Project Recycle-A-Bull

Help Out of the Pits make a pawsitive impact in your community and the environment by donating your recyclable cans and bottles to project Recycle-A-Bull.

Collect recyclable bottles and cans then let us know so we can set up a time to get them from you.

Contact Out of the Pits by sending us an email events@outofthepits.org or messaging us on Facebook.

Out of the Pits, Inc.
P.O. Box 2311
Albany, NY 12220

Volunteer for Out of the Pits!

If you cannot afford to make a donation, please consider volunteering! Besides needing food, shelter and veterinary care, our dogs need PEOPLE! Pit Bulls are very people oriented and our dogs living in kennels are always in need of love and attention, walks and training. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Sheryl at volunteer@outofthepits.org.

Any amount donated is deeply appreciated.

If you have questions about contributing, please contact Cydney at donations@outofthepits.org.

$5.00 will feed a dog for a week

$10.00 will buy them a collar and leash

$20.00 will cover their vaccinations

$75.00 will cover their neuter
or spay costs
 

Non-monetary donations we can always use:
Blankets
Old Towels
Kong Type Toys
Pig Ears
Nylabones
Pressed Rawhide

This cool guy needs your help. While playing recently, Bandit slipped a few disks in his back - - and within 24 hours he was paralyzed in his hind end. His people have invested many thousands of dollars into extensive spinal surgery for the silly man.

We are working hard to raise the funds to get bandit a rehabilitation package that will include heat therapy, massage, electrical stimulation, hydrotherapy, range of motion, and much more.  Anything you can give to help support the cost of the rehab needed to help this goofy boy reach his goal to walk again is much appreciated.  Click here to see a video

And Out of the Pits (with generous support from Art for Animals and Merle Borenstein) has provided him an Eddie's Wheels cart to get him moving. Seeing the bully smile spread across Bandit's face as he took his first steps in the cart was priceless. But he still needs lots of rehab before he will have a chance to walk unassisted again.

The owners of the Alexandra Inn have named one of their rooms after their two Pit Bulls Bella and Guapo who were adopted from Out of the Pits. They have graciously donated 10% of the reoccurring room revenue to us!

"Bella & Guapo. Bella is a gorgeous and extremely well behaved 6 year old APBT who loves attention. Guapo, also an APBT, was the epitome of a loyal working dog: smart , high energy and obedient. He had to be put down however on May 2010 due to bone cancer. He was only 4 years old. It is one of the hardest things we've had to do. Both of them came to us when they were just months of age and we support the rescue shelter that brought them to our lives."

http://www.alexandrainn.com

Annie Lee Vankleeck

One of our best volunteers is Annie Lee Vankleeck of Ulster County, NY, age 6. Annie won the American Humane Society's "Be Kind to Animals Week" Award  by gathering an enormous amount of blankets from her community and by requesting donations in lieu of birthday presents for Out of the Pits' dogs.

Read more about Annie here...

This section of the Out of the Pits donations page is dedicated to Ryan Burris, a generous, loving, and compassionate young man whose life was taken tragically in a fire in March 2011. Ryan was best described as marching to the beat of his own drum. He lived for the moment and always knew how to put a smile on anyone's face. He always had love for pit bulls and promised everyone he would have one at some point in his life. Ryan was a loving soul, cared about everyone and helped those in need, including Out of the Pits.  Because his life was cut short at the young age of 28 Ryan's family asked Out of the Pits to accept donations in Ryan's memory.  The funds generously donated in Ryan's name will help Out of the Pits rescue many pit bulls whose lives would otherwise be cut short.  If you would like to donate to Out of the Pits in memory of Ryan Burris please visit us at one of our many events, mail checks to Out of the Pits, Inc., PO Box 2311, Albany, NY 12220 or via PayPal by donate on the left side of this page.

  Gracie's update,

thanks to your donations:

Gracie is doing very well! She still has a murmur (which will never go away), however, Dr. Wey was very pleased with the outcome of the surgery. His prognosis after the surgery was that Gracie's condition should improve greatly compared to how she was before the surgery. We'll be going back one more time for a check-up on the progress, so hopefully everything will continue to be positive.

Gracie is acting like any other 12 month old puppy. She is a very happy and lovable girl with a very welcoming personality. She runs and plays with every dog she meets, and she is a true natural with my two boys. If you watched Gracie run in our fields you'd never know she had a heart condition.

Her exercise tolerance is GREAT! She's the snapping tail that greets us when we come home, and she's the head that looks out the window as we leave.

I can't thank the volunteers at OOTP enough! The emails and calls from staff members were a large part of the reason we decided to go through with this surgery. My wife and I were prepared to give Gracie the best life possible with our children for as long as she stayed healthy.

With the help of OOTP and the many donations from concerned friends and supporters, we decided to go through with the procedure. Now, we hope to watch Gracie grow and live a happy and healthy life with our family.

Sincerely, The Waldenmaier Family