Street Dawg Crew of Utah

26/08/2024

We had a blast at the Unlucky Ones car show! So many gorgeous vintage cars! The Unlucky Ones raised over $500 for us and nearly 30 (stuffed)animals were adopted! Thank you for supporting us!!!!

24/08/2024

18/08/2024

Thank you Shirley, Aidan, Amy, Tracy, and Berk for volunteering today! Our numbers:

42 families
73 dogs
58 cats
1117 pounds dry food
410 cans wet food
82 treat bags
98 pounds kitty litter

See you in two weeks!

18/08/2024

We will be at Pioneer Park today in downtown SLC handing out pet food from 12-1 p.m. Due to the heat, PLEASE leave your pets at home if possible. Come early! We’ve been extremely busy and supplies run short if you come at the end of our time block.

06/08/2024

Does anyone know this dog’s owner? Her name is Bella. She was found in downtown SLC near Rio Grande. This is the area where we do our outreaches and where our unsheltered clients spend time. The dog has a rabies tag from 2018 issued at one of our vaccine clinics. No owner info on file. Dog is safe and contained.

04/08/2024

Thanks to Natalie, Mikey, Amy, Berk and Aidan for braving the heat to help me today!

Numbers for today:

42 families
85 dogs
47 cats
1193 pounds dry food
345 cans wet food
81 treats
119 pounds kitty litter

04/08/2024

We will be at Pioneer Park today from 12-1 pm handing out pet food. PLEASE leave your pets home if you’re able. It’ll be another extremely hot day.

30/07/2024

We'd like to provide some insight and an update. We receive a massive number of requests for vet care. Our priorities are pet food and to encourage responsible pet ownership by facilitating low-cost spay/neuter and vaccine options.

We work with a nonprofit vet partner. Our medical funds are limited. The important services the vet provides to those of us in animal welfare is invaluable. They are booked out usually 2-weeks for appointments. We have had an ongoing issue with people we generously book appointments for and help sponsor bills for not showing up for appointments. The vet has been charging us for those no-shows, which they have every right and expectation to do for the wasted time and holes in their schedules. We have instituted a $25 hold fee, which EVERY request for medical help will need to pay via Venmo BEFORE we set an appointment. That fee is not refundable. We are a very small volunteer-only organization. We receive at least 40-50 requests a month for vet visits. There is no way to help everyone, but we certainly aren't throwing money away because people don't show up!

This will be a challenge for the people we serve. Our director was just told off (again) by someone who felt we should cover the entire visit for her dog. Our vet partner has a waiting list of rescues and shelters with animals needing to be seen. We are grateful for all they do, and we won't cause them to lose revenue and waste time.

Thank you for understanding the tough position we are in. Street Dawg Crew has three officers running the organization. We also work full-time. We have ZERO income from Street Dawg Crew. Our pet food pantry is entirely free. We can only help as long as we have funds available to do so, which means we make tough decisions every day.

We appreciate those who support us, encourage us, donate, and volunteer with us.

24/07/2024

We were thrilled to help Meals-On-Wheels with over 1,500 pounds of dog and cat food to help our elderly neighbors with pets.

22/07/2024

Many thanks to the volunteers who braved the extreme heat to help us today. It was busy and crowded and we forgot to take pics of the animals!

Today we helped:

51 families
64 dogs
71 cats

And gave out:

1225 pounds dry food
197 cans wet food
87 treats
91 pounds kitty litter

Please spay and neuter your pets. We are seeing a ton of puppies and kittens.

21/07/2024

We will be at Pioneer Park today in downtown SLC handing out pet food from 12-1 p.m. Due to the heat, PLEASE leave your pets at home if possible.

12/07/2024

During this blazing hot summer, if there is no grass available to walk your dog on, old socks can be used to save them from having raw paw pads from the hot sidewalk and asphalt. Be kind to your dog.

08/07/2024

Thanks to Mickie, Natalie, and Tayden for braving the heat and helping us out today! We LOVE our volunteers!

Our numbers today:

43 families
57 dogs
55 cats
965 pounds dry food
186 cans dry food
72 treats
161 pounds kitty litter

We will be back on July 21st from 12-1 p.m.

04/07/2024

Keep your pets safe this weekend. Happy 4th everyone!

