Feb 08, 2023
What can 24 pallets of donated pet meals do? It will possibly join a group, construct a group, and preserve the people in that group fed and protected.
In 2022, APA! turned a benefiting associate of a program created by the Humane Society of america and Chewy that connects Chewy’s warehouse returns to shelter companions in want. This collaboration has helped construct upon our increasing PASS (Optimistic Different to Shelter Give up) program, which has seen excessive progress over the previous couple of years.
A big supply that we welcomed to our fundamental location will make its approach throughout Austin in just a few levels. First, our buddies at Austin Humane Society have collected eight pallets that may assist inventory considered one of their quarterly meals banks. Subsequent, a number of partnering organizations—a number of rescues, meals pantries, and municipal companions—will come to APA! to load up provides to assist their efforts. And at last, APA! will welcome group members in have to load up provides that will imply the distinction between preserving their pet or having to rehome.
When a group member is dealing with onerous instances, they might discover themselves having to make the onerous and heartbreaking resolution to discover a new residence for his or her beloved pet. The final three years have been an eye-opener for therefore many, and for APA!, we noticed the hole our group, and communities past Austin, have in offering assist for a household that features pets. Our PASS program, which had been quietly operating within the background for years, shifted to a program that we acknowledged wanted quick progress and that we would have liked to carry to the foreground of operations—so we might assist individuals and pets in our group, and preserve households collectively.
In 2022, this “little program that would” raised over $44,000 for group members who wanted medical assist or pet deposit assist with a view to preserve their pet, distributed over $300,000 price of provides and meals to numerous shelters and rescue companions, fulfilled 400+ particular person pet pantry orders which served over 1500 pet relations and, when rehoming a pet was the best choice for all events, intaked a bit of over 1000 pets, usually, immediately into foster houses.
We’re honored to be a central hub associate for the HSUS and Chewy donation program as a strategy to proceed to assist our group members after they want a serving to hand.
