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Manny Law Adoption Center

The Homeward Trails Adoption Center opened in November 2013 allowing us to greatly increase the number of dogs we could rescue. Since we opened our doors more than 8,000 dogs have passed through the Adoption Center.

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The Adoption Center, located at 11118 Fairfax Station Road, Fairfax Station, VA offers dogs needing extra socialization, additional confidence and extra time to get ready for adoption a safe and structured place. The dogs receive one-on-one and group training, playdates, and quiet time with our staff and volunteers.

We offer fun programs like Tails Out, which allows volunteers to take dogs for daytime or overnight field trips. We offer Peace Out Time in our Peace Out Rooms, special rooms in the Center Community Building complete with futons, chairs, televisions, desks, rugs, soft lighting and anything a human and dog need to “chill”. Volunteers can sign up to bring a book, study, meditate, watch television or just hang out with a dog who needs some time and space to decompress.

The facility is overseen by a full-time manager, behavioral and support staff who care for more than 50 dogs at any given time. The Adoption Center is open to the public on Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM – 4 PM and weekdays by appointment.

About the naming of the Homeward Trails Manny Law Adoption Center

In 2022 the Adoption Center was renamed the Homeward Trails Manny Law Adoption Center. Manny Law was a skateboarder from Falls Church, Virginia who unexpectedly passed away from congenital heart failure in 2015 at the age of 24.

At the time of his passing, Manny was a student at Northern Virginia Community College where he was completing a degree in architectural landscaping. As an avid environmentalist, Manny had planned to apply his knowledge to the protection of the environment and the maintenance of habitats for wildlife. Manny’s passion for skateboarding, coupled with his personal warmth, his genuine care and concern for others, and his natural charm and charisma, allowed him to build strong and lasting friendships throughout the DC metro area and beyond. Manny was survived by many of his family, friends, and two dogs, Gremlin and Yesca.

The re-naming of the adoption center was commissioned by Fido Group, a skateboarder-owned dog walking company in Upper NW DC whose owner, Chris Bota, was friends with Manny. Aside from providing in-home pet care services to 120 Upper NW DC families and their dogs, Fido Group holds valuable corporate partnerships with animal welfare organizations like Homeward Trails to directly impact the state of animal welfare at the ground level and pay it forward to the rescued cats and dogs Fido Group serves. With the re-naming of the facility, Chris has become more active in the organization and has been tasked with the role of Director of Business Development at the Manny Law Adoption Center.

Chris leveraged his business to generate resources and awareness about the new Manny Law Adoption Center through something Manny loved: a skateboard.

Fido Group produced a limited supply of Manny Law Adoption Center skateboards and partnered with Crushed Skate Shop in Washington DC to make the boards available for purchase both domestically and internationally.

One hundred percent of the net proceeds from each Manny Law Adoption Center skateboard sale directly benefit homeless cats and dogs at Homeward Trails in Manny’s honor.

Adoption Center sponsors

We Could Not Do It Without Them

The Adoption Center is proudly supported by the Petco Love

Adoption Center

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  • Our Current Supply Needs – Can You Help?

    Each year Homeward Trail spends thousands and thousands of dollars on supplies to care for our animals and support the general operations of our organization. We always strive to keep our costs as low as possible so that we can spend every extra dollar saving more lives.  One simple way you can help is by donating these supplies – everything from postage stamps, to cleaning supplies, to ink cartridges and paper, to dog and cat food and litter. Our wish lists are updated regularly so you can always find our most current needs. Please consider donating supplies to help us cover the cost of these items. The more we are able to get donated, the more animals we can help. Thank you! Adoption Center Wishlist Meow Palace Wishlist Dog Enrichment Wishlist Trails Home Farm Wishlist Farmhouse Wishlist Trails UP Wishlist  Puerto Rico Wishlist

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  • Clear the Shelters Adoption Weekend – August 31 and September 1

    Reduced and Waived Adoption Fees! Join Homeward Trails as we participate in NBCUniversal Local’s 10th annual Clear The Shelters nationwide pet adoption event.  Help us clear the Adoption Center and our foster homes August 31 and September 1 – many of our adoptable cats and dogs will have reduced fee and fee waived adoptions.  Homeward Trails Manny Law Adoption Center 11116 Fairfax Station Rd. Fairfax Station, VA 22039 Saturday, August 31 10 AM – 4 PM  Sunday, September 1 10 AM – 4 PM Our nation’s animal shelters are facing a capacity crisis and need your help now to get pets from shelter kennels into the couches of loving homes! Since its 2015 inception, Clear The Shelters has led to more than one million pet adoptions and raised more than $4.5 million. The 2023 campaign resulted in more than 158,000 adoptions – lifting the all-time adoption total past one million – and raised over $575,000.