Shelter Location: 5664 Horatio Street (Off Rt. 12N) , Utica, NY 13502 (Just past the Riverside Center)

Hours: 11a-5pm on Tuesday - Friday ------- 11a-4p on Saturday ------ & Sundays 11a- 2p

Closed Mondays

Phone : (315) 738-4357

Price Chopper in New Hartford collected pet food and supplies for our shelter during their 'Paws for a Cause' promotion. This is an annual pet food drive to help our shelter.

(l-r) Here's Jerry Kraus picking up the donations, with Patti Eddy and Christine Cecilia.

Don't throw those empty ink cartridges away! We are now collecting them in conjunction with our friends at Cartridge World, 8411 Seneca Turnpike (Old Pharmhouse Plaza), as a fundraiser to help our shelter animals. Drop them off at Cartridge World or here at our shelter. Thank You!

Thank you to the Girl Scout 'Daisies' Troop 136 from Clinton. They collected supplies for our animals and even took some of their cookie sale money and bought some pet food and items for us! What a great buch of MVPs: Most Valuable Pet-helpers!

"Paws for a Cause": Area Price Chopper stores recently collected Pet Food and supply donations for our shelter. Shoppers purchased pet food and supplies and then placed them in the designated shopping cart at the front of the store. Thank you Price Chopper Shoppers!

At the North Utica store: Eric Kowiatek, Donna Candella and Jerry Kraus (SSHS)

Saturday, April 21st, we took over Sangertown Square for an afternoon of dance and fitness in Center Court to benefit our Stevens-Swan Humane Society. Donations were requested from those who participated and spectators throughout the day. Thank you to Jamie Callari and Friends hosting Les Mill’s SH’BAM, Kerry Daly and Friends hosting Zumba and the ‘Dance 10 Studio’ (Barneveld) presentation. $875 was raised for our shelter animals!
Special thanks to Alison Cahalan at Sangertown Square.

THANK YOU to everyone who made this year's Utica Mayor's Benefit Gala such a wonderful success. The Radisson Hotel was packed with guests having a great time and a portion of the Gala's proceeds will be coming here to help our shelter animals. Thank you to Utica Mayor Rob Palmieri (a former SSHS Board member for the last 8 years) and his wife Susan for all of their help and concern for our animals over the years. Thanks also to our wonderful sponsors, participating restaurants, guests, entertainers and volunteers who made this such a fun and successful event! Thank you all !

Here are the shelter's Executive Director Diane Broccoli and the Public Relations/Marketing Director Jerry Kraus at the Gala, in front of the dog ice sculpture.

Freddy Piperata of Soul Injection and Jerry Kraus (SSHS)

Allan & Teddy Allen (Sound Investment DJs & Jerry

Another adoption success story: Tom Lennon of Barneveld came in and found his 'Paradise', a little female brown and white tiger cat. We can't guarantee you'll find paradise here, but finding your new best friend is our goal...and it's priceless! Thank you Tom.

The Bank of America branch in the North Utica Shopping Center is collecting food and supplies for our shelter throughout March. Feel free to stop by, say hello to their staff and Banking Center Manager Jason Stephens and drop off items into their collection boxes. We really do appreciate the kindness of our community supporters!

Thank You Joette!: Joette's Gifts in New Hartford once again helped our shelter animals with a sale/ fundraiser in February and early March. Over $400 was donated along with bags of pet food and supplies. Go see her store at 70 Genesee Street, New Hartford; call 733-9125, open Monday-Friday 11-6 & Saturday 11-3.

At a news conference held Thursday morning, Feb. 2, Utica Mayor Rob Palmieri and his wife Susan outlined the details of the upcoming Mayor's Benefit Gala on Saturday April 14th at the Radisson Hotel in Utica. The BIG news also announced was the fact that WE were chosen to receive 1/2 of the proceeds raised this year! Our sincere gratitude to the Mayor, who was a recent Board Member of the shelter for the last 8 years. He knows full well of the daily challenges we face here. The Children's Museum is also a beneficiary of the Gala. Thank you to Mayor Rob and Susan Palmieri! See more HERE.

