A Forever-Home Rescue Foundation
P. O. Box 222801 Chantilly, VA 20153 / 703.961.8690 / FAX: 703.814.8543
Finding "Forever-Homes" for cats & dogs in need.

Welcome to A Forever-Home Rescue Foundation

A Forever-Home Rescue Foundation is a non-profit animal rescue group that operates in the Northern Virginia / Washington Metropolitan area. We strive to make quality dogs available for adoption and do our best to match prospective adopters with the right animal!

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No Adoption July 4 Weekend

Due to the Fourth of July holiday, we will not be having adoptions this weekend. Hope you all have a great weekend and we will see you all next week.

My Getaway Guru presents
The First Annual
Animal and Pet Rescue Fundraiser Cruise

Featuring A Forever Home Rescue Foundation

Book now and get a $75 Onboard Stateroom Credit per double oocupancy room to spend however you choose!!!

Our cruise includes all of the standard Carnival Cruise amenities: all you can eat buffets, restaurant dining, room service, entertainment and Broadway style shows, pools, sun and fun, and so much more. Get away from the cold this winter!

  • 7 Night Bahamas Cruise onboard the Carnival Pride (January 17, 2010 to January 24, 2010).
  • Leaving from the Port of Baltimore (no need to buy air!!!).
  • Port calls include Freeport, Bahamas; Nassau, Bahamas; and Cape Canaveral, Florida.

THE FOLLOWING PACKAGE EXCLUSIVE TO MEMBERS OF OUR GROUP ONLY:

  • $140 per cabin will be donated to A Forever Home Rescue Foundation. Just mention when you make the reservation.
  • One FREE OPEN BAR Happy Hour reception to mix and mingle with other pet lovers.
  • $75 Onboard Credit per double occupancy room.
  • Other mix and mingle events onboard to be determined.

PRICES ARE PER PERSON double occupancy and require a $100 per person deposit. DEPOSITS ARE COMPLETELY REFUNDABLE so get your deposit in!!!

DOUBLE OCCUPANCY CABINS

  • Inside Category 4B Cabin $708.89/pp
  • UPGRADED Inside Category 4E Cabin $728.89/pp
  • Oceanview Category 6A Cabin CALL FOR PRICE
  • Balcony Category 8B Cabin $978.89/pp (Private Balcony)
  • UPGRADED Balcony Category 8E Cabin $1008.89/pp (Private Balcony)

Please contact Paul Cathcart with My Getaway Guru at (703)589-6390 or paul@mygetawayguru.com. YOU CAN ONLY BOOK WITH HIM!!!

*** Discounted Group Rates above are per person based on double occupancy in US Dollars. Rates and cabin availability are subject to change until deposit is placed on the booking. Rates do not include airfare, onboard purchases, gratuities, or travel insurance. Travel insurance is highly recommended and can be purchased up until Final Payment through My Getaway Guru.

Paws of Love

AFH recently received a Paws Of Love donation from a young lady who runs this not for profit program. Here is more information about her work, in her own words:

As I send off the box full of Paws Of Loves, I try to think how long it's been since I started, not long. Paws Of Love is a bag full of a bag of treats, two chewie toys (like a bully stick or nylabone), one plush toy, one hard toy (like a KONG or a ball), and one blanket. I am only 11 years old, but I do what I can to help shelter dogs. I started Paws Of Love a little while ago in November and its grown to much more than just an idea. What I do is I go to petfinder.com and search any state or place, and look through the shelters, I get their emails, and then I send an email to them telling them about Paws Of Love, and asking if there are any special needs dogs or any dogs that would like a Paws Of Love. They reply saying yes or no, and if a yes I look at the size, weight, and need of the dogs. Then I go to my room and look through the box of toys, and select two (for each dog) then look at the treats and get a bag (for each dog). I choose the chewie toys (two for each dog) and then cut a blanket to fit the dog. Then I get a bag, paint a blue or pink paw print (whether it's a girl or a boy) and then get the address and ship it off with the money I raised through fundraisers and donations. -Jessie (age 11).

If you would like to help Jessie with her work, please e-mail maribel@aforeverhome.org and I will pass your message along to her.