02/07/2024

If you were at the Tooele vaccine clinic on June 30, 2024, and need a more formal record of vaccines, email us at [email protected] and let us know if you had a cat or dog (or both) vaccinated and we can email you a record with an expiration date. Thank you!

01/07/2024

Our thanks to Banfield Pet Hospital in Orem for
their incredible generosity in providing 117 free vaccinations in Tooele today!!! They were absolute rock stars in the heat and wind with some pretty tough canine clients!

With the support of Best Friends Animal Society, we were also able to distribute:

70 pet food bowls
350 cans of dog food
2100 pounds of dry pet food

Vaccinated:
107 dogs
9 cats

Many thanks to all the volunteers. It was an incredible event and a testament to what can happen when people come together to help.

Special thanks to Tooele High School for offering their parking lot for this event!

26/06/2024

****NOTICE: CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR THIS EVENT****

Announcing a free vaccine clinic in Tooele! Our thanks to Banfield Pet Hospital and Best Friends for partnering with us. Limited pet food will be available for this event. This is the only scheduled event we have in Tooele this year.

Cat vaccines include FVRCP and rabies.
Dog vaccines include DAPP, bordetella, and rabies.

23/06/2024

We were able to help:

48 families
42 dogs
65 cats

Totals given out:

1181 pounds dry food
310 cans wet food
133 pounds kitty litter
103 treat bags

Thanks for braving the heat today!

23/06/2024

Please leave your pets inside where it’s cool, if you’re able, during our pet food outreach tomorrow at Pioneer Park from 12-1 pm. The heat is too extreme for them.

17/06/2024

****NOTICE: CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR THIS EVENT****

Announcing a free vaccine clinic in Tooele! Our thanks to Banfield Pet Hospital and Best Friends for partnering with us. Limited pet food will be available for this event. This is the only scheduled event we have in Tooele this year.

Cat vaccines include FVRCP and rabies.

Dog vaccines include DAPP, bordetella, and rabies.

09/06/2024

Many thanks to the volunteers who braved the heat today! It was a challenge with the extreme temps. We were able to help:

45 families
86 dogs
48 cats
1382 pounds dry food
311 cans wet food
70 bags of treats
98 pounds of kitty litter

We’ll be back in SLC on June 23rd from 12-1 pm.

Thank you Shirley, Natalie, Amy, Tracy, Donna, Charleston, and Berk for all the help!

09/06/2024

We will be at Pioneer Park tomorrow handing out pet food from 12-1 p.m. Due to the expected extreme heat, PLEASE leave your pets at home.

03/06/2024

Dear Street Dawg Crew Community,

We are writing to share some bittersweet news with you. After 9 years of dedicated service to Street Dawg Crew of Utah, our Founder, Margie Varela, has made the decision to retire.

Margie has been an integral part of our organization, sharing her passion, dedication, and expertise with so many people. Her energy and commitment have played an enormous role in advancing our mission and making a positive impact in the lives of the pets and people we serve.

Margie has spent thousands of hours as our president collecting and bagging food, dropping off supplies, arranging vet visits, vaccinations, spay/neuter appointments, and tirelessly giving of her time and energy to fill a much-needed service for our unsheltered friends with animals.

The numbers Margie has served is staggering. To give you an idea of the last 9 years her impact has made, Street Dawg Crew of Utah provided:

o Over 500,000 pounds of pet food
o 2,000 animal vaccinations
o 350 spay/neuter appointments
o Served over 10,000 families
o Pet food and pet supplies to over 20,000 animals

While we are sad to see Margie retire, we are happy to celebrate her many contributions and accomplishments. We will be forever thankful for her big heart, unwavering commitment to our cause, and for the thousands of volunteer hours she has contributed.

We are committed to ensuring a smooth transition and maintaining the momentum of Street Dawg Crew. We will be at Pioneer Park handing out pet food on June 9, 2024, from 12-1 pm as per our usual schedule. Nothing will change in our scheduling or location for outreach.

Please join us in expressing our heartfelt gratitude to Margie for her many years of service and wishing her all the best as she begins her well-earned retirement. We invite you to share your messages, memories, and well wishes for Margie below.

Thank you, Margie, for your dedication, passion, and leadership. You will be deeply missed, and your legacy will continue to inspire us for years to come!!!

We love you!

Trachelle, Amy, Tracy

26/05/2024

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