Simba says So Long! Our WKTV newstalk dog found his Valentines family when the Macera's of New Hartford came by to adopt him. Here's Rocco and Juliano with their new best friiend Simba, our 10-month old Border Collie/Beagle mix. Bye bye Simba and Good luck!

Our first weekend for Anumal Jam went great! Make sure you come out the next two Saturdays in January for the Animal Jams! Local bands are volunteering at local clubs to help us raise money for our shelter animals. Check out the flyer for all the band info and dates. Come on out and party to help our animals!
Flyer created by Wendy Butcher of (WB Designs). Go to her webpage at http://wbdesigns.org/ to see more about her designs.

The band Last Left at The Finger Bullet

Sasafrass Jenkins at The Electric Company

SLUG at The Valley Brook Lounge

Jerry Kraus and Larry Krauss at The ValleyBrook Lounge

Thank you to the New Hartford Animal Hospital employees, vendors and customers who contributed a HUGE amount of donations and money for our shelter. Their 'Giving Tree' idea was a big success and shows their compassion for our animals and their community involvement. Thank you all so much.
L-R: Sandi Gentile, Sheila Casler, Marie McNamara, Jerry Kraus (SSHS) with 'Outlaw', Dr. Frank Mondi, Linds Fisk & Kim Bruni.

Thanks to the employees at the Central Sterile Dept. at Faxton-St. Lukes Healthcare for organizing a Holiday collection for our shelter animals. Here's Rich, Kelley and Jenny with some of the donations. Thanks also to Marcy Elementary, Hughes School (New Hart.), Bradley School (New Hart.), and Oriskany Elementary for helping too!

Thank you everyone for your Holiday donations! We're continuing to make the rounds as well as greeting people as they come in. Here is the staff at the Oneida County Water Treatment plant along with our little puppy Cody, a Terrier mix who got adopted later that day!! Thanks also to the caring employees at the Ramada Inn and The Mamo dept. at Faxton/St. Lukes..and many more!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!
Joan Scalise : $5,000

Donna Dellano - $1,000

Joan Ganeles - $500

Thank you to EVRYONE that bought a raffle ticket! We appreciate all you do to help our animals!!

Watch our Christmas Cash WUTR- TV spot here.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE IS NOW ON!

In honor of our 101st Anniversary, we are organizing a Holiday effort to sign up 101 new members. What a great idea for a gift for someone you love, who happens to love animals! Click HERE to view and then print out a Membership form and we'll add you to our 'team' of dedicated local shelter supporters. By becoming a Member, you'll be helping us provide the care and services to over 3,000 animals annually here at the Stevens-Swan Humane Society. Thank you and Happy Holidays from all of here at the shelter!

(You can also become a member on-line via Paypal by clicking onto the membership link at the top of this page)

THANK YOU to everyone who came out for our Holiday Pet Photos weekend, organized by the Stevens-Swan Humane Society Auxiliary. We saw so many new faces this year, along with the usual familes and their pets who have been coming for years. There were new backdrop settings this year and the Pet Boutique, bake sale and raffles all were great. Nearly $4,600 was raised for our animals! Thanks to the Auiliary and all of our wonderful photographers and volunteers.

Special thanks to the Pet Photo event sponsor: Kunkel Ambulance.

Students at Sauquoit Universal Pre-K recently held a pet food drive in honor of "Make a Difference Day", which was celebrated October 22. Make a Difference Day is about taking time to help out our community. Students were asked to bring in any amount of pet food that they were able to contribute to the cause. Their teachers brought the donations to the Stevens-Swan Humane Society in Utica, where the food was greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Fundraiser for the ‘Friends of Shadow’ Fund

    The Stevens-Swan Humane Society Auxiliary is helping to raise money for the ‘Friends of Shadow’ fund to help pay Vet bills, possible legal fees and to erect a plaque and memorial tree in Shadow’s name at the Trenton Greenbelt Park area. Shadow was a German shepherd dog adopted from the Stevens-Swan Humane Society by Bernard Sperfeld of Utica. During a visit to the Trenton Greenbelt Park, Shadow was shot and subsequently died. A State Police investigation continues and was handled by a Special Prosecutor at a Grand Jury in Oneida County on October 12th. A report concerning the offer from the Special Prosecutor was held on Monday November 7th. The case goes to trial on Dec. 7th. See WKTV coverage here.

