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The Hamden Animal Shelter initiative.

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Read about all of Gimme Shelter's great work, then check out our events to see how you can get involved!

April 18, 2020 – Aunt Chilada’s Restaurant

February 24, 2020 Lenny Young Cancelled Events

(Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic this event has been postponed indefinitely.) Make a reservation for the restaurant or ORDER TAKE-OUT,

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Animal Shelter Update (January 2020)

January 13, 2020 Lenny Young monthly update

Major Update Announced! Within the last 24 hours, this was posted on Hamden’s Mayor Curt Balzano Leng’s, Facebook page. Hamden

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Animal Shelter Update (Dec 2019)

December 22, 2019 Lenny Young monthly update

Merry Christmas Mayor Leng We are proud that your family chose to rescue its pets. Unfortunately the reason that Hamden

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October Recap

October 27, 2019 Lenny Young Past Events

Whitneyville Community donates $2,436 to Hamden’s Animal Shelter Gift Fund during October.   1) $350. was donated by the residents of Atria Senior Living

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Whitneyville Wine Walk (October 5, 2019)

October 1, 2019 Lenny Young Past Events

One reason a Hamden Animal Shelter has been stalled since 2005 is that abused and abandoned animals have no voice

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Animal Shelter Restaurant Month (April 2019)

April 30, 2019 Lenny Young Past Events

April Fundraising Results: Gimme Shelter raised $3,640.55  during our April 2019 Animal Shelter Restaurant Month fundraiser. The breakdown is as follows: JaSa Asian Cuisine $170.27 Le

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Fireworks Friday Fundraiser (June 2018)

April 19, 2018 Lenny Young Past Events

EXPENCES: ($1742.14) Cater $780 (78 X $10) Room $250 Band $200 Supplies $292.12 Marketing $220.02 PROCEEDS: ($1805) Table Sales $750

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Animal Shelter Restaurant Week (April 2018)

April 5, 2018 Lenny Young Past Events

RESULTS: We made $325 on Monday, $250 on Tuesday, $214 on Wednesday, & $300 on Thursday. That $1,089 goes directly

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YEAR OF THE DOG Fundraiser

January 16, 2018 Lenny Young Past Events

We brought in 72 dine-in customers on Thursday Night.  15 take-out orders also presented our flier. We registered just under $2,000

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Gimme Shelter’s 2017 Results and Related Press

December 19, 2017 Lenny Young annual update

Gimme Shelter donated $6,500 towards a new Hamden or Regional Animal Control Facility during our inaugural year of 2017. In

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Donate Today

You can donate directly to the Hamden Animal Shelter fund at:


Hamden Animal Shelter Gift Fund
c/o Chief of Police, John Sullivan
Hamden Police Department
2900 Dixwell Ave.
Hamden, CT 06518

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