Hi all,
At Orange County Animal Allies, we run "No Empty Bowls", our pet food pantry program that helps keep pets in their homes during hard times.
We're considering a new pilot: 2-3 outdoor "Little Free Pet Food Pantry" stations, similar in spirit to Little Free Libraries, placed in the community for 24/7 self-serve access to pet food.
Before we move forward, we'd love to learn from anyone who has tried something similar:
- General thoughts? Would this be helpful?
- How do you manage restocking and who's responsible for it (staff, volunteers, community members)?
- What locations might work best (parks, laundromats, community centers, etc.) and how did you choose them?
We want to make sure this genuinely fills a gap rather than becoming a maintenance headache with little impact, so any thoughts and lessons learned (including what didn't work) would be hugely helpful. Here's a picture of it in action from another animal welfare organization that I found online.
Thank you in advance!
#CommunityCatManagement
#PetSupportServices*
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Peter Chang
Executive Director
OC Animal Allies
CA
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