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PETCO Foundation Teams Up with ARF to Feed Hungry New York City Pets

In last month's Out of the Cage! you read about the Animal Relief Fund (ARF) and how the organization, founded by Susan Kaufman, is helping cash-challenged New Yorkers provide food for their family pets by supplying food pantries in New York City and Long Island with pet food. Now, the PETCO Foundation and PETCO pet supply stores are expanding their "We Are Family, Too" campaign to support local food banks and families in financial crisis.

You can help your fellow New York pet parents by donating pet food and cat litter at any participating PETCO store in New York City and on Long Island. The pet food bank bins will be clearly marked and designated for pet food donations and will serve as a collection point for customers to drop off food or cat litter donations brought from home or purchased during their shopping trip. All food donations collected in PETCO stores in the five boroughs will be distributed by ARF's partner, the Food Bank For New York City, and all food donations collected in PETCO stores in Nassau and Suffolk counties will be distributed by Long Island Cares, another ARF partner. Through these major organizations, ARF will be able to get pet food to hundreds of pet-owning families.

How You Can Help

Visit a PETCO store and donate food or cat litter.

Donate online.

Visit one of the independent pet food stores listed on the ARF website and purchase a "donation packet" at checkout.

For more information, visit the Animal Relief Fund website or PETCO Foundation website.