Thrift Store Update

Very long day working at the pantry/thrift store today, but made lots of progress. It's really starting to take shape and I am feeling very excited. We'll be contacting thrift store volunteers very soon to go through more items and start training!

Thank you to our friends at Romaine Creek Veterinary Center!

Great news!! Romaine Creek Veterinary Center is doing a pet food drive for us! Thanks to Dr. Gwen and staff for organizing this!

"DONATE TODAY! We our reaching out to our fellow community of Jefferson County by offering donations to the Jefferson County Pet Food Pantry. They are an organization that donates dog/cat food to homeless shelters, low-income families, seniors, disabled and the homeless in Jefferson County Missouri once a month. The wish list for the Pantry includes opened or new bags of dry dog, cat, and rabbit food. Canned food unopened for dogs of all life stages ( puppy, adult, and senior) and cats of all life stages as well. We have a donation drop-off box in our lobby if you would wish to donate."

Adult Egg Hunt

Several of you have asked if we were doing our annual Adult Egg Hunt this year. The answer is *maybe*, BUT at a later time (in a couple of months) and we might do something else other than an egg hunt.

Most of you know I work a full-time job and my TOP priority is making sure we always have enough pet food to provide to our patrons (which is NO easy task). Taking on opening a thrift store was a bit more involved/time consuming than I had imagined. The place was a WRECK when we first signed the lease and it took several months just to clear it out, clean, paint do repairs and get the necessary inspections/license.

As EVERYONE knows we work on a shoe-string budget to begin with and could not afford to take money away from pet food/vetting to spend on the store. Thanks to some really amazing people we have had paint, shelving, fixtures, labor and MANY hours of volunteer work go into opening the thrift store. We are really close to opening, but are totally cash poor. We could use some tax deductible donations to cover our pet food, vetting and rent expenses until we can get the store up and running. Paypal Debby@JeffCoPetFoodPantry .org or P.O. Box 2112, Imperial MO 63052 for checks.

Hang in there, we WILL do a fundraiser at Persimmon Ridge Winery Barnhart and hopefully in the next few weeks the thrift store will be opened. Thanks to everyone for their donations and to all the volunteers for their hard work.

Before (when we first signed the lease)

Midway after cleaning, painting, up-grades and thrift store donations.

Vaccination Clinic

Saturday, March 28th, from 8-12pm Circle of Life Animal Hospital in Festus, is having a vaccination clinic. Rabies vaccines are only 13 dollars! No appointment necessary and no exam fee will be charged. Their ads will be running in the Leader this and next week for a reminder. Dogs rabies and distemper (combo) will be $33, shots with bordatella (combo) will be $48. Cats rabies and distemper (combo) will be $28. Please use this opportunity to vaccinate your pets at a discounted cost. Distemper rates are up this year and highly contagious.  
Circle of Life Animal Hospital is located at:
2150 Hwy 67, Festus, MO 63028 
Phone: 636-937-7673 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drcookbreezedvm
Web: http://www.circleoflifeanimalhospital.com/

Glazed and Confused Raffle!

The lovely ladies at Glazed and Confused, 4587 Telegraph Rd, St. Louis, MO 63129 (South County) are collecting pet food donations for us through the month of March. They are also, raffling off a magnificent gift basket which the proceeds will be split between Jefferson County Pet Food Pantry, BARC and St. Louis Bulldog Rescue. Raffle Tix are 1 for $1 or 6 for $5. Not only are there some great pottery items but certificates from Rosie's Doggie Day Care, Noah's Ark Vet Clinic and Treats Unleashed. Stop by and see this great store and support local charities!!

Next Distribution Date 3/15/15 10am till 1pm!

Our next distribution is Sunday March 15th from 10 am till 1 pm.

We are located at 5702 OLD HWY 21, Imperial MO 63052 . South of HWY M in the Otto Plaza next to Jefferson County Music, across from Dollar General. Conveniently located between HYW 30 and HWY 55! Additional parking on the side of the strip mall!!

To qualify for our program, you MUST be a Jefferson County resident. You need to bring photo id (showing current address or a utility bill), proof of need (WIC, SSI, Medicaid, Food Stamps, any government assistance) along with backing documentation showing current eligibility. Cards are not acceptable. Please provide proof of spay/neuter. If your pets are not spay/or neutered, we will only give you food once until you have made arrangements for the procedure (which we will pay for).

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