Week 14 - Rescued Critters Food Drive

Hi Folks,

Just Look at All That Food!

While stacking the food on the table for a photo shoot, Haley bounds up the ramp to check everything out. Each product gets at least two sniffs. Then she sits down quietly and ponders the situation. Darn, none of it is for her. Don’t worry, she gets plenty of treats after the shoot for being such an engaging actor.

Nothing seemed unusual on Sunday until I reached the seventh home. Some folks were away and some had their donation on their porch. Then I saw the huge bag of Merrick dog food tagged with my name. That note told me no one was home here, either, but they were trying to make my day anyway.

The 12 cans of Instinct cat food had a story, too. The order my neighbor on 12^th street got from Chewy a few days earlier had that gift inside. She decided to regift it to PACC. Four other participants donated bags of both dog and cat food. At the end of the day there were 39 lbs. of dog food and 14 lbs. of cat food for a total of 53 lbs. That is significantly more than our average weekly donation of 15 lbs. of food. The cash donation amounted to $33.90 which is a tidy sum, also.

This may be a turning point in the donation patterns where dry food takes over for cans. After 14 straight weeks my neighbors may be thinking this is a good thing and it’s not going away. No matter the rationale, Rescued Critters Food Drive is here to stay.

See you Sunday,

Peter