A.F.E.W. is not a shelter, but rather a network of foster homes that
provide housing and socialization of our "customers", the animals,
until we can find them a home.
A.F.E.W. also works to raise public awareness of animal issues. We
promote public education in fostering respect, understanding and care
for all animals, as well as special emphasis on spaying and neutering
to help stop pet overpopulation.
Meetings are held the fourth Monday of the month at the East Windsor
Library on Hickory Corner Road in East Windsor at 7:00 pm. Just drop
in. Call (609) 448-5322 for more information.
Adoption days are normally every Saturday from 10 am - 2 pm at:
Corner-Copia
299 Princeton-Hightstown Road
East Windsor, NJ 08520
A.F.E.W. also works with the Hamilton Township Animal Shelter located
at:
2100 Sylvan Avenue
Hamilton, NJ 08610
Members are our greatest asset. If you can help, please call or come to
a meeting! A.F.E.W. needs you!!
AFEW depends on the surrounding community to help us take care of the
many animals in our foster care.
If you have an item to donate, please drop it off at the Cornercopia
during our adoption days or if you need us to pick it up please call
609/448-5322 or email us at
afew_pets@comcast.net
And If You Can't Help With Wish List Items ...
Help By Donating to A.F.E.W.!
Have a lot of love and a little room in your house available?
Consider fostering an animal for Animal Friends for Education and
Welfare (AFEW) – the rewards are overwhelming.
When you foster for AFEW you will receive all the tools you need to do
the job, and a healthy, clean pet to care for. Your only commitment
would be to love, socialize and in some cases train your foster pet.
You would have to commit (within reason) to getting your foster to our
adoption days. AFEW will train you in what you need to know and supply
medical, food requirements and supplies as necessary. AFEW will also
supply coverage in the event you travel or go on vacations.
Fostering is a pretty intensive way to volunteer, it primarily involves
caring for the pets as if they were your own. It is extremely rewarding
to help an animal get on its feet and watch it go off to a new home.
Watching that horribly thin dog put on weight and glow with energy,
caring for an animal that was abandoned and afraid and see them play
again or having that shy cat curl up in your lap for the first time is
an unexplainable experience.
One question often asked is “can I handle saying goodbye?”
You are probably the first person, possibly in their lives, who has
been kind to them. You will sacrifice a bit of your heart and a lot of
your home to the animals. But you have to remember that the gift is in
the goodbye. Fostering is really a lesson in unselfish love. When you
get that picture of your foster smiling and happy with their new family
remember because of YOU their lives have just begun – you gave them
that second chance.
With thousands of animals being euthanized every day in the State of
New Jersey, it may seem insignificant to help only one – but believe me
it makes a difference to that one. It is one less to suffer, go hungry,
be hit on the road or be euthanized because the shelters are filled up.
It is one less mother giving birth in the cold and trying to keep her
babies alive.
As we say in the rescue business – adopt one, save two – the one you
adopted and the one that will now come into rescue. Fostering helps
that one get adopted!
If you can give an animal a second chance at life, please call Marilyn
of AFEW for more information 609-448-5322
MAKE A DONATION
100% of your donation will go to the care and welfare of the animals.
Click the PayPal button below to make a donation.
DONATE KURANDA DOG BEDS
We have chosen Kuranda dog beds for our rescue animals because they are
so good for our dogs. We also work with the Hamilton Township Animal
Shelter dogs. We still don't have enough for all our canine friends. If
you would like to donate a bed so rescue or shelter dog can sleep in
proper comfort.
DONATE YOUR CAR
Donating a car to AFEW allows us to provide care and medical needs to
homeless animals. Your help is just a click away - send an email
requesting information today!
Animal Friends for Education and Welfare, Inc. (A.F.E.W.), is a 501(c)3
non-profit organization.
Please join us for our Adoption Days - every Saturday from now until
the end of the year from 10am until 2pm.
Sponsored by CornerCopia.
Adoption Fees
Cats 6 mos old and up = $80-$100
Kittens under 6 mos old = $70-$100
Dogs 6 mos old and up = $150-$200 (includes ID tag)
Puppies under 6 mos old = $200 and up (includes ID tag)
Purebreds and Designer Breeds - To be determined
Senior citizens receive discounts on senior pets! Or if you would like
to own a pet, but are concerned about what will happen to it if
something were to happen to you, contact us for details on our Special
Senior Citizen Program: 609/448-5322
DIRECTIONS TO AFEW ADOPTION DAYS AT THE CORNERCOPIA
From the New Jersey Turnpike: Take Exit
8, Hightstown. Stay to your right and follow signs for Route 33 East.
Follow for approximately 1/2 mile to the jughandle for Route 133. Cross
over Route 33 and take Route 133 to the end (Princeton Exit). Bear to
the right and take the Princeton Exit. Go to the light (CornerCopia is
on your left ) and make a left onto Old Trenton Road and pull in to the
first driveway on the left. The shed in front of you is AFEW.
From Route 130 heading North: Turn left
onto Route 571 (Princeton-Hightstown Road) and follow for approximately
1.5 miles to CornerCopia on your left.
From Route 130 heading South: Turn right
onto Route 571 (Princeton-Hightstown Road) and follow for 1.5 miles to
CornerCopia on your left.
From Route 1 heading North: Turn right
onto Route 571 (Princeton Hightstown Road). Follow road (it bears to
the left about 1.5 miles up). Continue on Princeton Hightstown Road for
approximately 4 more miles to CornerCopia on your right.
From Route 1 heading South: Take
jughandle at Washington Road. Cross over Route 1 onto Route 571
Princeton Hightstown Road). Follow road (it bears to the left about 1.5
miles up). Continue on Princeton Hightstown Road for approximately 4
more miles to CornerCopia on your right.
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If you look at a map the adoption day is held right on the corners of
Rt. 571 and Rt.535 in East Windsor. If you take 295 to Rt. 1 North,
follow Rt. 1N to Princeton-Hightstown Road (It is Princeton-Hightstown
Rd. - Rt. 571 on the Northbound side of Rt. 1 and Washington Road on
the Southbound side). Turn onto Rt. 571 and follow it down about 8
lights to Old Trenton Road - Rt. 535, there will be a Getty Gas Station
on your right. Turn right onto Rt. 535 and into the first driveway on
the left. We are on the property for the Cornercopia farm nursery, our
signs will be on the corner.
Or take the NJ tpk to exit 8a Cranbury. After paying the toll, follow
the signs to Rt. 130, Turn left onto Rt. 130 and follow it to Old
Trenton Road - Rt. 535. Turn right onto Old Trenton Road and follow it
down to the 3rd light this will be Princeton-Hightstown Road - Rt. 571
the Cornercopia is on the corner on the left. Cross over Rt. 571
(staying on Rt. 535) and pull in the 1st driveway on the left.
