June/July 2001 Issue
Featured article:

Pets and Animals in Distress PET PAL Food Drive
By Don Kjos

Pets and Animals in Distress (now Pets and Animals in Distress) donated over $25,000 worth of dog, cat, puppy and kitten food to local no-kill shelters and rescue group throughout South Florida to help feed over 2000 homeless dogs and cats on March 23, 2001. Pets and Animals in Distress wants to thank our PET PAL anonymous donor for this lifesaving donation of a full semi-trailer load of dog, cat, puppy, kitten food and litter to our organization. This was a gift from above. We were surprised when we saw how much pet food was being donated - some 84 pallets filled to the top with brand new fresh various pet foods. We could only use so much for our own organization, so Brenda Beck, Founder/President of Pets and Animals, got on the Pet PAL phone and immediately started contacting over 20 rescue organizations in the South Florida area. We all know that medical and food expenses are costly to all organizations and this can save each organization monies that can be used to help their pets in different ways.

We also want to thank U-Haul of Margate for the use of their 24-foot truck to pick-up and transport all the pallets of pet food to the PET PAL Food Drive. Home Depot of Pompano Beach was generous to allow us to set up a PET PAL Food Drive that day in their parking lot. And not to forget - all of our great organization volunteers that got a great hot sweat workout for a great cause. Brenda Beck, Donald Kjos, Phil Marvel, Mary Ellen Joseph, Chris Sisto, and all the organizations below that were invited.

.....Thank You from Pets and Animals in Distress!

The turn out was fantastic and it was a great blessing seeing all these wonderful rescue organizations working together as one united PET PAL team for the homeless pets and animas in the South Florida communities. the 2001 PET PAL Food Drive helped feed the following rescue shelter's homeless pets in South Florida:

Pets and Animals in Distress (Broward)
Adopt-A-Pet (Dade)
Animal Aid (Broward)
Visiting Farm (Okeechobee)
Tri-County Humane Society (Palm Beach)
Miami Rescue (Dade)
S.A.D. S.A.C. (Palm Beach)
Holly Dogs Greyhounds (Broward)
Pets in Distress (Broward)
Florida Humane Society (Broward/Palm Beach)
Abandoned Pet Rescue (Broward)
Basset Hound rescue (Broward)
Casa-Eloisia Rescue (Palm Beach)
Bouvier Rescue (Dade)
Cocker Rescue (Broward)
Noah's Ark Rescue (Broward)
Collete's Rescue (Hendry)
Melissa's Rescue (Palm Beach)
All Breed Rescue (Palm Beach)
Feline Rescue (Broward)

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