Week 70 - Rescued Critters Food Drive

Hi Folks,

$100.00 per Day vs. $158 per Week

It takes $100 per day to care for one pup at the Pima Animal Care Center. (They have over 700 dogs and cats up for adoption right now.)

To help that same pup stay with a homeless caretaker or a down-on-their-luck family takes us donating only $158 dollars every week. And for a while now we have been doing just that.

The best way to decrease the pet population at PACC is to stop the drop offs at the front door.

To do that PACC has created a community outreach program where they proactively seek pets heading for trouble. In other words, they engage the homeless pet owners to provide food, help with medical issues and they give pups boots to protect their paws against extremely hot sidewalks and roadways.

And for those folks who have a home but can’t afford to feed their dogs or cats, PACC hands out food on a weekly basis. This is where we come in. The Miles Neighborhood donates so much food we have become the number one provider for this terrific community outreach program.

Just think about it, two bowls of pet food per day or $100 per week to properly care for an abandoned pet in a cage. And then there’s the sadness of those struggling families having to surrender their pet because they don’t have enough money to buy a handful of kibble. Ouch!

When I delivered our donation today, Liana (right) the Community Outreach Specialist and Shari, Pup in Boots Volunteer Leader where there to immediately take our food to the back and start the processing. We talked about a lot of things very quickly but one thing surprised me.

Liana said some folks come up to her and say they are not happy with the program because they are “enabling folks to not be responsible.” I just shook my head. Help is help and what’s this with judging absolute strangers.

My friend Steve, an ardent animal lover, saw a young lady who was sitting outside Walmart’s front door holding a very cute puppy. She looked at no one but it was apparent she was seeking support. I had seen the same woman earlier that day on my trip to Walmart.

Steve decided to give her $20.00 and later when he told me about it, he questioned whether the puppy would benefit from his gift.

The next day, Sunday, when buying two more 50 lb. bags of dog food, I saw the same young lady again. This time the puppy was lying on a blanket and had a new steel water bowl. As soon as I got back to the truck I called Steve.

“Your money was well spent,” I said, “she bought the puppy stuff and was talking to it with lots of affectionate questions. Are you thirsty? Do you need a snack?” Enabling, indeed.

What motivates me about all this is that we are on the frontline of this issue and we are doing something about it. What a great feeling.

Another Way to Generate More

Rescued Critters Revenue

Rescued Critters Food Drive for Pima Animal Care Center is pleased to announce a new fund-raising program. Along with its weekly door-to-door food collection in the Miles Neighborhood, we will convert your favorite tape cassettes to mp3 files for only $5.00 each.

On the internet the cost to convert cassettes is generally $10.00+ dollars each for volume orders over 40.

In addition, we provide a scan of the liner notes for only $2.00 and a $10.00 16 GB flash drive.

Please call or email Peter Norback to schedule a pick-up. (520) 248-3694, pnorback@cox.net.

This week we donated 305.7 lbs. of pet food, 17 pill bottles, a pillow case, a small hoodie, an Amazon roll of baggies and $14.58 in cash and one check.

See you Sunday,

Peter