We are counting down to our biggest fundraiser of the year!
AWS +
GIVE LOCAL 2025
Animal Welfare Society, Inc. (AWS) is thrilled to announce our participation in Give Local 2025, hosted by the Connecticut Community Foundation. Mark your calendars for April 29-30, and join us in making a difference for our community and our pets. Make your springtime donation count! Check back often - we will be posting more info as we get closer to giving day.
ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY
A Refuge Since 1965
8 DODD ROAD
NEW MILFORD CT 06776
Tel (860) 354-1350
Sunday & Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 11 am-7 pm
Wednesday-Saturday: 11 am-2 pm
Non-monetary donations/items can be left at the front door 24/7 for your convenience - Thank You!
Wednesday, April 30 | 10 AM-3 PM
7 Dodd Road – AWS Shelter
Hiring Drivers and Pet Adoption Event!
Hosted by All-Star Transportation and Animal Welfare Society (AWS) in celebration of National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day! All-Star Transportation will be conducting on-site interviews for school bus driver positions and offering live demos to show you what it takes to be a school bus driver. At the same time, visit AWS (across the street) to learn more about pet adoption opportunities! For every driver hired from this event, All-Star Transportation will help support AWS’s mission by sponsoring an approved pet adoption.
FIRST SAT-SUN OF MONTH
10 AM - 2 PM
Petco, 169 Danbury Rd, New Milford
Meet
with us and a few of our cats at Petco! AWS representatives will be
there to answer your questions, and introduce you to some of our feline
friends.
10 am-1 pm
SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH
8 Dodd Road, New Milford
Bargains on gently-used pet goods. Soft-sided
carriers, all sizes of crates, pet ramps and steps, feeding bowls,
leashes, collars, grooming tools, clothing, etc. Held the second
Saturday of each month through October. New items each month. All
proceeds help our AWS Rescued Pets! More info
TO BENEFIT AWS 2025
Did you know that you can help AWS with your recyclable bottles and cans at New Milford Recycling Center? Simply put your empty bottles and cans in a kitchen/garbage bag, place a designated AWS-Sticker on the bag and drop off at NM Recycling. The proceeds will be be deposited directly to our AWS account and will assist in the cost of care for our pets. Stickers are available at the Shelter and New Milford Recycling. Directions: New Milford Recycling
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The Shelter is self-supporting and depends on the generosity of our friends, volunteers and benefactors to continue to serve our local communities.
Our shelter and the services we provide our animals are solely dependent upon the concern and generosity of the people and businesses in our community. We do not receive any public funds. We place many dogs and cats over the course of a year, but many more are waiting for the opportunity to come to our shelter. We encourage you to learn more about our organization, mission, work, shelter activities, as well as how you can help make it all possible through your membership, financial donations, sponsorship and volunteer support.
The Animal Welfare Society, Inc. (AWS) was founded in 1965 as an independent, non-profit, non-destroy animal rescue organization. Our mission is to offer refuge to homeless and abandoned dogs and cats and place them in loving, responsible homes.
