Keeping Pets with Families
The San Juan Island Community Foundation County Fair giving campaign is officially underway, and now through Sunday, August 16, you can help APS-FH Keep Pets with Families.
Donations made during the County Fair campaign August 13-16 are eligible for matching funds through the San Juan Island Community Foundation!
Providing shelter and care to cats and dogs, helping them find loving homes and offering
programs and services that support our island community.
Come support APS-FH programs and services and enjoy an evening of…
- Dazzling Craft Cocktail
- Delicious Appetizers
- Delectable BBQ
- Divine Dessert
and Music by Sea Grass!
Join us!
August 29, 2026
5pm to 9pm
APS-FH Shelter
938 Cattle Point Road
Help Provide Food and Enrichment for 500 Shelter Animals through the SJICF County Fair Giving Campaign!
Our four-legged friends have healthy appetites. They also have special needs while being temporarily housed in kennels, waiting for their “forever” home. Your generosity has always been appreciated, and our furry friends hope that you will continue to help.
The San Juan Community Foundation is once again hosting their county fair giving campaign – SJI Cares to support the many nonprofit organizations in our community.
APS-FH is excited to be participating in the Giving Campaign. This year, we hope to raise $10,000 to help provide healthy nourishment and enrichment care (food, beds, blankets, scratching posts, treats, chews and toys) to our shelter animals for the coming year. Imagine what you spend on your pet, then multiply it by 500 – the number of dogs and cats we care for each year! Our actual food and enrichment budget totals almost $17,000 annually.
With your help, we will be able to meet this goal!
Donations will be accepted now through midnight, Sunday, August 18th
Help our Island Pets Thrive!
February was National Spay & Neuter Awareness Month
We had several in-person events place in February:
Saturday 2/8: Visit us at Marketplace 11-4pm
We’re selling adorable Valentine’s Postcards to support the shelter!
Thursday 2/13: Stop by Treasure Hounds
Have a cup of coffee or cocoa while you shop! Some of our shelter staff will be there to share with you the shelter’s programs and services.
Saturday 2/22: Stop by Treasure Hounds
Stop in for a cup of coffee or cocoa while you shop! Learn about the shelter’s TNR program from our volunteers.
The holidays remind us of the joy of connection and love. Yet not everyone is able to experience that comfort.
Many pets still wait for the security of a homes, while others need a little extra support to stay with the families who love them.
When Blue arrived at APS-FH, he had already survived the devastation of the California wildfires. Thanks to our partnership with Greater Good Charities, he was safely transported here to San Juan Island. At 9 years old, this German Shepherd mix desperately needed a second chance.
This season your compassion can bring care and hope to pets across our community.
Search for your new friend here.
There are many places to acquire a dog or a cat, but our shelter provides adoption matchmaking services that help you find the right pet for your family and household. Before you adopt your companion animal from us, the Animal Protection Society will:
- Treat the pet for internal and external parasites
- Give them all initial vaccinations
- Spay or neuter the pet
- Test all cats for Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) and Leukemia Virus (FeLV)
Beyond all that, animals at the shelter are lovingly cared for, socialized, and observed for all possible behavioral and health problems. We care about our friends, and it shows! Learn more.
Help Wanted!
Veterinary Technician
How You Can Help
Donate
Outright donations help us feed and take care of the shelter pets. They also help us maintain our facilities and keep the lights on. Make a one-time donation or a monthly donation of any amount.
Volunteer
Volunteer opportunities are many, just to name a few: walking dogs, trapping feral cats, general shelter cleaning, medical clinic support, fostering pets, and volunteering at our Treasure Hounds store.
Treasure Hounds
Shopping at our upscale retail thrift store is another way to support us, so is donating gently used household furnishings, home goods & decor to Treasure Hounds.
Latest Shelter News
Happily Home Stories
Did you know 1 in 3 pets will go missing in their lifetime?
