Editorial Notes comments
BY JENNY KVAMME, DVM
Feeding pets Donations needed your check. For more information on
According to the article I read, the A new initiative from MOW called donating to the MOW program, go
Feeding hungry pets
New MOWAA initiative helps senior citizens
(MOWAA; an organization that
delivers daily meals to hungry senior ” ’
Recently, I was looking
through a copy of Ladies
Wheels Association of America
Home Journal and came There must be other
across an article describing petfood manufacturers
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are sharing what little food they
do have with their pets. The article uch a worthwhile
explained that when Meals On gram. — J. Kvamme
citizens) workers noticed that the
empty plates being returned from
seniors were being licked clean, they that 20% of MOW’s 4,500 branches Part of this support is a scholarship
decided to create a program for the now run similar petfood programs. program, which willdistributefunds
hungry pets too. The article quoted Enid Borden, to Meals On Wheels programs that
MOWAAinitiallybegancollecting the organizations’ CEO, as saying: wish to start or improve a petfood
damaged or outdated bags of petfood “Someday we’d like all of ou r delivery program.
fromareaanimalshelters, butthemore programs to be able to do this. It’s If your company would like to
than 1,000 pounds they distributed our job to provide nourishment to donate to this fund, WALOP should
monthly didn’t even begin to cover the household, and pets are often be designated on your donation form.
the needs of so many hungry pets. part of that.” If you are sending a donation via
check, please indicate WALOP on
Sacramento, California, USA area “We All Love Our Pets” (WALOP) to www.mowaa.org and click on the
MOW program manager received a unites and educates the Meals On “How to Donate” area at the top of
call from Royal Canin, which offered Wheels programs across the country the website, or contact the Meals On
to donate 65,000 pounds of food— that are planning petfood programs Wheels Association of America, 203
enough to meet MOW’s needs for a for senior clients. While many MOW S. Union Street, Alexandria, Virginia
year, not only in Sacramento, but in programs have their own petfood 22314 USA, Tel: +1.703.548.5558, several neighboring counties as well. services, this is the first initiative of Fax: +1.703.548.8024. ●
After reading this heart-breaking its kind on a national level.
story, it occurred to me that there The goal of the WALOP program Dr. Kvamme is the associate editor
mustbe other petfood manufacturers is to provide support and materials of Petfood Industry magazine. She
who would be interested in donating to those Meals On Wheels programs can be reached at 122 S. Wesley
food, money, supplies, etc. to such a nationwide that support the needs Ave., Mt. Morris, IL 61054 USA, Tel:
worthwhile program. of their clients and their pets by +1.815.734.5637, Fax: +1.815.734.5649,
Across the US, it is estimated providing supplemental petfood. E-mail: kvamme@wattmm.com.
