Featured Pet

Maggie and Sissy

This mom and daughter duo are beautiful gray tabbies ready for their forever home. Maggie, the momma, was born in December 2018. Sissy, her daughter, was born in June 2021. They have a special bond and complement each other’s personality. Maggie is laid back and relaxed. Sissy is spunky and loves to play.

Maggie can take time to warm up to people and lets Sissy do the research. If Sissy approves, Maggie approves. Maggie loves scratches behind the ears and down the sides of her neck and will ask for them by popping her little head up wherever you are sitting. She can be shy, but with a little encouragement and practice, she will jump up on your lap for some pets. She has a very calm and quiet demeanor.

Sissy chases toys and plays hide and seek with them. She isn't much of a cuddler but she will have her moments of coming up and asking for pets before she goes running off to find something to play with.

Both girls enjoy watching the world go by at the windowsill. They are super easy to have around and will do best in a calmer environment, with older children or no children.

Volunteer Highlight

Gretchen is a Volunteer, an Adopter, a Foster, and an Adoption Coordinator.

Tell us a little about yourself. My name is Gretchen and I live in Huntingdon Valley with my husband, two teenagers, two Bernese Mountain Dogs (Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler), and three cats (Jake, Penny and Sesame). I am currently taking classes to become a Certified Feline Training and Behavior Specialist and also a Certified Advanced Feline Training Professional.

Why do you choose to volunteer? I volunteer because I have always had a need to be close to and work with animals. I’ve always had such love and caring for animals that I wanted to use in a constructive and tangible way that volunteering provides.

What made you choose Hart 2 Heart Animal Rescue? I found Hart2Heart through Cari. I began by caring for the kitties at PetSmart, fostered 2 kittens and have a foster fail now.

Is there a moment or memory that stands out from your time here? It would be when the kittens I fostered went to their forever home. While we were sad to lose those cute kittens, it was such a joy knowing they were going to a good home, and that I now had the ability to help even more cats.

What have you learned about yourself and/or about others through volunteering with Hart 2 Heart? I learned that I wanted to learn even more about cats in order to better be able to help them.

It prompted me to get my certificates so I can make a career out of my love for animals.

What has been the biggest surprise about volunteering with Hart 2 Heart? While I have known that there are a lot of feral/homeless/abandoned cats out there, you don’t really see the extent of it until you work in rescue like this.

If you could encourage someone else to volunteer at our Rescue, what would you say? It’s not as hard as you think! It doesn’t have to be a huge or long term commitment, anything helps.

Anything else you want to share about volunteering with Hart 2 Heart? It has been a life changing experience for me.

Ways to make a

difference in 2023

There are many ways you can support the Rescue – here's a few that don’t cost you anything!

Facebook fundraisers. This year, for your birthday, to celebrate the “gotcha day” of your pet, or just because you want to help, host a fundraiser to collect money for our Rescue – you never know who might contribute. Start your fundraiser here.

AmazonSmile. Enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, 0.5% of the purchase price is donated to the charitable organization of your choice. It does not cost anything to sign up or add to your purchase price. It is totally funded by Amazon. Remember, when you are shopping online with Amazon, go through AmazonSmile and help Hart 2 Heart Animal Rescue at the same time. Try AmazonSmile.

ResQwalk is a free mobile app that lets you raise money and resources for your favorite animal welfare organization – Hart 2 Heart! It’s simple. Download the app, select Hart 2 Heart as your ResQwalk partner and press “Start”. You can participate in any distance-related activity - walking, running or biking -that can be measured by GPS and involves a speed of less than 14 miles per hour. So, next time you are shopping at the mall, taking a hike, or even walking the dog, click on the ResQwalk app and raise some money! ResQpool is funded by some generous corporate sponsors, for whom we are very grateful! Find the app at the iPhone App Store or Google Play!

Every month, Virbac conducts a random drawing and rewards two animal charities with $2500—all to help them make an even bigger difference in the lives of pets in their care. But it’s up to you to nominate the charities you want to win. Click Nominate Now, follow the prompts and in only a few simple steps submit your nomination for Hart 2 Heart. You can do it every day! Get started here.

Give with Bing. Microsoft Rewards lets you support Hart 2 Heart through the Give with Bing program. The program is free – you just need to sign up with a Microsoft account and select Hart 2 Heart. You can then earn rewards points just for searching the web with Bing. Microsoft turns those points into cash donations to us.

Join today!

How to help in 2023

Adopt. If you've been thinking that it's time to add a pet to your family, we are ready to help find the best match for you and your lifestyle.

Foster. Foster one or more pets in your home to help prepare them for their forever home. The need is great and the rewards are too!

Volunteer. Volunteer your time socializing cats in our partner pet stores. Offer your skills and expertise. We can always use your experience, whether it's as a photographer, lawyer, accountant, fundraiser, event planner or interviewer.

Donate. We rely on donations to cover veterinary care, microchipping, vaccines, and supplies that are needed to keep the Rescue running. No amount is too small! Sponsor an animal or become a recurring donor.

Become a fan. Like and follow us on Facebook and Instagram, invite your friends and family to like and follow too. Engage by sharing and commenting on posts. Use social media to spread awareness and potentially find a home for an abandoned animal. Share photos and adoption information on Twitter, Facebook and other social media websites, and keep your friends and family updated on fundraising events and other local functions.

Be creative. Host a restaurant/bar happy hour fundraiser or have a bake sale. Set up a donation box or a lemonade stand.

Do Good at Chipotle!

On Wednesday, January 11th, from 5-9pm at the Chipotle Warminster, use code GXZ6NWH when ordering online for pickup or show this flyer in the restaurant. Chipotle will donate 33% of the total sales of the night to Hart 2 Heart. Dine for a good cause!

Happily Ever After

The D’Aquilos and Morris and Lindsey

We had Cheeto and Chet since 2004 and adopted Tony from Hart 2 Heart in 2018. We had to put Chet down in May 2021 which was crushing for our whole family. We knew Cheeto wouldn't be far behind.

Cheeto was, obviously, an orange guy. The stereotypical special orange guy. For the longest time my wife insisted we had to get another orange guy for Cheeto to show the ways of being orange. As silly as that sounds, orange cat owners know what we're talking about. Anyway, over months we would see orange cats on Hart 2 Heart's page but timing was never right. Then we saw Morris in January 2022 and we knew we had to look. We went down (to the Petsmart) and there he was laying in the same position Cheeto always laid. It was a done deal the second we laid eyes on him.

As we were contacting Sharon and trying to get store assistance, we were looking at the other cats and there was Lindsey. Fourteen years old, she melted our hearts.

Then Sharon told us her story (or what she knew). We felt like no one would want a frightened fourteen year old cat and it just broke us into tears. So, we came home with two cats that day. It did our hearts right to give them both a home, especially Lindsey.

Then five months later Tony got sick and we put him down on 6/13. Cheeto followed three weeks later, on 7/2. To say this house was devastated would be an understatement. We knew Cheeto wasn't long for the world but poor Tony got sick and deteriorated in less than a month. It was awful.

We say all the time that we don't know what we would've done without Morris and Lindsey. The amount of tears that have been shed were much easier to dry with those two. It's the old cliche, we rescued them but in the end they have rescued us. For real.

Thank you, Hart 2 Heart, for bringing so much love and joy to our house.