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Haywood Animal Welfare Association, Inc. (HAWA) provides pet food at county food pantries distributing much needed pet food to pet owning low-income individuals and families and to Meals on Wheels for the pet owning shut-ins they serve. The pet food distributed helps these pet owners keep their pets healthy and well nourished and because they don’t have to spend scarce funds on pet food, they can purchase more nourishing food for themselves. Demand at the food pantries HAWA supplies has risen by 20% from the beginning of the year. Supplies are short and hard to come by. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
This much needed service is providing over 800 pounds of dog and cat food each week for these families. This amount does not meet the need.
Because our traditional pet food donors or low-cost providers are not able to provide as much as they have in the past and increasing costs of pet food, HAWA is facing the fact that we may not be able to continue this service. Even with a local pet food vendor allowing us to purchase pet food at cost we are paying over $600 per month to fill in the gap between donated food and current need.
“A significant amount of the money we spend is for cat food because donors usually provide dog food,” says Penny Wallace, President of HAWA, “cat food costs more than dog food. We are seeking the public’s help, through gifts of money for the Pet Food Program or gifts of pet food in the hope that we can keep this program alive.”
Donations may be sent to HAWA, PO Box 992, Waynesville, NC 28786 pet food donations (Cat Food Please) can be dropped off at our office located at 145 Wall Street, Waynesville Monday through Thursday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
For further information, call 828 452 1329. |
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