Week 67 - Rescued Critters Food Drive

  Hi Folks,

PACC Outreach Folks Grateful for “So Much Food”

On Saturday I got an email from Bennett Simonsen, PACC’s Community Programs Manager and our contact. He was attending the vaccine clinic and Rescued Critters came up in a conversation. Here, I’ll let Bennett tell it.

“We have a giant vaccine clinic today and one of our staff who does outreach and a volunteer who does outreach both mentioned you and how grateful they are for you bringing in so much food. I thought I’d pass it along. :)”

Outreach connects with people in Tucson who love dogs and cats but may not have the wherewithal to afford food and veterinarian help. That’s why PACC offers free clinics and free food when available. And our donations are an important part of that mission, it turns out.

So any time you feel like adding more to your Sunday donation, know that more is always good … and appreciated. 

Get Ready for Brush and Bulky the week of January 6th

Click on map to view Brush and Bulky 2020 Schedule Online

For two months now I have been looking for the 2020 schedule for Brush and Bulky. Then last Tuesday, I heard from a neighbor who was motivated to contact me after reading the post on dumping. He was putting trash in the alley a week before the Brush and Bulky pickup and thought I should know because he didn’t want to be “put up on your wall of shame.”

That made me laugh and a number of folks I told. The photos were not meant to shame anyone. They are simply to show we do have a dumping problem here in Miles, but we also have a quick solution.

The idea I would like to get across is that we have free and posted bulky trash pickups every 90 days in Miles. If there were more conscientious neighbors like the gentleman who gave me a heads up on Brush and Bulky, there will be no need for photos of trash on the sidewalks and easements.

By the way, just hold down the control key and click on the map at the same time to link to the 2020 Brush and Bulky schedule. 

This week we donated 132 lbs. of pet food, 2 pill bottles,  one chicken stick and one $10.00 check. The $63.59 cash donations purchased 116 lbs. of pet food at 55 cents per pound.

See you Sunday,

Peter