     Mr. Sperfeld has since adopted another dog- Heidi from the Stevens-Swan Humane Society. The Stevens-Swan Auxiliary is now helping to raise funds for the Friends of Shadow fund.

    Donations are also being accepted by mail. Checks can be made out to ‘Friends of Shadow’ and mailed to 10282 Hinman Rd., Holland Patent, NY 13354. For more information, contact Jerry Kraus at (315) 738-4357 x 23.

Here is Eileen of Baldwinsville and Apollo, who got adopted a month ago.  His new family has an Afghan Hound that has become best friends with Apollo. They came for a visit to let everyone know things are working out very well. Eileen agreed to meet the media and to tell everyone how things are going so far with their new family member.
You may remember Apollo as the dog who was found in West Utica back in January almost frozen to death. He has come a long way and his journey points out the success stories that we love to talk about here at the Stevens-Swan Humane Society. We are SO HAPPY for Apollo and his new family. Thank you to everyone who helped with donations, prayers and concern for this dog who now has a new loving family and life to enjoy.

THANK YOU ZombieWalk Organizers and participants. $350.00 and over 100 food items were collected at the ZombieWalk and after washing off their make-up, the organizers brought us the donations and took a tour of the shelter. This event continues to grow and we appreciate the caring and donations these fun-loving Zombies continue to provide our shelter animals.

(L-R): Kyle Riecker, Ashley McAllister, Jerry Kraus (SSHS), Eric Vogel and Ryan Mclaughlin.

THANK YOU everyone who came out to our 19th Annual Wiggle Waggle Walkathon at the New Hartford Town Park. What a beautiful day and what a beautiful crowd! We raised over $42,000 for our shelter animals thanks to you!

Thanks to all of our walkers and their doggies, our staff, volunteers and Auxilary, our wonderful sponsors including our presenting sponsors Staffworks and Adirondack Financial Services, our vendors, singer Joe Nuccio, Kerry Daly (Zumba) and our hosts at the NH Town Park.

Thank you all..and get ready ...next year is our 20th Anniversary Wiggle Waggle Walkathon. See you there!!!

Check out the Utica OD newspaper coverage here.

Thank You to the New Hartford Pop Warner Cheerleaders.  The girls each donated an item to our

Stevens-Swan Humane Society during the practice month of August.  Way to go.....Cheerleaders!

We deal with the Good and the Bad here on a daily basis. For example on Tuesday Aug. 23, above: Don Shipman and Megan Koskavich from WKTV brought us a super-sized donation of $1,000 from their recent facebook promotion to help animals shelters. This check will go a long way in providing food, medicine and care for our hundreds of stray, homeless and abused animals. (See the WKTV News report here.)

Ten minutes after they left, a dog was brought in by the Animal Control officer in Bridgewater, accompanied by the NY State Police. This 4 year old Pit-mix was cut, her whiskers and coat burned, she was doused with paint and set on fire, her back fur was singed and she was further abused. We named her 'Star' because she has a white star on her back coat. She is very friendly and we're hoping that anyone with information would please contact the Animal Control officer at 822-6921 or the NY State Police.

Little 'Rosie', a 2 year-old Shihtzu is going home! Right before Tom Bronk (Utica) left with Rosie and his grandkids, they all posed for a photo in our lobby: Twins Katie and Arianna Wiater and their brother Christopher. And off they go, another Stevens-Swan adoption success story!

Photo taken July 21, the pups pose for a picture!

Here they are July 29: Thelma (blue collar) and Louise (red collar) Both are doing well and each has gained 10 pounds!

Doing better and better! Thelma (left) has gained 20 pounds and Louise (right) has gained 15 pounds and both are getting more socialized and within a few weeks, they are going to be ready for adoption starting Tuesday Aug. 23rd, together into a new loving home.

Our July Adopt-a-thon was Saturday July 23rd from Noon- 3pm at the shelter. We adopted out 10 animals! Thank you to all who came by to say hello.

Special thanks to: Price Chopper (N. Utica), Pepsi Bottling Group, Wal-Mart, N. Utica, Arcuri's Pizza (Burrstone Rd), Smith Packing, Holland Farms, Zimowski Foods.

