Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank

14/06/2024

Excited to see a great tool being introduced to help people find assistance feeding their beloved pets. 💙🐾

Did you know that according to Food Banks Canada, 53% of Canadians are currently worried they can’t feed their family? Don’t forget that human food insecurity also = pet food insecurity.

With that in mind, we're excited to introduce Humane Canada’s National Pet Food Bank map!

This interactive resource, the first of its kind in Canada, provides information on pet food assistance programs across the country. Each map listing includes the information needed for service users to access a pet food assistance program in their area.

Explore the map here: https://humanecanada.ca/en/your-humane-canada/programs-and-projects/national-pet-food-bank-map

Share this post to help us spread the news and keep families together. ❤️

22/05/2024

Our friends at South Simcoe Pet Food Bank are facing a crisis.

Similar to our situation 2 years ago - they have struggled with finding appropriate, long-term storage solutions as the demand for our services sky-rocketed.

They are currently fundraising to buy and refurbish their own shipping container to solve this issue.

I understand that people are feeling extreme donation fatigue combined with a real reduction in “extra” cash.

However, if you are looking for a way to support a small private organization doing great work in South Simcoe and Barrie - helping residents to keep their pets at home - please consider supporting this.

https://gofund.me/5df56703

South Simcoe Pet Food Bank needs your help! 2024 has begun wi… Erin Sanderson South Simcoe Pet Food Bank needs your support for South Simcoe Pet Food Bank Storage Container Fundraiser

05/05/2024

VOLUNTEERS FOUND

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Hey all, My day job has been requiring all of my daylight hours lately - and I need some help to keep things moving.

Looking for:

1. Someone to pick up donations at Canadian Tire (Uxbridge) and deliver to our storage location in Leaskdale. I will schedule the date / time with their staff once a volunteer found.

2. Someone to pick up donations at First Choice for Pets in Ballantrae and deliver to our storage location in Leaskdale. I will schedule the date / time with their staff once a volunteer found.

If you can help - please reach out.

Thanks!!

02/05/2024

Because we can’t imagine our lives without them. 💙🐾

29/04/2024

DRIVER FOUND

DRIVER NEEDED

Pick-up:
Leaskdale storage location

Drop off:
Uxbridge Loaves & Fishes Food Bank in downtown Uxbridge.

Size:
Large load of pet food.

Please contact us if you can help.

26/04/2024

Our friends at Barn Cat Co-op are holding a fundraiser this weekend. Buy some tickets for a chance to win some great prizes and support their important work. 💙🐾

“FOCUS ON FELINE FAMILIES” FUNDRAISER
🐈 🐈‍⬛ 🐾

✋🛑✋
FUNDRAISER CLOSED - 8PM

❤️😻❤️ THANK YOU EVERYONE!

Can you give us a helping hand with our vet and care costs?

Each cat and kitten who joins the BCC family is deserving of not only kindness but the best of care. We also have many colonies we are working through, in hopes of ending the reproduction cycle.

Each ticket purchased will give you a chance to win ONE of TEN great prizes in Gift Cards, totalling $1000 including:

🍴 $100 KEG Card

🍴 $100 Ultimate Dining Card

🎁 $100 Walmart Card

🥤 $100 LCBO Card

⛳️ $100 “ONE 4 ALL” Card (Golf Town, Sporting Life, Guess, Staples, Footlocker etc)

📦 $100 Amazon Card

🍎 $100 President’s Choice (PC)

🔨 $100 Home Depot Card

🍿 $100 Cineplex Card

👗 $100 Winners/HomeSense/Marshalls Card

TICKETS are $10 each OR 3/$25 and will be assigned numerically. The proceeds of every ticket purchased will go directly towards the cats and kittens in the BCC family.

The first place winner has 1st choice of prizes, the second winner, 2nd choice and so on…

To continue at the pace we are going, we REALLY need to raise at least $6500, just to cover this month’s expenses to date. That’s 650 tickets!

