News & Announcements
Effective March 18, 2020 – all animals available for adoption through Homeward Trails can be met by appointment only. Our Adoption Center public hours are suspended until further notice. Cats dwelling at Crumbs & Whiskers can be met by approved adopters only by appointment. Please submit an online application and an adoption coordinator will reply with next steps. We thank you for your patience and we hope to keep saving lives during this difficult time.
We encourage anyone not looking to adopt to contact us about fostering an animal (info@homewardtrails.org) or taking a dog on a Tails Out adventure (tailsout@homewardtrails.org).
We are also welcoming creative people of all ages to join our marketing team to assist us with promoting our animals for adoption so that we can continue saving lives. Only when animals are adopted can we save more from the shelters. Please email us (info@homewardtrails.org) if you’d like more information.
Credit card donations are much appreciated during this time and can be made here.
Thank you!
We are thrilled to report that our 2020 Spaghetti Bingo events on March 7th and 14th raised over $16,000! A huge thank you to our event sponsors, silent auction donors, event attendees and volunteers who made this possible! We appreciate your support!
During these unprecedented times when we continue to bring in record numbers of animals, this money will go a long way to provide medical care and supplies for so many cats and dogs.
We hope to see you all at Chili Bingo on October 3. Stay tuned for ticket information!
Thank you to our 2020 Spaghetti Bingo Sponsors!
Donna Hamaker, Realtor
Buck & Associates
Caring Acupuncture
Selma Barroso
Kids ages 8-13 are invited to join us for our energetic and educational summer camp – Camp Waggin’ Tails!
During our week-long camp held at the Homeward Trails Adoption Center in Fairfax Station, kids will learn all about animal rescue, responsible pet ownership, positive dog training, hear from a variety of pet professionals, and work hands on with carefully selected adoptable dogs while engaging in fun games and projects designed to reinforce what we have learned.
During summer 2020, Camp Waggin’ Tails will run Monday through Friday July 13-17 from 8:30am-3:30pm. Additional before and after camp hours may be available for an additional fee.
Registration is $400 per child and includes two daily snacks, all supplies, a water bottle and a Camp Waggin’ Tails t-shirt.
Camps are limited to 16 children per session so register today before they fill up! To ensure your child’s safety and that they receive the individual attention they deserve, Camp Waggin’ Tails operates with a minimum of one adult for every four children.
Please contact rebeccag@homewardtrails.org with any questions or to register.
Thank you to our Camp Waggin’ Tails Sponsors!
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Enjoy a relaxing yoga session, surrounded by puppies, and feel your stresses melt away.
Adoptable Homeward Trails puppies who will be running around, doing puppy things, or just sleeping during your class. Feel free to participate in the yoga class, or just spend your time playing with the puppies. Whatever you feel like. A portion of each registration will go to support Homeward Trails.
Class is led by a licensed yoga instructor and is appropriate for beginners to advanced practitioners.
Bring your own yoga mat and blocks.
Please be prepared for puppies to act like puppies… they bark and go potty like cute puppies do!
Class will start on time, so feel free to arrive a few minutes early. Class will last 30 minutes with the final 15 minutes for you to play with the pups (45 minutes total).
Please park on the street and not in the Caring Hands Animal Hospital parking spots. The Caring Hands Animal Hospital spots are reserved for dog and cat patients. We are grateful to Caring Hands for allowing us to use their facility.
Preregistration is required. All sales are final and non-refundable unless the class is canceled. You may transfer your registration to an alternative participant. All participants must sign an exercise waiver at the event.
Email doodlebugdogwalker@gmail.com for a discount code if you have a party of 4 or more people.
Puppy Yoga
Caring Hands Animal Hospital
2601-A Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
6pm & 7pm sessions each date
May 20, 2020 – TBD
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Our biggest year end fundraising day is TODAY, December 3 and we need your help! Giving Tuesday allows us to finish the year saying YES and go into 2020 saving lives..
We’ve had an incredibly busy year. To date, more than 2,500 animals have been rescued. Almost 40% of these have a special need that makes them candidates for euthanasia. But with your support, we are able to give them the medical care they need to get well and find that loving home they deserve.
Giving Tuesday is the most popular online fundraising day of the year because it urges people to think of gifts to charitable organizations after the official start of the holiday shopping season. Together hundreds of donations large and small add up to thousands of dollars for our animals!
Our goal is to raise $30,000 in 27 hours.
Will you help us reach our goal and make 2020 our biggest year for rescuing animals? With your help, we can make it happen! Give and share to help us save lives!
It’s cold, the days are shorter and there are so many obligations that require you to get dressed up and leave the warmth and comfort of your home. And let’s be honest, it’s hard this time of year. We hear you. And we have a solution!
What if there was a way to shop while saving lives? To shop while literally staying home with your two and four-legged family members in your pajamas? We have the answer! PawJammin!
PawJammin brings you awesome items for auction that not only allow you to do your holiday shopping while in your pajamas, but to literally save lives with each item you bid on. Yes, 100% of everything you buy through PawJammin will save the lives of homeless animals. We have great gift cards for pet service and supplies, hotel stays, Caps and Redskins tickets, vacation rentals and more!
So no need to get a gala dress. No need to dust off the tux. No Uber costs, no parking fees, no fitting in yet one more obligation to your already busy schedule. This is guilt-free, at-home, pajama-based shopping with a cause! PawJammin!
Bid now until December 12 to get one of these unique gifts and get excited about not only giving the gift itself but the gift of life that our animals deserve. And you will make possible.
