• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

  713.863.9835

  Email Us

  Enrollment

  • ADOPT
  • FOSTER
  • VOLUNTEER
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Medium
FFL Logo 2020

Friends For Life Animal Shelter

#BeUnsheltered

  • Our Animals
    • Dogs
    • Cats
    • Rabbits
    • Adoption Process
    • Recently Adopted
    • Stay Tuned
  • Get Help
    • Pet Food Bank × Mini Clinic
    • Enrollment
    • Rescues × Other Shelters
    • Pet Behavior Support
  • Resources
    • Pet Wellness
    • Pet Ownership
    • Pet Behavior
    • Disaster Prep × Crisis Response
    • Shelter Best Practices
  • Programs
    • Behavior
    • Thinking Outside the Shelter
    • Fix Houston
    • #ProjectWARM
  • About Us
    • Our Shelter
    • FAQ
    • Blog
    • Press
  • Donate
    • Make A Donation
    • Wishlist
    • Medical Cases

The Unsheltered Manifesto

We are the Unsheltered. The rebellious. Seekers of hard truths.

April 12, 2020 by Friends For Life Leave a Comment

We are the Unsheltered. The rebellious. Seekers of hard truths. Believers in second chances. And third chances. Believers in not even counting chances in the first place.

We are the open-minded. We will not shelter ourselves from the way things are—because what could be is only clear when you know where to start. People aren’t “good” or “bad.” Animals aren’t “good” or “bad.” But even after 100 years of shelters, something between people and animals still isn’t working.

Shelters are drop-off points when they could be launchpads for conversations. Shelters are making binary life-or-death choices when they could be creating systemic, community-wide change. We’re here to talk about things that we know work and to discover new ones—but we need you in the conversation.

We are right here with you—you thinkers, you doers, you changers, you rebels with hearts-too-big-to-handle. This isn’t about our shelter or anyone else’s. This is about every neighborhood. Every community. Every animal. Every human.

We are Friends For Life. Let’s rally the humans. Be Unsheltered.

FacebookTweetPinPrint

Category iconUnsheltered

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

The #FFLArmy makes what we do possible.

Make a difference with a single or recurring contribution, or by starting a fundraiser.

Donate Now

Footer

Friends For Life Shelter

Don Sanders Adoption Center
107 E 22nd Street
Houston, TX 77008

713-863-9835

We're closed to walk-ins
due to COVID but adoptions
are in full swing!


If you need help with something else,
please give us a call (713-863-9835).
We're here for you!

Petsmart Cattery

2902 S. Shepherd
Houston, TX 77098

Adoption Hours:
Monday-Friday—
11AM-1PM, 5-7PM

Saturday-Sunday — 1-5PM

Join Our Newsletter

Get updates on animals in their forever homes, FFL news, and where we'll be around Houston.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Email us at info@friends4life.org

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

© 2022 Friends For Life Animal Shelter. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit. | Website by Road Warrior Creative

  • Contact Us
  • Blog
  • Press
  • Volunteer Portal
  • Official Documents
  • Privacy Policy
  • Return To Top