Presents for Paws preempts the needs of animal shelters in Connecticut by collecting pet food donations and many other supplies which allows the animal control officers to focus on the rescue and re-homing of homeless pets. The annual drive begins after Thanksgiving and ends just prior to Christmas Day with drop off locations all over Connecticut. After all the donations have been collected and sorted, they are distributed to the shelters by volunteers. The process doesn't end there. These shelters pay it forward by sharing their supplies with other area shelters that have even less man power to contact us, so our donations reach many more locations and comfort many more homeless animals tha...