Food & kibble
Bulk food delivered to our partner shelter every week, so its money goes to veterinary care instead of the feed bill.
How to donate kibbleProteros Foundation
Food, foster care, and awareness for animals in our county.
We supply local shelters with food and kibble, place kittens and puppies in foster homes, and teach people how to recognise and prevent animal cruelty.
What we do
What a shelter runs short of.
Kitten & puppy fostering
Bottle babies through weaning and socialising, then into adoption. We supply the formula, the bedding, and the vet contacts.
Become a fosterAwareness
Talks, printed guides, and plain advice on recognising neglect and caring for an animal properly.
What we teachShelter support
Blankets, crates, transport, and volunteer hours wherever a partner shelter is short-handed.
Where we are
This year, to date
Drop a 25 lb bag of dry food, or wet food in cans, at any of the shelters below. If you can foster a litter, email us.
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Food delivered | 483 bags |
| Litters fostered | 4 |
| Partner shelters | 1 |
| Awareness seminars | 2 |
Give
Kibble goes here.
The shelters below take donated food and supplies at the door. Bring an unopened bag during their opening hours and it goes straight to the animals in their care. No money changes hands anywhere on this site.
What shelters actually need
- Unopened dry kibble for adult cats or dogs
- Kitten and puppy formula
- Wet food in cans, in date
- Unopened treats and training rewards
- Clean blankets, towels, and crate bedding
What we can’t take
- Opened or part-used bags
- Anything past its date
- Home-cooked food or raw meat
- Prescription diets without the prescription
Where to take it in New York City
Animal Care Centers of NYC, Staten Island
3139 Veterans Road West, Staten Island, NY 10309
Every day, 10am–5pm
These are independent shelters, not Proteros programmes. Hours change and a shelter that is full sometimes pauses donations, so check its own page before you travel. The Animal Care Center in Brooklyn is shut for rebuilding until 2027, so Sean Casey Animal Rescue is the nearest alternative there.
Can’t get to any of them? Email us and we will arrange a collection.
Foster
Eight weeks, start to finish.
Most litters reach us at a few days old. You keep them warm, fed, and handled until they are ready for adoption. We cover everything else.
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Week 0–4
Bottle feeds
Every two hours, day and night. We supply the formula, the bottles, and a scale to weigh them on.
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Week 4–6
Weaning
Onto wet food and litter training. Feeds drop to four a day and your nights come back.
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Week 6–8
Socialising
Handling, household noise, other animals. This stage is what makes a litter adoptable rather than merely alive.
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Week 8
Adoption
Vaccinated, chipped, and listed with a partner shelter. You get first refusal if you have fallen for one.
What we provide
Formula, bottles, bedding, a crate, litter, and the vet contacts you will need. You provide a warm room and the hours.
You also get a phone number that somebody answers at three in the morning, because that is usually when fostering goes wrong.
Awareness
Most cruelty starts with not knowing.
Neglect is far more common than malice, and it usually comes from somebody who was never taught what an animal actually needs. That gap is where we work.
What we teach
- Talks at schools, community groups, and local events
- Plain-language guides to recognising neglect: body condition, shelter, water, untreated injury
- Responsible ownership: what an animal really costs in money and hours before you take one on
- Spay and neuter information, and why unplanned litters fill shelters
- Printed material a shelter can hand out at the desk
We are not an enforcement agency. If an animal is in immediate danger, contact your local animal control or the police. Our work is the prevention that happens long before that call.
What we need
What we are short of right now.
Proteros is run by volunteers out of their own homes, and it runs on whatever people bring us. This is the current list.
- Another 40 bags of dry food to keep the weekly run going
- One volunteer with a car for the Saturday run, about three hours
- Two more foster homes, ideally people who are around during the day
- Dry storage for roughly 200 bags between deliveries
If you can cover any of these, email us and we will tell you exactly what is needed and when. Nothing here needs a commitment beyond the one job.
Contact
Get in touch
Write to us
Mailing address
Proteros Foundation
404 Park Avenue S
New York, NY 10016