Our Mission

To keep pets with their families and reduce the number of abandoned dogs and cats. We accomplish this by distributing pet food to local food pantries which serve New York families in need.

Click here to see a YouTube video and hear what they're saying about ARF at the Yorkville Common Pantry

In 2 years, ARF! has gone from delivering bags of pet food to the Yorkville Common Pantry to having pallets of food delivered to food banks. With our partner, Long Island Cares, pet food is now distributed to over 100 pantries in Nassau and Suffolk.

We're making tremendous progress working with Food Bank For New York City, with 60 pantries now ordering pet food. ARF!'s method for getting pet food to pet-owning families in need is a proven success!

Click here to donate so we can help more pet owners in need

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ARF! IN ACTION In 2010, ARF conducted New York City's first ever pet food drive to benefit Food Bank For New York City. Local pet food stores and PETCO collected thousands of pounds of pet food for ARF! On Long Island, Long Island Cares received thousands of pounds of pet food collected at 13 PETCO stores in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.




Our NYC food drive poster, created with the help of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals Jane Hoffman, President of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, Steve Krall and Arissa from PETCO 86th Street and Susan Kaufman, President of ARF! at the opening of PETCO's "We Are Family Too" program to benefit Food Bank For New York City A PETCO employee, Ed Edmunsen, PETCO's LI District Manager, Susan Kaufman and Paule Pachter, Executive Director of Long Island Cares, with some four-legged friends, at the opening of PETCO's "We Are Family Too" program to benefit Long Island Cares


Mayor's Alliance ARF! is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Contributions to ARF! are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.


ARF! is affiliated with the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals.