Morel Canned Cat Food, Please
When
I walked through the door, the PACC receptionist came from behind her desk and
took the plastic bags I was carrying. “Oh good,” she said, clutching the bottom
of the bags, “the cat shelter told me they were running low on cat food.
Thanks.”
That’s
the first time I got a comment besides, “Oh, wow, that’s a lot of food.”
Most
weeks we donate between 10 and 15 cans of cat food. If all our cat food donors
could add just one more can to their gift, we could come close to donating a 24-pack each week. That would cut down on the
meowing a bit at dinner time.
Paid in Pet Food
Last
Monday, I noticed the roll-off on S. Vine Street was only about a quarter full
and was worried it would not fill up like the other three around the
neighborhood. I only had till Tuesday morning to do something about it.
My
first thought was to take the trash stacked outside the roll-off on 12th
Street and transport it to Vine Street. That would help. To my surprise,
someone saw that mess
and
shoved all of it into the roll-off. Now that was considerate, but I was still
short some trash.
On
my drive home I saw a large stack of old carpet piled up in front of Gerry’s
house on Miles Street. Mitchell, her grandson, greeted me at the door. He was
installing new carpet and would appreciate help with chucking the old.
As
I took the last load, Mitchell told me to come back Wednesday and pick up a pet
food donation he and his dad wanted to give me. Turned out to be a 55 lb. bag
of Pedigree. (See photo above).
While
finishing up at the Vine Street roll-off, I noticed Rossana on 13th
Street trimming her tree that drooped over the easement alongside her property.
She was using a long-handle clipper that looked arduous. I walked over and
handed her my battery powered saws-all. A little instruction and soon those
massive, low hanging tree limbs were on the ground. At last, the roll-off was
full. When Rossana returned my saws-all she said, “This tool is going on my
Christmas list.”
This
week we donated 258.2 lbs. of pet food, one Bark chew, one pill bottle, one cat
collar and $50.60, in cash and three checks.
See you Sunday,
Peter
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