Animal Welfare Professionals

Hey everyone! I am in South Alabama and we are looking at doing more community assistance like healthcare tethers and providing food! If you have a food assistance program can you explain  how you set it up and some tips and tricks!
Thanks!!
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#PetSupportServices*

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Rachel Aune
Board Member
Friends of Mobile animal shelter
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Hi Rachel- so exciting that you are trying to get this off the ground! So we run a Pet Resource Center here in Memphis where we will basically offer anything we can to prevent shelter intake up to $300, which is the average cost of care for an animal in our shelter. So we consider it a cost-saving, and more importantly, a lifesaving decision to spend money to keep families together.

I'd be happy to talk you through the specifics of how we operate. Just shoot me an email at alexis.pugh@memphistn.gov and we can schedule a time to go through it in detail.

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Alexis Pugh
Director, Memphis Animal Services
www.memphisanimalservices.com

Organizational Management
& Pet Support Services Specialist
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I just sent you an email thank you!

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Rachel Aune
Board Member
Friends of Mobile animal shelter
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 01:33 PM
From: Alexis Pugh
Subject: Pet Food Pantry

Hi Rachel- so exciting that you are trying to get this off the ground! So we run a Pet Resource Center here in Memphis where we will basically offer anything we can to prevent shelter intake up to $300, which is the average cost of care for an animal in our shelter. So we consider it a cost-saving, and more importantly, a lifesaving decision to spend money to keep families together.

I'd be happy to talk you through the specifics of how we operate. Just shoot me an email at alexis.pugh@memphistn.gov and we can schedule a time to go through it in detail.

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Alexis Pugh
Director, Memphis Animal Services
www.memphisanimalservices.com

Organizational Management
& Pet Support Services Specialist
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Hi Rachel, 

Here are a couple resources and examples from Los Angeles Animal Services that were recently shared in our resource library related to pet pantries. Hopefully this will you some great places to start. 
Pet Food Pantry Mission Overview - Los Angeles Animal Services
How to Run a Pet Food Pantry - Los Angeles Animal Services

Best of luck!

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Charlotte Otero
Community Strategist at Maddie's Fund
she/her
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Hey! I would love to schedule a time to chat!! I have a pretty free schedule next week so shoot me an email  raune0102@gmail.com on what time works best for you and I can make it happen! Thank you so much for the help!

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Rachel Aune
Board Member
Friends of Mobile animal shelter
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 03:40 PM
From: Quinn Douglas-Hiley
Subject: Pet Food Pantry

Hi Rachel,

My name is Quinn and I oversee the Community Pet Pantry at San Diego Humane Society. We have 4 high volume daily community distribution sites and distribute bulk food and pet supplies to over 100 human and animal welfare organizations. I saw your post on Maddie's and I think I can provide you with some guidance on launching a cost effective pet pantry. Let me know if you want to chat sometime next week.

 

https://www.sdhumane.org/services/support-services/pantry-service.html

 

Have a good night,

Quinn

 

 

Quinn Douglas-Hiley  | Community Pet Pantry Supervisor | Community Engagement

San Diego Humane Society  |  619.299.7012 x2105 |  sdhumane.org