19th Week - Rescued Critters Food Drive

Hi Folks,

Thanks to KGUN 9 News for the Coverage

Today, John, the videographer from KGUN 9 News met me in the PACC parking lot at noon to film our food and cash donation. We talked for a minute or two and then moved on to actually making the delivery. Then he told me the news story would be on the 6 pm newscast. I thanked him warmly for his time and the opportunity to tell our story. What I didn’t realize was how quick the segment would be. Anyway, at least Rescued Critters Food Drive still has 14.5 minutes of fame to go.

Second Rescued Critters Truck Load

Since the truck and the food were in the alley, so was Peach, the not so feral tom cat. He is most aggressive when it comes to food, always being first in line no matter how many of his feline friends he has to push out of the way. Peach likes it best when it’s just food and solitude.

As we learned last week, PACC has two approaches to feeding pets. For those who need assistance with feeding their pets, PACC provides less expensive commercial brands like Purina Dog Chow. The idea here is to keep the pets with their owners instead of having them give their dog or cat up because they simply can’t afford to feed them anymore. Pets remaining in their homes is the goal here. Also, home based pets seem to eat without much coaxing.

Rescued pets get the more expensive foods because they are stressed out and have a tendency to not eat well. So nutrient packed foods are provided to shelter pets. That’s where the $0.90 cents per pound comes in and why they need donations to feed the 17,000 plus a year shelter pets.

PACC’s food assistance program provides about 6,000 lbs. a year to help folks keep their pets in their homes. As I said, this solution is so much better than turning over a loved family pet to the shelter. That’s why, when I saw the Purina food on sale for about $0.48 cents per pound, I scooped up six 52 lb. bags in the past two weeks. As the year progresses, maybe we can be responsible for supplying PACC’s food assistance program. I like providing targeted support to PACC and I am sure you do, too.

This week we donated, a blanket, a retractable lead and a regular lead, in addition to 121.4 pounds of dog and cat food.  The cash donation amounted to $36.15

See you Sunday,

Peter