Comments on: Reach out to help animals and people http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/06/16/reach-out-to-help-animals-and-people/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts led by Dr. Marty Becker. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:50:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Liz Palika http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/06/16/reach-out-to-help-animals-and-people/comment-page-1/#comment-460391 Liz Palika Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:22:09 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7597#comment-460391 No handles; food is usually delivered in zip lock bags so we can buy in bulk and parcel it out to more people. And yes, we do buy better quality foods. I would love to supply the foods I feed my pets but so far we can't afford to do that. But we don't offer cheap, poor quality, recalled, or other known dangerous foods. We supply the best we can. No handles; food is usually delivered in zip lock bags so we can buy in bulk and parcel it out to more people.

And yes, we do buy better quality foods. I would love to supply the foods I feed my pets but so far we can’t afford to do that. But we don’t offer cheap, poor quality, recalled, or other known dangerous foods. We supply the best we can.

]]> By: catmom5 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/06/16/reach-out-to-help-animals-and-people/comment-page-1/#comment-459912 catmom5 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:21:45 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7597#comment-459912 And cut all handles off of bags so the cats don't get caught . . . And cut all handles off of bags so the cats don’t get caught . . .

]]> By: Liz Palika http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/06/16/reach-out-to-help-animals-and-people/comment-page-1/#comment-459830 Liz Palika Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:28:35 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7597#comment-459830 In my (cough, cough) spare time - at least twice a month, I deliver food boxes to the elderly and those in need. My personal vehicle is a full size van and so I fill up my van with boxes of food that have been donated to a local food bank. I'm usually asked to deliver the food to the local senior activity centers but sometimes I'm also asked to go to a private home. If I see a dog or cat in the home, I also drop off dog food, cat food or cat litter. The food bank doesn't supply this; I do. I don't tell the recipient that, though! smile.... I don't tell them anything about it; just drop it off. If the food bank gets calls about pet foods, they take a message and route it to me. Our local therapy dog group and my dog training group do fund raisers for the money for the supplies. Our hope is that these seniors can then continue to keep their pets for that much longer. In my (cough, cough) spare time - at least twice a month, I deliver food boxes to the elderly and those in need. My personal vehicle is a full size van and so I fill up my van with boxes of food that have been donated to a local food bank.

I’m usually asked to deliver the food to the local senior activity centers but sometimes I’m also asked to go to a private home.

If I see a dog or cat in the home, I also drop off dog food, cat food or cat litter. The food bank doesn’t supply this; I do. I don’t tell the recipient that, though! smile…. I don’t tell them anything about it; just drop it off.

If the food bank gets calls about pet foods, they take a message and route it to me.

Our local therapy dog group and my dog training group do fund raisers for the money for the supplies. Our hope is that these seniors can then continue to keep their pets for that much longer.

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