Thanks to the Whitestown Overseas Veterans #7393 (NY Mills) and The BrownDog Open. After a golf outing at Heron Creek (Clinton) the golfers enjoyed lunch at the Legion and a donation of $750 was presented to the Stevens-Swan Humane Society. We appreciate all of the help from our community and it's always nice to meet so many caring people in our community.

L-R: Ed Luczko, President of the Veteran's Legion, Donna Williams, manager of the VFW #7393, Jerry Kraus, Stevens-Swan and Greg Brown, organizer of the tourney.

Thank You to everyone who came out for the Fur Ball at the Hotel Utica. We had a GREAT time and a big THANK YOU to all who helped us out. We're hoping to have made $20,000 for our shelter animals. We'll soon have a link to many photos from the event. In the meantime, here are two photos from the Fur Ball, one of our Honorary Chairs: Pauline and Ralph Giovinazzo with Diane and Jerry from the shelter and a group photo of our staff.

To see more photos from our Fur Ball gala follow this link and use the following code:

Thank You to all of the local Price Chopper stores that collected food and supplies for our shelter animals. They loaded up a few carts full of donations.

(l-r) Jerry Kraus (SSHS) along with Tori Ellis, Eric Kowiatek and Lacey Barone from Price Chopper in North Utica

The residents and staff of the Masonic Care Community held a cookie sale to benefit the Stevens Swan Humane Society. Close to $700.00 was raised and a variety of needed items including towels, blankets and pet toys were also donated. President of the Resident Counsel Carolyn Santoro is pictured here with Shelter PR/ Marketing Director Jerry Kraus and his dog Dolly (a former shelter dog) accepting a check and donations. Santoro says many of the residents of the Masonic Care Community owned pets, and they were proud to be able to donate to the Oneida County Shelter. (not pictured is Neighborhood manager Val Yager who was very active in soliciting donations and organizing the event for the residents)

Apollo’s adoption listing

The Stevens-Swan Humane Society will start taking applications for the fostering/adoption of Apollo, the dog left out in the freezing cold in Utica back on January 24th. After almost 4 weeks of recovery at the shelter, the staff has decided the time is right to try and find a new home for this 3 year-old male Pitbull mix.

Interested persons should have some experience with a special needs dog, that will require attention and compassion. We will also ask that the interested adoptive party have no children or other pets in the house and Apollo shouldn't be crated.

Information and applications will be available at the Stevens-Swan Humane Society starting Tuesday February 22nd at 11am.  For more information, please call 738-4357. For more on the story of Apollo, please visit : www.Stevens-Swan.org

Thank you.

Above: Here's Apollo in our front lobby (Fri. Feb. 4), hangin with his friends Jon Liebing, Anthony 'Zee' Donaldson (The Electric Co.) and Nicole Broccoli from the Stevens-Swan Humane Society shelter. They have the super-sized donation of $1,019 from the music benefit organized by Jon on Thursday Feb. 3rd. Thank you to everyone who supported the event and all of the musicians that donated their services!

Below: Here's a look at some of the cards, notes and letters we've been receiving for Apollo. Thank You for all of your kindness and donations!

Out for a walk on Tuesday Feb. 15, 3 weeks after coming in to our shelter, Apollo is 18 pounds heavier and getting a bit better every day. Thank you for all of your caring and compassion. The cards, letters and donations continue to come in!

Please take a moment to look at and sign a petition page created after word got out about Apollo to gather signatures to improve laws pertaining to Animal Abuse here.

Here's Apollo (Feb. 22), 4 weeks after coming in. He's gained 20 pounds and he's been enjoying all of the donations and toys that people have given to him (a few are pictured here). He is now up for adoption at the Stevens-Swan Humane Society...see above for adoption updates.

THANK YOU...THANK YOU....THANK YOU...We can't say it enough !!! Our Telethon was a BIG success!

$111,379 and STILL COUNTING!

