08/24/2026
August Raffle for the Pet Food Pantry!
Yes!
I'm late with it!
Yes!
It's still August!
Yes!
It's overwhelming trying to feed our friends lately and it's not going to get better. The Holidays are fast approaching and our biggest season of giving just got hobbled unexpectedly by a partner in our network. After almost a year, a nearby box store that donated to our network decided that destroying and throwing away dog/cat food was preferable to feeding neighbors in their community who needed help. You read that right. They decided to slash bags and toss it all in the dumpster. While we are eternally grateful for the support they offered us, it definitely leaves us with a HUGE hole to fill. It will be difficult to do at a lot higher cost.
Right up until August, we were giving out over 500 pounds of dry dog/cat food and countless essentials like harnesses, shampoos, dental items, jackets, treats, supplements, toys and more a month.
The lost kibble donations means basically two things:
Fundraise harder.
I abhor fundraising. I absolutely hate asking for money at any time, from anyone. I loathe the fundraisers every month because it means I'm asking yet again, in a time where everyone is coming up short, to help strangers feed their pets. The two reasons I do it is because our community wanted it and because I loathe not being able to help starving animals worse then begging for money.
Or
Stop hosting and channel our efforts into a bigger group. This option looks like less fundraising, less community help and more single pop up days if I have food/items available. We WILL continue to provide disaster boxes. This option also means more saying 'No, I'm sorry, we can't help you'.
I have commitment to our Pantry through December. We will still offer kibble and supplies as long as we have it, although the quantity will be much reduced per person so we can accomodate as many as we can as we navigate these changes.
So.. without further ado.. here is Augusts raffle!
Thank you again to Patricia Ciavarro for the awesome instant pot donation!