We’re partnering with Petco Love Lost to help pets reunite with their families. Petco Love Lost is a free, easy-to-use national resource, using patented pet facial recognition technology to make it easier than ever to find possible matches for lost and found pets. Join us, and let’s unite to reunite at petcolovelost.org.
🐾🏡 ADOPT A PET…FAIR STYLE! 🏡🐾
The APS-FH Plushie Pet Adoption Center is OPEN at the San Juan County Fair, and some adorable little kittens and puppies are looking for their forever homes! 🐶🐱❤️
Stop by the APS-FH booth and create your very own adoption experience:
🐾 Pick out a cuddly plush kitten or puppy
🎨 Design a special collar
🏠 Decorate your pet’s carrier
❤️ Make a promise to give your new friend a loving home
📜 Make it official with your very own APS-FH Adoption Certificate!
✨ Plushie Pet Adoptions are just $10 each! ✨
🎡 San Juan County Fair | August 13–16
Come visit us, find your new best friend, and say hello to the APS-FH team! We’ll be waiting with plenty of cuddles, and we have a feeling you might have a hard time leaving with just one.
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🚨 BIG NEWS: A $10,000 MATCH! 🚨
This morning, we met our $1,000 match from the San Juan Island Community Foundation, and now, another incredibly generous donor has stepped forward with a $10,000 MATCH!
🎉 That means every dollar donated to APS-FH during the SJICF Cares Campaign will now be MATCHED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, up to $10,000! 🎉
Your $25 becomes $50.
Your $50 becomes $100.
Your $100 becomes $200.
This is our chance to make twice the difference for island pets and the people who love them. ❤️
Funds raised through our Keeping Pets with Families program will help local families access veterinary care, pet food and supplies, emergency boarding, behavior and training support, and educational resources, all with one goal: keeping beloved pets where they belong, with their families.
And if you’re at the Fair, stop by the APS-FH booth and visit our Plushie Pet Adoption Center! 🐶🐱
Thank you, San Juan Island! Together, we can keep pets with the families who love them. 💛
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🎡📣We have a winner in our kid plushie game! This young fairgoer just awarded $25 to the Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor! 😽🐶
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🌟🎡📣Congratulations to the Joyce L. Sobel Family Resource Center, Mullis Community Senior Center, Sweetgrass Preschool, Leadership San Juan Islands, The Whale Museum, Women's Fund of the San Juan Island Community Foundation, and Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor for meeting your $1,000 matching goal! SJICF will apply $1,000 to each of your projects at the fair! 📣🎡🌟 ... See MoreSee Less
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🎡WE’RE TAKING THE SHELTER TO THE FAIR! 🎡
APS-FH will be CLOSED August 13–16 while our team heads to the San Juan County Fair! 🎪🐶🐱
You can come find us at our booth at the fair, where we’ll be celebrating all things animals and connecting with our amazing community. 🐾❤️
🎪 Stop by to:
🐶 Meet our team
🐱 Learn more about APS-FH and the animals in our care
🏡 Learn about adoption & fostering
❤️ Find out how you can support local shelter pets
🧸 Check out our Plushie Pet Adoption Center and create your very own forever friend!
We’ll be back open and ready to see you on Tuesday, August 18!
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WE’RE LIVE! Help us Keep Pets with Families. 🐾
For the next four days, you can help APS-FH make sure island families have somewhere to turn when veterinary costs, financial hardship, limited access to essential resources, or behavioral challenges threaten to separate them from the pets they love.
❤️ DONATE HERE:
sjicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/grant?grant_id=23046
Your support of Keeping Pets with Families will help us:
🐾 Provide veterinary assistance to 5–10 island families
🐾 Connect 25+ families with pet food, preventive care, emergency boarding, supplies, and other essential resources
🐾 Provide 15+ families with behavior consultations and training support
🐾 Offer 3 FREE community pet-care workshops serving up to 120 participants
Approximately 85% of project funding will support direct services for island families.
Sometimes what stands between a family and a heartbreaking decision is simply having the right help at the right time.
For four days, our community can be that help.
