County Food Pantry Feeds Pets, Too
MaryAnne Ryan heads the Kendall County Food Pantry's Pet Food program, a way to ensure pets in loving homes have access to food.
As the Kendall County Food Pantry deals with making sure area cupboards aren’t bare, MaryAnne Ryan is out doing whatever she can to make sure Fido’s bowl is filled, as well. Any day of the week, the lifelong animal lover might find herself in a rescue or pet supply store gathering as much donated food as possible. Ryan, who said she has more than 1,500 pets on file, volunteers for the KCFP and administrates the pantry’s pet food program. “This is, a lot of the time, the last option before [pet owners] surrender their animals,” Ryan explained. While the pantry accepts donations from the general public, a significant part of the pet food program’s donations come from animal shelters or rescues. Those facilities prefer to consistently …
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Wendy Martorano
8:17 am on Monday, October 3, 2011
The Pet Pantry is a great thing. It has actually been around for a couple of years, started by Jessica from Home Sweet Home Pet Sitting. After volunteering for a few weeks at the Food Pantry, Jessica got together with Maria and realized if many of the Food Pantry clients needed food for themselves, they probably also needed food for their pets. I'm so happy to hear that MaryAnne has been able to … more ›