Week 74 - Rescued Critters Food Drive

Hi Folks,

There Is a Reason Why You Are Seeing

So Many Homeless Folks on Our Streets

In late December, the federal government released figures showing that the U.S. homeless rate increased 2.7% over 2019 because of the housing crisis in California. Turns out that California’s homeless rate increased a whopping 16.4% in the same time period “even though voters approved a $4 billion affordable housing bond more than a year ago, and Los Angeles passed its own $1.2 billion housing bond in 2016.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hud-estimates-2-7-percent-rise-u-s-homelessness-due-n1106061

So what’s the problem if there is lots of money for affordable housing? Two words … neighborhood opposition. Oh, and very high housing costs in cities like San Francisco that incidentally passed their own $600 million bond for affordable housing.

Now you know why I am excited about the PACC Outreach Program for homeless companion pets. PACC realized homeless folks need their pets to stay connected and those pets need our food to stay healthy and happy.

Yes, we have to wait for affordable housing because humans have a real hard time being human. Fortunately, we have PACC leading the way to the next best solution.

Got a great email from Shari Mollencopf, who runs the PACC Outreach Program along with Liana Moss. She wrote:

“Thank you for all your hard work in getting donations for the outreach program. We will be bagging food and treats today to take to the homeless working the gem show. This is a huge demand this time of year and your support is truly a blessing…

…One thing that we always need are Ziploc bags,  both gallon and quart size.

Thank you again for all you do.

Shari.”

This week’s donation was 253.8 lbs. of pet food and $25.00 in cash and two checks. In the photo above notice the boxes of “tab locked” baggies Shari requested in her email. That should held them until next week.

We also donated 4 pill bottles and 1 roll of poop bags.

See you Sunday,

Peter