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Pet Food
Pantry
The Humane Society of
the United
States estimates
that six to
eight million
pets enter shelters each year. Of those animals, nearly four million are euthanized each year
because of overpopulation in the shelters.
Even more frightening is the rise
in unemployment and the number of people unable to care for their pets. The Director of the
American Humane Association estimates that 18,000 to 26,000 pets are in danger of losing
their homes each day due to high foreclosure and joblessness rates.
Everyone Needs a Home (ENAH) and
the Green County Humane Society (GCHS) have partnered to form a Pet Food Pantry aimed at
keeping animals with their families and out of overcrowded shelters or, worse, from being
abandoned. The Pet Food Pantry will open once a month and serve families in
Lafayette
and
Green
Counties
who need assistance
feeding their pets.
We are making an appeal for your support in helping
us keep families together. We can only do this through the generosity of pet food donations.
If you are interested in a one-time or ongoing donation, please contact Peggy Miller at
(608) 439-1021 or
mamiller@everyoneneedsahome.org. If you are
interested in sponsoring a donation drive at your place of business or with a community
organization, please contact Paul
Barrett at (608) 328-4420 or
pbarrett@tds.net.
Both ENAH and GCHS are 501(c)3
charities and your donation is tax deductible.
We thank you for your time and
your contribution to help keep animals with their families.
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