market carries on the tradition of being the largest farmers’ market in Connecticut, featuring some of the best of Connecticut-grown, Connecticut-made products around at one of the most unspoiled countryside settings in the state.

Miranda Lambert's Fill That Little Red Wagon
2019-09-14 17:00 - 19:00 | Mohegan Sun
Going to the Miranda Lambert concert on 9/14 at Mohegan Sun? Help us Fill That Little Red Wagon for NO KILL Animal Rescues in Connecticut!!!
Come help #fillthatlittleredwagon with donations for POA! Click here to see our Amazon Wish List for items our animal need.
THANK YOU Miranda for supporting animal welfare causes and for working with iHeartCommuntunities in CT!!
We LOVE YOU MIRANDA!! <3
Here are the details: https://theriver1059.iheart.com/featured/renee/content/2019-04-30-miranda-lambert-fill-that-little-red-wagon/?fbclid=IwAR08Hfi-Q34OMmItE_ZsscoumFOhSMAQ8PKc5U7We1I7QhZINeTER1j62jw
POA will be there and we hope you will too!!!!