It was an incredible day and thanks to our volunteers and staff along with StaffWorks, our major presenting sponsor, supporting sponsors and our hosts at MVCC, the events of the day proved that people in our area love their pets and care tremendously how they are treated. It's no secret that the story of Apollo along with Hope and Annie help to bring to light the sad cases of abuse we deal with here at the Stevens-Swan Humane Society. Everyone who called in a pledge helped to make this telethon our beiigest and best yet. Here's a look at our staff and volunteers and major sponsor Anita Vitullo after our final amount was announced! Click HERE to see the WKTV photo gallery from the Telethon.

Update- 'Apollo', the 3 year old Pit mix , left outside and almost frozen to death early Monday morning, continues to make small advances back to better health. This poor dog has been through so much and now is under a Vet's care. the Utica Police Department is following up with leads as to who may have tied this dog up outside on Whitesboro Street in West Utica on a night that bottomed out at minus -20 degrees. He was suffering from extreme frostbite plus other various injuries and conditions. Thank you for all of your calls and concern for 'Apollo'. If you'd like to donate to help cover Apollo's medical bills, please send a check made out to SSHS c/o The Apollo Fund, Stevens-Swan Humane Society, 5664 Horatio Street, Utica, NY 13502. You can also donate online through PayPal by clicking the link to the left. Thanks!

Update Jan. 26.The Utica Police Department has issued the former owner of 'Apollo' tickets. Read more from the Utica Observer Dispatch here. See coverage also on the WKTV and Utica Daily News sites.

Here's Apollo on Friday Jan. 28th. He's gained 12 pounds since he arrived on Monday Jan. 24th. We'll continue to post updates.

Pennies for Pets : WAY TO GO Donovan Middle School! Teacher Lisa Sherline, the students pictured above and the rest of their classmates, parents and teachers did a tremendous job with special events and collecting money for the animals at the shelter. They collected over $1,600, which was almost more than all of our schools collected last year! Totaling up all of the schools involved in Pennies for Pets so far, Lisa and a few Donovan students presented over $4,000 at the telethon! Thank you!!

Here's Jerry and 'Dolly' making a visit to thank the students and to accept the donation from Lisa and the students.

Jerry and 'Scarlet', Snoopy's cousin, visiting the students at Westmoreland Rd. School in Whitesboro

Lots of kids and donations were waiting at Hughes Elementary in New Hartford. Other schools that we visited included Marcy Elementary and Parkway School in Whitesboro.

Two weeks later and 15 pounds heavier, Hope is coming along!

And here's HOPE (Dec. 18, 2010) as she gets better and stronger every day.!

Mid-State Correctional Employees help The Stevens-Swan Humane Society

Employees of the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy recently stopped by the Stevens-Swan Humane Society to donate $450.00. The money was raised through their ‘Make a Difference Day' events.  

Mid-State employees making the check presentation : (L-R) Ralph Pezzula, Celeste Ambrose, Jerry Kraus (SSHS), Debbie Semeraro (Chairperson) and Rev. Kurt Ellis.

Our WKTV Grand prize drawing team: (L-R) Christina and her daughter Cristiana Damiano, Don Shipman (WKTV), Jerry Kraus (SSHS PR/Development Director), Pauline Giovinazzo (Raffle Chairperson) and Diane Broccoli (SSHS Executive Director). Cristiana was our MVP (Most Valuable Pet-helper) raffle helper, as they have a puppy- Kia, a Beagle named Cooper and a cat : Sampson, all from the Stevens-Swan Humane Society!

Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner: Pat Paparone! Pat and her black lab 'Jack', who she adopted from us a few months ago, came to visit and collect her winnings: $10,000 ! Pat was gracious to then make a nice donation of a portion of her winnings back to the shelter. Jack is now the Paparone family pet and good luck charm!

L-R: Diane Broccoli (Executive Director), Pat Paparone and 'Jack' and Jerry Kraus (Public Relations /Development Director)

The 2nd Annual Utica ZOMBIE WALK was Friday October 1st. It was attended by hundreds of 'zombies' who walked up and down Genesee Street in S. Utica (7pm) and then many continued the all-ages experience by viewing a double-feature of 'Zombieland' and 'Night of the Living Dead' at The Uptown Theater (Utica) at 8pm. The organizers raised $1,001 for our shelter animals so we wanted to thank them for thinking of us!!

