BOBBI AND THE STRAYS INC

Bobbi and the Strays’ aim is to rescue and provide all essential care for orphaned, stray, abused, and special needs dogs and cats. We are 100% No-Kill, therefore, if there is medical intervention for any issue, we will provide it, as well as rehabilitation and socialization. We save dogs and cats from all situations and adopt them into safe and loving homes.

We provide educational programs in schools and in the community to prevent animal abuse and raise awareness of the importance of the spay/neuter program. We have services for low-income and elderly pet owners that improve the quality of life for animals and people throughout New York City and Long Island.

We participate in programs that allow young people interested in animal welfare, to do internships in our two locations and perform community service hours.

We have two locations, one in Queens, NY, and one in Freeport, NY. We are a non-profit, therefore, we rely on donors, grants, online fundraisers, in- person events, and adoption fees, in order to operate.
We have a high number of volunteers that help the staff with all duties, tasks, caring for the animals, and everything that we do.

We have a high number of fosters that take care of any animals that need to be in a home, either during recovery from medical treatments, medical issues, or do better in a home rather than the shelter.
Our board of directors, Executive Director, and Assistant Director, discuss new possible ways of increasing or improving programs, funding, and making operations more efficient.

We are always opened to staff and volunteers’ ideas, opinions, and input in the care and enrichment of the animals. We also take in consideration any ideas, opinions, and input from staff and volunteers regarding operations.

We recently hired a company to do an assessment of our organization to see what our weaknesses are and discuss ways of improving in those areas.

Everyone at Bobbi and the Strays is passionate about our mission, our work, and doing all that we can do for dogs and cats in need. We have a high number of supporters that are extremely kind and generous and continue supporting us through the years.

With that in place, we have and will continue to be capable of not only reaching but surpassing our goals.

In 1998, when we were incorporated, we started with one small, donated space as a shelter. Since then, we have grown into two locations, the one in Freeport, Long Island, which we took over in 2011, and own.

Although, hurricane Sandy caused a lot of damage to the shelter in 2012, we were able to make the necessary repairs including some improvements to the shelter.

We built a meet and greet room with a homey environment where the dogs can spend time and experience what it feels like to be in a home. The prospective adopters interact with the dogs in this area, so that they can all get the feel of how our dogs would interact in a home setting.

This location is large and spacious, we built 3 play yards for the dogs, one is full of agility equipment that we use to train our dogs.

We recently renovated the cat area in this location, to make it a friendlier environment for the cats as well as more efficient and have the space to take in more cats.

We are in the middle of plans to renovate the dog kennels, also to make it a better environment for the dogs, as well as increase the number of dogs that we can house and make it more efficient.

As previously stated, we recently hired a company to do an assessment of our organization to see what our weaknesses are and discuss ways of improving in those areas.

What is next for us is to keep improving our organization, to increase the number of dogs and cats that we rescue, and to continue involving our communities in the need for animals to be loved, respected, cared for.