Mission
Phinney’s Friends is an all-volunteer nonprofit that helps low-income people in Massachusetts keep their pets when they are going through hardships. We believe that the human-animal bond is a source of love, joy, comfort, and fulfillment for both people and pets. That’s why we help people keep this bond with their animals.
We do everything in our power to make sure animals and their beloved owners can stay together – we educate pet owners, take their animals to the vet, help pay vet bills, foster pets when owners are hospitalized, walk dogs and help care for pets on a regular basis.
We are a volunteer-based organization. Would you like to volunteer? Contact us today!
We do everything in our power to make sure animals and their beloved owners can stay together – we educate pet owners, take their animals to the vet, help pay vet bills, foster pets when owners are hospitalized, walk dogs and help care for pets on a regular basis.
We are a volunteer-based organization. Would you like to volunteer? Contact us today!
History
Phinney’s Friends was founded in 1996 as an MSPCA program, in honor of Bill Phinney, a MSPCA Humane Law Enforcement officer who had to surrender his pets when he fell ill.
Originally, Phinney’s Friends assisted the pets of people battling HIV and AIDS located in the Boston area. Over the years, services expanded to include low-income people with disabilities and the elderly.
In 2009, Phinney’s Friends became an independent nonprofit, incorporating with an expanded mission, of helping any low-income person living in the Boston area who is at risk of losing their pets. Since then, Phinney's increased its coverage to the I-95 belt, later I-495 belt, and more recently to the entire state of Massachusetts.
Depending on the location of the pet owners who reach out to us, we may be able to help with in-home pet care or only with vet bills and boarding bills. Find out more about our history here.
Originally, Phinney’s Friends assisted the pets of people battling HIV and AIDS located in the Boston area. Over the years, services expanded to include low-income people with disabilities and the elderly.
In 2009, Phinney’s Friends became an independent nonprofit, incorporating with an expanded mission, of helping any low-income person living in the Boston area who is at risk of losing their pets. Since then, Phinney's increased its coverage to the I-95 belt, later I-495 belt, and more recently to the entire state of Massachusetts.
Depending on the location of the pet owners who reach out to us, we may be able to help with in-home pet care or only with vet bills and boarding bills. Find out more about our history here.