The Pet Sit Blog

Make a difference in your community this holiday season

December 1, 2009

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Pets fill our lives with love and joy.  Don’t we owe it to them to make sure their bowls never go unfilled?

PSI member pet-sitters across the country are currently doing their part to help local shelters in need.  As part of PSI’s new Hungry Bowl ™ Pet Food Drive initiative, members have partnered with local businesses, families, friends and clients to collect cat and dog food donations December 1-12.  Once collected, these donations will be given to a local shelter or animal rescue group of their choice.

During the last holiday season, PSI staff members rallied together to collect donations for their local shelter and a local rescue group hard-hit by the economic downturn and overwhelmed by the influx of pets surrendered. 

Disheartened by the dire need of the shelter and touched by their genuine appreciation, PSI staffers committed to organizing a similar campaign to benefit shelters throughout the country and abroad. 

Based on their experience collecting pet food donations in 2008, PSI created the Hungry Bowl ™ campaign to provide member businesses with the information and resources to organize local drives.

At the conclusion of the pet food drive, participating members will submit the total pounds of pet food collected—and the results of this international, concerted effort by PSI members will be reported in a future entry.  Stay tuned!