We are very proud of the programs
that our group conceived of and shared within our community.

Our organization came up with a plan which would reunite lost dogs with their owners while saving valuable time for our police officers.

• Thanks to our plan and the cooperation of the Jackson County Treasurers Office, the County computer programmers and the Jackson County 

Sheriffs Department, a lost animal can get home faster, the police department saves time and the county saves money.  If a police officer finds a lost dog with no ID but it has a Jackson County license, they can now have access to owner information through 911.  Previous to this arrangement, officers had to go to the sheriffs office, get the key to the animal shelter (if it was after hours) transport the dog to the shelter and then return the key to the sheriffs office.  Valuable patrol time was lost and the animal had to be housed at the shelter. This process was not ideal for the animal and it cost the taxpayers money.  While private citizens cannot personally get this information, they can still report a license number of a "found" dog to 911. The 911 operators may then contact the owners so they can be reunited with their lost pets. This is a win/win situation for everyone concerned!

Friends has offered our "Pets For Veterans" program seven times in the past few years where we have paid for the adoption fees of one dog or up to two cats (at the Jackson County Animal Shelter) for a local veteran during our designated dates. So far qualified veterans have adopted 57 dogs and 31 cats and taken them to their loving, permanent homes.  That's a total of 88 successful adoptions! (Some of our veterans and their new best friends are featured in our photo section. If  you would like to view them please click on the "photo" button above.) We are grateful for their service to our country and we also thank our supporters who have helped to finance this program with their donations. If you would like to help us continue this valuable program, please consider a monetary donation to Friends. You can find our address by clicking on to the "more..." tab above and then "Contact" , or sending a donation by clicking onto a "Donate" button located within several different pages of this website.
                               All donations to our organization are tax deductible.  Thank you!

                     
                   TWO FREE PROGRAMS ARE LISTED BELOW WHERE YOU CAN ASSIST FRIENDS...

   Do you shop on Amazon.com? If so, simply go to smile.amazon.com instead of the regular site of Amazon.com and select "Friends Of The Animals For The Jackson Area, Inc." as the nonprofit you would like their foundation to support. Register only once and with every order you place at smile.amazon.com they will donate a portion of your purchases to Friends. It doesn't cost you a penny more and you will be helping animals in our area with every purchase you make. Please help us to aid the needy and homeless animals in our area with the click of your mouse! 

We have been accepted into the KROGER COMMUNITY  REWARDS PROGRAM  (www.krogercommunityrewards.com) for nonprofits, Kroger will donate a portion of the money received at the register to "Friends" if the shopper(s) have pre-registered their Kroger Plus Card in advance. This wonderful program will continue to run in 2018 so we need people to register right away so we can benefit from Kroger's donations.  Our exclusive organization number is  TY239.  It will take a few minutes to complete the process, but you only need to do it once and it would truly help our non-profit organization in a big way! To the best of our knowledge, your address will not be sold by Kroger and you will not be getting junk mail from them once you sign up. So please do not hesitate to join the program to benefit "Friends". NOTE: Our original number was 91493 but it was upgraded to TY239 in August, 2018.  If you have already registered under the previous number, all is still fine.  Anyone new signing up to support us can use TY239 or Friends Of The Animals For The Jackson Area Inc. to register for us.

+ To participate in this program, please register your Kroger Plus card  online at www.krogercommunityrewards.com If you don't have a Kroger Plus card you can get one at the service desk at any Kroger.   Please go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com, and register to "sign in."   Put in your e-mail address and password that you would like to use Submit  our group number TY239 or type in Friends Of The Animals For The Jackson Area, Inc.  Click on to our organization and then click "enroll." It's as easy as that!

                    Please REMEMBER, purchases will not count for "Friends" until after you register your card. 
                                                  Also, it will cost you nothing to participate!

Do you use a phone number at the register? If so, please call 877-576-7587 to get your Kroger Plus card number.
Members must swipe their registered Kroger Plus card or use the phone number that is related to your registered Kroger Plus card when shopping for each purchase to count.

      THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US TO HELP MORE NEEDY ANIMALS IN THE JACKSON, MI AREA!!!