No Bowl Empty 2 Pet Food Pantry

07/08/2025

September 14th No Bowl Empty 2 Pet Food Pantry presents Cruising for Kibble, our biggest fundraiser EVER! For me this fundraiser is 33.33% trust fall, 33.33% hail mary and 33.33% excitement. I am taking a huge step off the ledge & blowing up my comfort zone with this fundraiser but keeping the pantry operating requires risks.

Cruising for Kibble will be a 3-hour cruise of Casco Bay on Casablanca Cruises with 6 food stations, a cash bar, a DJ spinning tunes, and a silent auction. There will be 130 tickets available, tickets go on sale August 14th. Ticket prices will be announced soon.

What I need now, are Sponsors. Sponsorships will help offset costs, allowing more funds to go directly into the pantry. Please consider Sponsoring.
*Tag your favorite pet living businesses.

07/08/2025

Here I go again with, "I need" ...
I am looking for someone with some skills to help me put together a flyer for an upcoming fundraiser (our biggest fundraiser ever!) I have always done our flyers & promotions but this is a really BIG deal for us & I want epic flyers to match our epic event. Anyone game to help us out???

07/08/2025

We know some amazing people & Lucy is one of them! Back at the end of June I posted a picture of some beautiful paw print earrings I bought - Lucy from Lulewsjewelryco made them. Now she is offering these gorgeous Dog Earrings & donating $5 from every pair sold to No Bowl Empty 2 Pet Food Pantry! Thank you Lucy!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4331809735/silver-dog-with-heart-earrings?ref=share_v4_lx

07/07/2025

I am working on an epic FUNdraiser for September. This will be the biggest & most fun fundraiser we have ever done! BUT I need some help, I need some high value items for an in person silent auction & I am looking for a DJ who would donate 3 hours to spin tunes. I will also be looking for some business sponsors to help offset our costs for the fundraiser, allowing more of the funds raised to go to the pantry. Once I release details, I will need people to buy tickets & attend because people are what puts the FUN in fundraiser! I am super excited to release the details once I have everything nailed down.

07/05/2025

I was recently gifted this stunning quilt throw. The generous giver said I could keep it for myself, raffle it for a fundraiser, or whatever I wanted to do. I am planning to Auction it off as a fundraiser but I am hoping to be able to display it somewhere for folks to see - my photography skills leave a lot to be desired & do not do this work of art justice & maybe with some help I can get better photos. The workmanship is outstanding, it incorporates both dogs & cats, & it is reversible. For now it can be seen here at the pantry. Be on the lookout for the start of the Auction in a couple of weeks.

07/04/2025

Eeek! I am so excited!!
Huge thanks to our friends Dale & Jennifer Lynn Francis of Mahalo Greetings & Creations for making this gorgeous Kissing Booth for Princess Raine! Just in time for Waterboro Old Home Days too! Check out the sign on the front!! Raine says to start practicing your pucker! 💋
(Waterboro Old Home Days on July 19th will be the last event Raine & I get to do for the Summer as I am having major surgery on July 28th so we are going to make it an EPIC event!)

07/04/2025

Today we want to send HUGE congratulations to our dear friend Kate Salvato on her well deserved promotion to MANAGER at Pet Supplies Plus - North Windham, ME ! Kate has worked very hard for this & I am thrilled to see her hard work & dedication recognized!

07/04/2025

Brutal honesty... I am scared! Our pantry is already struggling with a serious reduction in financial donations, making whether we will have enough food to do Distributions every month a roll of the dice. With the passage of this new bill & the reduction to human services, I anticipate we will see an even more dramatic drop in donations while at the same experience a sharp increase in people needing assistance for their pets. This is NOT a political statement of any kind. I DO NOT make political statements on our page. This IS just the ugly facts. At our current numbers we spend $1900 a month in just dry cat food, wet cat food, & cat treats. Litter is a whole separate struggle, which fortunately has been lessened by the amazing donation from Cat's Pride® Cat Litter but when that is gone (probably November) we will be facing that struggle again.

People are already hurting. People are already struggling & fighting to survive day to day. Grocery prices & housing costs keeping rising but assistance for basic survival is being denied. This is the stuff my nightmares are made of.
https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/07/02/budget-bill-threatens-mainers-access-to-food-health-care-and-other-necessities-experts-warn/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLUqVRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHiYEm1wSAYYACf6OLG_J3VusaPECK9qcz5Lc0sSknYl2dbgkFBsLWlBEpwws_aem_1n1ext9QFW8bAjzEm81JNw

Kelli Austin is already juggling being in school, taking care of her children, and running a business. Now, the Waterville resident is worried she will have to choose between food and medicine. Or skip medical appointments so her kids can go to the doctor. “It’s not just me and my kids that are ...

07/02/2025

Distribution was a steady flow today. I was not feeling very well but our fabulous volunteers did not miss a beat & made up for my shortcomings. Unfortunately, we are now completely out of dry cat food & almost out of wet cat food. The cat food struggle is a never ending battle.