Chantilly Animal Welfare Club Puppy Love Drive

AFH was very happy to be the recipients of the the Puppy Love Drive held by the Animal Welfare Club at Chantilly High School. Their club has advertised that they primarily do service to benefit AFH. The club was started in January and is now planning a bake sale or car wash to also support AFH. On behalf of all of us volunteers and of course our dogs, Thank You!

Read All About It - Newsletter Spring 2009

Read all about. A Forever Home Rescue Foundation (AFH) has just published our Spring 2009 Newsletter. In this issue, we cover our latest project "Imagine", the 1000 dog Puppy Mill story, highlight some of our dedicated volunteers and more...To view our newsletter in PDF format, click here

Freedom High School Cell Phone Drive

Pictured here are Sabina Farag and Natalie Bowman with some of the cell phone and accessories collected by Freedom High School to help support the efforts of A Forever Home Rescue Foundation. We are truly greatful for their help and to Sabina and Natalie who organized this drive. Great job!

eBay and Mission Fish

Are you an eBay seller? We are proud to announce that A Forever Home is now registered with MissionFish, a nonprofit organization specializing in online charitable auctions. Through MissionFish, eBay sellers can donate a portion of their sales to the AFH. Items for sale will be posted through MissionFish and on other listings on eBay. Items will be identified on eBay as Giving Works items, and marked with a charity ribbon icon so buyers will know they are supporting a good cause. Because buyers tend to trust charity sellers more, items sold tend to sell for more than non-charity listings. For more information, go to http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/selling-nonprofit.html

Chloe's Four Legged Fashions

Hello and welcome!! Here at Chloe's Four Legged Fashion you will find custom harness vests that I started making for my dog Chloe. After seeing how much people loved them I decided to offer them to other small breed dogs as well. They are made for safety, functionality and comfort. I have started adding several fun and stylish patterns weekly so make sure to check back often!! While there don't forget to look at my other listing for dog clothes. http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Chloes-Four-Legged-Fashions

10% of all my sales are donated to A Forever-Home Rescue!!!

Be Part of the Solution PSA

A Forever Home Rescue Foundation wishes to thank Curtis Gray for his donation of this Public Service Announcement to our organization. Curtis is a longtime friend of AFH. We also wish to thank Robert Moffett for supplying the music. Click the title to see out PSA, Be Part of the Solution!

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.

By donating old phones to the animal rescue, you are not only helping the rescue and charity, but also you are helping the environment by recycling. So, please spread the word! Ask your friends, family and co-workers if they will consider donating their used cell phones to AFH. Then, bring them to any AFH adoption event. For a list of upcoming animal adoption events go to the Events section. If you have phones or questions, but cannot attend an adoption event, please e-mail Shellie at msladyluckm@aol.com Please make sure the cell phones have had their service deactivated before dropping them off.

For more information about Phones 4 Charity, please visit their website at: www.phones4charity.org

A Forever-Home Rescue Foundation is registered with iGive.com! What does this do for you, and for AFH? iGive.com is a non-profit organization that has worked with over 700 retailers to allow you to make a portion of your online shopping benefit the charity of your choice - without costing you any extra money!

How does it work? It's very simple. All you need to do is to start your shopping by logging in at iGive.com - or even more simply, use the iGive.com Shopping Window!

By doing your shopping through iGive.com you will benefit A Forever-Home Rescue Foundation. Up to 26% of your purchase price will be donated to AFH. That can go a long way to enabling us to help even more animals in need at this particularly difficult time of year. Please start all your holiday shopping at iGive.com!


HELP! We always need dog & puppy fosters!

AFH is ALWAYS in need of foster homes! It is fun and rewarding. Without enough foster homes we can't save as many pets. Since AFH tries hard to not use boarding facilities, we cannot accept new, deserving animals into our program without ready foster homes. If you are interested in making your home available to a deserving pet, please drop us an email at Foster@aforeverhome.org or come to one of our adoption days:

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

To see all events scheduled over the next month, look at our Events Page.

For more information, send an email to info@aforeverhome.org