G.R.A.S.P., Inc.
Greece Residents Assisting Stray Pets
P.O. Box 26741 Rochester, NY 14626

Featured Pet

Troy the Bunny

Please meet TROY..... He is a wonderful little guy. He is very friendly and very affectionate. He will cuddle up right in your neck. Troy is up for just about anything. The foster family's 10 year old carries him around the house with her and he just goes along for the ride. He loves to be held and doesn't mind being brushed. Nothing really seems to bother him. The dogs come up to the cage and he runs right over to greet them. Troy is one happy little guy and would be a wonderful and fun addition for someone. Adoption cost: $30

For more information on this featured pet, please call (585) 234-1953. You can also fill out an online application.

Please visit our pet list to see all of the other wonderful homeless pets that we have available for adoption. We invite you to visit the G.R.A.S.P. website for more information on our organization and to fill out an online application to get a head start on the adoption process. Thank you!

October 2008 Update: Foster homes desperately needed!

GRASP is reaching out to all local residents for help right now as we are in dire need for additional foster space. Would you please consider fostering a healthy, friendly cat or kitten for us? If you can't, do you know of anyone who might consider helping us out? Before being placed into foster care, all cats and kittens are fully vet checked, tested for feline leukemia and FIV, checked and treated for all parasites and fleas and fully vaccinated, spayed or neutered. GRASP will gladly provide food, litter, litter boxes, dishes and toys. All we need from you is a little extra space in your heart and home. If you've ever thought about helping out, please make now the time you decide to step-up! GRASP does not have a pet shelter. All rescued animals stay temporarily in volunteer foster homes until they are adopted into a permanent home. Call 234-1953 or contact one of the Foster Coordinators to become a foster family!

News

Open Forum with Dr. Andy Newmark- December 1, 2008 at 6:30pm, GRASP will host an Open Forum with Dr. Newmark from Lollypop Farm. Dr. Newmark is the Chief Veterinarian at Lollypop Farm. He will discuss shelter medicine and practices as well as talk about disease transmission. Please come prepared with any questions you may have for him. Join us at Greece Town Hall (in community room A). 1 Vince Tofany Blvd, Rochester, NY 14612

Volunteer Meeting. GRASP invites you to attend our upcoming volunteer meeting. Meetings are held at Greece Town Hall (1 Vince Tofany Boulevard, off Long Pond Road) in Community Meeting Room B. In addition to covering upcoming events and other group business, meetings feature a guest speaker. The next meeting is Wednesday, December 17 from 7pm to 8:30pm. Please join us and bring a friend!

Calling All Angels . . . Update Thanks to the generous donations GRASP received from the community, we have been able to establish the "Angel Fund" which will be used to help offset the costs for GRASP animals who come to us in need of emergency veterinary care. If you would like to support this fund or any of our funds via PayPal, please go to Supporting The Cause $$. Or, if you prefer you can mail your contribution to: GRASP's "Angel Fund" PO Box 26741 Rochester, NY 14626 .

Garden Factory Gift Cards Are Still Available. Are you planning on shopping at the Garden Factory? If so, please purchase a gift card from GRASP. For every $25 sold, Garden Factory donates $5 to GRASP. You can pick up gift cards from Coykendall Chiropratic, located at 2050 Latta Road, during normal business hours, or you can order them by calling GRASP at (585) 234-1953.

G.R.A.S.P. magnets for sale. We now have magnets with our logo on it for sale for just $5 each. You can either purchase these in person at our adoption events or send us a check made payable to G.R.A.S.P. and mail it to G.R.A.S.P. Inc., P.O. Box 26741, Rochester, NY 14626. Please include your return address. View Magnet...

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Who We Are

G.R.A.S.P. (Greece Residents Assisting Stray Pets) was incorporated on February 1996 as a non-profit animal rescue organization. Greece is a suburb of Rochester, N.Y. and the purpose of the group is to find fur ever homes for all adoptable animals that come through the town's Animal Control. G.R.A.S.P. is staffed completely by volunteers and is funded entirely by donations from the public. Our animals are kept in foster homes or boarded until a foster home is found.

Please be aware that we are not able to adopt to anyone living more than two hours away from Rochester. Some of these fur children came from bad situations and to be sure that they are in the right environment, home visits are necessary.

Adopting a Friend

If you are interested in adopting one of our available pets, you must first fill out an adoption application form (available on our website or at adoption events). If your application is approved, then (for dogs) a home visit is scheduled. If all goes well, a formal, legal adoption agreement is filled out and signed at the time of adoption. Our fee for adopting a kitten six months and younger is $115, for cats over 6 months the adoption fee is $90, and the fee for senior cats, 8 years and older, is $50. Our normal fee for adopting a dog/puppy is $200. This fee helps offset expenses incurred, since all of G.R.A.S.P.'s animals are examined by a local vet, receive all age-appropriate vaccinations and are spayed/neutered.

Volunteering and Donations

Volunteers are always needed to help with adoption days, dog walking, and fund raising events. You do not need to be a Greece resident to volunteer. Of course, our goal is to have a shelter, but until that happens, we need canned and dry cat food, cat litter, cat condos, carriers, dog collars, blankets, leashes, stamps, a digital camera and a copier. We are also desperate for foster homes to help with our kittens and dogs.

Without the support of the public and generous donors like you, we could not continue to give homeless pets another chance at a permanent home. Since there are always homeless animals in need, the funds are always tight. At a minimum, our vet bills run into the hundreds of dollars each month. Won't you take a moment now and send what you can spare? Your donation today will save a life tomorrow. Please send donations to G.R.A.S.P., PO Box 26741, Rochester, NY 14626 or you can go to our website and use one of the PayPal buttons on the About Us page. Thank You.

Come Visit Us

Currently, we have our adoption event at Petco in Greece on Ridge Road West on Thursday nights from 6:00pm to 8:00pm and on Saturdays from 11:00am to 3:00pm. Please stop by and say hello. You may just find your next fur baby there.

You may also visit us on the web at www.graspinc.org for more great information or to fill out an online application and get a head start on our adoption process.

G.R.A.S.P., Inc.

Greece Residents Assisting Stray Pets
P.O. Box 26741
Rochester, NY 14626
Phone: (585) 234-1953 (Voice Mail)
Email: View our contact page for the correct person for your inquiry
We are a non-profit organization entirely funded by donations from the public.


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