Donations made August 13–16 through the San Juan Island Community Foundation County Fair giving campaign are eligible for matching funds.
❤️ Donate: sjicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/grant?grant_id=23046
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🐾 Help us spread the word.
Four days. One community. More pets staying with the families who love them.
🎡 THEN COME FIND US AT THE FAIR!
Our Plushie Pet Adoption Center is open! Choose a plush kitten or puppy, make a collar, decorate a carrier, and complete the adoption with an APS-FH Adoption Certificate. Come say hello and take home a new furry family member!
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🐶🐱 WANTED: FOREVER HOMES! 🏡❤️
Some very cuddly kittens and puppies are waiting for adoption at the APS-FH Plushie Pet Adoption Center at the San Juan County Fair!
Come find the APS-FH booth and:
🐾 Choose a plush kitten or puppy
🎨 Create a collar
🏠 Decorate your new pet’s carrier
❤️ Make a promise to give your pet a loving home
📜 Make it official with your own APS-FH Adoption Certificate
Plushie Pet Adoptions: $10 each
🎡 San Juan County Fair | August 13–16
Come meet your new best friend—and stop by to say hello to the APS-FH team while you’re here.
Fair warning: choosing just one may be difficult. 🐾❤️
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Something important starts tomorrow 🐾
For many island families, a little help at the right time can make the difference between getting through a difficult challenge and having to say goodbye to a beloved pet.
That’s why APS-FH is launching Keeping Pets with Families - an initiative providing veterinary assistance, essential pet resources, behavior and training support, and free pet-care education for our island community.
And beginning tomorrow, August 13, you can help make it possible.
💙 The San Juan Island Community Foundation County Fair giving campaign runs August 13–16, and donations made during these four days are eligible for matching funds.
⏰ Our unique donation link goes LIVE at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow!
We’ll post the link right here on Facebook and Instagram when the campaign begins.
🐾 Four days.
🏡 One community.
❤️ More pets staying with the families who love them.
🎡 And we’re headed to the Fair!
Come find the APS-FH booth August 13–16 and visit our Plushie Pet Adoption Center, where you can give a cuddly kitten or puppy its forever home.
Follow us, watch for tomorrow’s donation link, help us spread the word, and come see us at the Fair!
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DIESEL IS DONE WAITING!
Seriously…someone adopt this amazing dog already! 😭❤️
Diesel is a happy, goofy, affectionate young Boxer mix with a heart of gold and a zest for life. At around 2 years old, this boy is smart, active, eager to please, and SO much fun. He loves hugs, cuddles, adventures, tug, fetch, nose work, learning new tricks… basically, Diesel is here for a good time. 🐾
And the best part? He’s not just a go-go-go dog. After some exercise and fun, Diesel is perfectly happy to curl up with a chew and hang out with his people. He’s an amazing kids dog, absolutely adores people, and his foster family has been helping him learn how to channel all that enthusiasm into being the best boy he can be.
Diesel has come SO far since he first arrived. He’s working hard on his leash manners, focus, calm greetings, and overall training — and this boy is a QUICK learner. He genuinely wants to do well, and watching him learn new things is one of our favorite parts of knowing him. 🥹
He’s also making great progress with other dogs and is currently living calmly with THREE canine roommates. With proper introductions and the right match, a doggy sibling could absolutely be in his future!
If you want a funny, loving, energetic, incredibly smart adventure buddy who will make you laugh every single day and give you approximately 847 kisses in return… Diesel is your guy. ❤️
✨ WANT TO SEE DIESEL IN ALL HIS GLORY? ✨
Come meet him at the San Juan County Fair THIS SATURDAY! Diesel will be hanging out with his foster family at the 4-H Dog Tent from 10:00 AM–3:00 PM, where you can watch him show off his AMAZING tricks, meet the goofy boy behind the photos, and chat with the people who know him best.
Come for the tricks.
Stay for the cuddles.
Leave with Diesel. 👀❤️
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