17/05/2025
Please help if you can, and follow the information in this link: https://www.cuhumane.org/donate/wish-list/ We may drop off donations directly to the building or they have an Amazon wishlist that will deliver items for you. Thank you🐾
Today alone, we received 24 requests for assistance from our Pet Food Pantry, and we couldn't help even a third of them. Cost of care is one of the biggest barriers to pet ownership, but when pets are in loving families, we don't want temporary financial hardship to separate them. We sometimes receive generous pet food donations we can't use directly with our animal residents, so we give them back through the Pet Food Pantry. Right now, we are asking for help to fill our shelves. It's clear pet owners in our community are in need.
Can you help?
Dry pet foods can be given to us opened in their original packaging, or new and unopened. Wet foods must be sealed and have a visible expiration date. In the shelter, we provide a consistent kind of food, but for the pantry, any kind of pet food will help and the more variety the better! Foods for a variety of ages and specialty diets are a tremendous help, and any foods will do some good. However, we only accept in-kind donations for the Pet Food Pantry. That means we can only accept foods, and vouchers or gift cards for foods, to give to those in need. Your generous monetary contributions keep our doors open to pets in need every day, and they will not be spent on acquiring pantry supplies.
In-kind donations can be dropped off at the shelter during our open hours, Saturday-Sunday 12 PM - 5 PM and Wednesday-Friday 2 PM - 7 PM. If it's easier, you can also ship contributions directly from any retailer to the shelter's address in Champaign. We run this program year-round and are always glad to receive donations, but right now our pet-loving community has a critical need, and we need your help.
Thank you for keeping pets in their homes, so that the shelter can focus on caring for the homeless animals!
