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- Shelley Stonebrook
- January 31, 2012
- 7:30 am
- 63 comments
A couple of weeks ago, a blogger at Mother Earth News, Gwen Roland, posted an article with some wonderful stories of rescued dogs and shared a great idea for a way pet lovers can help dogs in need: by starting a pet food pantry.
One such pet food pantry, Coco’s Cupboard, has helped save the lives of several dogs. Founder Charity Hurt started Coco’s Cupboard in honor of a faithful spaniel mix she rescued from a highway. The dog’s elderly owner was struck and killed by a car, and for days the little dog continued to pace the busy road. During the rescue, Charity discovered that Coco also had a litter of pups.
With the help of friends and CARE, Inc., Charity found homes for all of the pups and took Coco into her own family. Then, with nothing more than word of mouth to gather donations, Charity began providing pet food and other supplies to low-income pet owners as well as compassionate people who rescue pets from the highway. Thus, the non-profit group Coco’s Cupboard was born, and it has been growing and helping more animals ever since.
Not everyone who rescues a pet or takes one in has the financial resources to buy pet food and other supplies, which is where a pet food pantry steps in to help.
For more heartwarming stories about rescued dogs, plus tips for getting involved with starting a pet food pantry in your area, visit Gwen’s complete article, Starting a Pet Food Pantry.
Good luck, and take care of our faithful, four-legged (and sometimes three-legged) friends out there!
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Related: A Roundup of Tips and Info About Furry Friends, Creating an Animal Shelter and Tough Adjustments for Rescue Dogs
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Shelley Stonebrook
Shelley Stonebrook is an Associate Editor at Mother Earth News—North America’s most popular magazine about sustainable, self-reliant living—where she works on exciting projects such as Organic Gardening content and the Vegetable Garden Planner. Shelley is particularly interested in organic gardening, small-scale, local food production, waste reduction, food preservation and cooking. In her spare time, she posts in her personal blog, The Rowdy Radish.
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+ add your ownGood idea & project that can be used in my area.
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A Pet Food Pantry is such a great idea!! My neighbor has part of her garage that she is not using. I wonder if I could talk her into starting one. Hmmmm...
There needs to be more pet food pantries.
Thank you for sharing:)
wow, really inspirational. You can also take pet food to shelters and drop it off, even one can of food helps.
Wonderful idea. Thanks for the post.
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Thanks for the article.
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