We welcome adoptive and foster families, and prospective adoptive parents, who live in (or near) Jersey City or NYC. Members should feel free to post events. Spread the word! That said, we do not allow businesses of any type to join. This is not the place to promote your adoption agency, law firm or other business.

We started this group for adoptive families to be a source of support, for parents to share experiences, hear each others' kids stories and get together at play groups and other fun social activites. The families can also swap resources and other educational tidbits

Meet other local adoptees to discuss issues of those whose lives have been touched by adoption. Adoption Crossroads is the largest search/support organization in the world with over 400 locations. Weekly meetings in New York City and bi-weekly in Congers, NY. Healing Weekends and Counseling available

Every rescued dog is a success story, and this group can be a place to share your dog's own story while meeting other people who have made the same commitment to saving an animal from a shelter, the streets, or any other bad situation. Join us for a casual leashed walk around Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Since many people are kind enough to adopt dogs with behavioral issues, this isn't a playgroup, but rather a low-key pack walk. Our walks generally last 1.5 hours, and may involve some hills and/o …

… Access and print out an "Adoption Contract" which enables you to re-home a pit bull safely. Join the group to post the homeless pit bull on our site, and send an urgent plea for help to members. Also under the "Pages" tab - Find Spay/Neuter information including FREE clinics in your area, and the clinic schedules.  We promote responsible pit bull ownership in 4 Steps -  Spay/Neuter, Socialization, Training, Exercise More reasons to Join: - Message Board for discussion - NYC dog events - …

ANIMALS NEED YOU P.O. BOX 332, Hawthorne, NJ 07507 973-420-2981 Website: http://www.animalsneedyou.rescuegroups.org   ANIMALS NEED YOU is a non-profit humane organization, dedicated to alleviating the plight of homeless and abandoned animals.   ANIMALS NEED YOU, which is staffed entirely by volunteers, rescues animals in need of assistance from a variety of sources.  They are provided with food, shelter and medical treatment as they prepare for adoption into suitable homes.  All animal …

Meet others in your local area interested in Animal Rescue of any kind. We will post our adoption and fundraiser events and volunteer opportunities and special animals looking for home.

We are a group of individuals promoting adoption & rescue and working to increase awareness of puppy mills and the cruelty behind the puppies sold in NYC pet stores. This is a quiet/peaceful protest! Please join us even if you can come for just an hour or so! We have extra signs too so let us know if you need one and we can bring it for you...

We want the community to get involved with this issue. Purpose is to join together to fight for changes to help foster youths and foster parents. Anyone can join; foster parents and adoptive parents, social workers, youths in foster care, community organizers, advocates, nonprofits professionals, grassroot organizations. We welcome anyone who wants to get involved to make changes. Advocacy requires both the will to confront injustice and the commitment to transform it. We fight for social justi …

We've started this group for local dogs of all breeds to get out and enjoy a walk in the park. Pit bulls and bully breeds are welcome! Don't have a dog? Adoptable dogs and fosters are welcome, as well! ***Please note that if you would like to bring an adoptable dog from the Liberty Humane Society you must first be a registered volunteer who has completed the volunteer orientation and dog handling seminar.  More information is available at: http://www.libertyhumane.org/volunteer.php.  You will al …

If you are an experienced gardener/farmer or just have been dreaming about it, let's meet and plan a NEW community garden in Jersey City. We also gladly welcome people already taking part in one of the city's existing gardens. We'll take advantage of the city's Adopt-A-Lot program: "Jersey City is looking for community minded individuals who dig the idea of Urban Gardening to adopt an unused City lot or plot of under-used park land. The group leases it for a dollar for two years and, alon …

We are a fun, classy, inclusive group of working women, welcoming all lesbian moms, expectant moms, and those considering motherhood. Join us to make new friends both with and without our children. We will commiserate about life, fertility, adoption, how we love our children, yet sometimes want to pull our hair out-  basically motherhood in general! Most activities will be in (or near) Manhattan and will include exploring new restaurants, wine tastings, theatre, day trips out of the city, pla …

Eclectic Nights held in downtown Rutherford on select Friday Nights.   Hang-out in an informal setting within an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. A small informal public gathering. These are usually LIVE events, and often centered around an open mic night of poetry or comedy or a foreign language conversational hour!  Join us at GainVille Cafe for …

This is a non-breed specific group, any size any age.  If your dog is in good health an has current vaccines or titer your are welcome.  If you have any issues such as leash pulling, I will be there to help you work through it.     Did you know that exercising your dog can curtail common behavior issues? Common behavior problems like chewing, barking, digging or just plain old unruliness can be frustrating for any dog owner. Did you ever notice that dogs have an uncanny ability of finding ways …

Our aim is to solely provide Help (in whatever form) to a variety of needs, such as Organizations that assist children. So any kind of fundraising or visiting or "adopting" a childrens ward and working with them in what they think is good for the children to raise spirits is one angle. I also love dogs and there are many shelters because of the many problems of overbreeding, crossbreeding, abuse and abandonement and so on. Connecting with the ASPCA would be best to determine ways to help in the …

This meetup is "going to the dogs"...Pugs to be precise!!! Okay, so you're owned by a Pug; that goes without saying! I am too, as are many others. Why do we love these big-eyed, wrinkle-faced Pugsters so much? There are so many reasons, & that's reason enough to join the NNJPE! Our steadily-growing group of friendly Pugaholics & their Pugs meet for outings once a month (with "special events" tossed in for good measure), in order to provide our furbabies (& ourselves) some time for socialization …