Check them out on facebook : uticazombiewalk or drop them a note at uticazombiewalk@gmail.com

Here's Jerry and 'Bullet' the Puggle (Pug and Beagle mix) checking out the Zombies in front of the Uptown Theater. Many 'Zombies' became quite calm and playful upon seeing our little shelter ambassador for the evening! He also made the rounds with Jerry during the day, helping to sell raffle tickets at Chanatry's and PetSuppliesPlus.

The following day: Here's 'Bullet' going home with Carolyn Williams & her son Walker of Frankfort . Another SSHS adoption success story!

THANK YOU: Our 18th Annual Wiggle Waggle Walkathon was a BONE-a-fide success!!!

Hundreds of dogs and their owners came out on Sunday September 19th at the New Hartford Sherrillbrook Town Park (Rt. 12) for plenty of fun, food (Buddy's Grill), music, vendors and CONTESTS!

We're still counting donations, pledges and sponsor checks and we're looking at over $39,000 pledged to help our animals! Thanks to EVERYONE who helped us out!

Presenting Sponsor again this year : StaffWorks and new this year: Adirondack Financial Services. Additional sponsors include: ABC ChemDry, Archer Seals, Excellus BC/BS, Crash's Scrap Metals, The Fountainhead Group, Inserra's Flooring Outlet, The Ron Longo Charitable Foundation, McDonald's, MedLine, Mohawk Global, Quadsimia. Special thanks also to: DeSantis Meat Market & Deli, The Pepsi Bottling Group, Frito-Lay chips, Price Chopper (NU), Wal-Mart (New Hartford and Distribution Center), Crash's (water), Arcuri's Pizza, Theresa Flemma & the Buddy's Grill crew, Meyda Tiffany Lighting, The Observer-Dispatch, WKTV, Townsquare Media, Graphics of Utica and PJ Green.

Lisa Lloyd of Eagle Bay continues her string of 8 consecutive years as our #1 fundraiser. Lisa and her dog Siesta brought us over $3,400 !! Thank you Lisa !!

Here's Jerry presenting Pauline Giovinazzo an award for being a very dedicated Board Member and volunteer for our shelter. Pauline is always there to help when needed. Thank you Pauline!

One of our costume contest winners!

1st place costume contest winners: The Picnic Dogs !

From Team : First Source Federal Credit Union (including a Picnic table,Hot Dogs, a Smore and Bees, all dressed up and looking good! )

Nettie, Diane and Jerry in front of ther Bandella Brothers (Joe and Barry), enjoying some cool tunes at the Gazebo.

'Brody' is looking so handsome at the Wiggle Waggle Walkathon

"We are the Champions my friends" (12 under par): (L-R) Jerry Kraus (SSHS) with the winning 4-some and Tournament 'Birdie-Babes' - Jeff Hoffmeister, Jamie, Shawn Brown. Stephanie, Bruce Sylvester and Greg Brown.

2010 Golf outing Runners up (11 under) from L-R: Ted Ayoub, Dave Ayoub and Gene D'Amico (missing : Bob Baber) - Team C-Flex Bearing Co.

The Real Swingers- The most exercise on the course award !

The employees of the Bank of New York Mellon (Oriskany) recently donated $860.00 to the Stevens-Swan Humane Society of Oneida County. The money was raised through various employee functions including dress-down days. The employees also delivered pet food and supplies to the shelter. Thank You !

Pictured L-R: Dave Kukowski, Roxanne Flint, Lisa Ellis, Jerry Kraus (SSHS), Verneil Richards and Jean Clark.

Thank You Pepsi Beverage Company (Utica). Employees recently volunteered to help out The Stevens-Swan Humane Society and through the company's 'Pepsi Gives Back' W.I.N.S. program, they also donated $1,000 to the shelter!

Pepsi employees recently presented Jerry Kraus (SSHS) with the check at their offices in Utica : (L-R) Eric Rostohar, Carla Kolwaite, James Helferich, Chris Ettelt and Jerry Kraus

CNY Pet Expo Adopt-a-Thon (May 22 at the New Hartford Rec Center.) We had a great time meeting many friends and their pets and we adopted out 5 of our dogs! (Including these two and the two in the cages you see to the left and right)

Left-right: Craig and 'Willie', Cathy and 'Monte', Clare (Auxiliary) and Jerry