Our virtual draw will be held this Sunday, April 28th at 8pm via our friend in rescue, Mel from the Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank. AND, the best part, we help cats from various regions and prizes will be mailed so PLEASE SUPPORT and SHARE 🙏

Tickets can be purchased via etransfer to:
[email protected] (please comment on original post and include your fb profile name in etransfer)

Or by credit card through PayPal:
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Barncatcoop?mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Thank you to the following very generous folks who kindly donated many of these amazing gift cards:

Michelle Marleau Real Estate- Remax Impact
Jackie Fraser and
Michelle Williams McLean

AND YOU, our caring and supportive community for your kindness. Together we will continue to make a positive impact in our own community.

Best of luck, have some fun and enjoy this gorgeous Spring weekend ☀️

23/04/2024

Happy to help out whenever we can!! 💙🐾

Thank you to Mars Petcare and Mars, Incorporated for allowing us to share this cat food and Rescue Chow Pet Food Bank for sharing this dog food with us.

We would like to send a huge THANK YOU to the Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank for providing us with cases of wet dog food and wet cat food! This is often a luxury item for some of our animals in the community and is so appreciated. 💙

This Jeep-load went to the Orillia OSPCA and Humane Society for animals at the Animal Centre and to the Lighthouse Shelter Out Reach Van for animals living rough and families who often have to choose to feed themselves of their fur family members. 🚐

And a special shout out goes to Pawsative Ground Search for making this important community connection for us. 🙏🐶🐱

This is community outreach at its finest! 🥹🐾

22/04/2024

Louee would like everyone to know that all auction items are now at their pick up spots!!

Please reach out if you have not received contact information from us.

Thanks to everyone who participated and made the auction another fun round of last minute bidding!!

We raised a total of over $3,000 to help with our costs.

We hope to see you again at the end of November for our Annual Christmas Auction.

22/04/2024

AUCTION UPDATE:

Oshawa items are on site and available for pick-up - if you didn’t get a message from us with the contact info - please reach out.

Port Perry items are on site and available for pick-up - if you didn’t get a message from us with the contact info - please reach out.

Zephyr and Leaskdale items are both ready for pick up or have been dropped off already.

Uxbridge items will be delivered to the pick up spot tomorrow am - I will reach out to everyone with contact info once it is there.

Stouffville items are sorted and ready to go - we are just looking to find a volunteer to deliver them to our pick up spot.

A few items remain unpaid - please pay as soon as possible so that we can close out the auction completely.

Thanks to all our donors; Deb, Tara, Laurel, Colleen and Brandi for acting as pick up locations; Deb for helping me sort today and delivering to Port and Oshawa; Colleen for picking up for Zephyr; all our bidders and auction sharers.

Picture of Auzzie “helping” by trying to test out one of the giant 🥕 carrots. (Even though he has his own carrot upstairs).

20/04/2024

THE AUCTION IS NOW ENDED!!

19/04/2024

Our Spring auction ends in 2 hours!!!

19/04/2024

24 hours left to bid!!!

The auction ends at 8pm tomorrow - Friday, April 19th!!

16/04/2024

Happy 4th Anniversary to Us!!!

Back in April of 2020, Kelli, myself and some of the other admins of Barn Cat Co-op started to see a worrying trend.

So many people were reaching out to us and other rescues looking for: help with pet food and/or to surrender animals due to inability to afford to feed them.

We wanted to find a way to help - that kept animals in their home - so we started by offering to share donations from BCC. Within a very short period of time we realized that the need was WAY greater than we have ever imagined and I decided we needed to spin the food bank out as a separate initiative.

4 years later, we are now a registered charity. Serving over 1 million pet meals per year. Supporting dozens of other food banks, rescues and other community groups.

Please help us to continue this important work by checking out our current fundraising auction!!

Full auction listing here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/jjwmTcCQ41wQijSW/?

🆘 Emergency Uxbridge-Scugog Pet Food Bank 🆘

In these uncertain times, many people are not sure how they will continue to feed their families - including the four-legged and feathered ones. With that in mind our group wants to find ways to help keep animals with their families during these trying times.

For the past week we have been working to engage community partners in order to set up an emergency pet food bank for the Uxbridge and Scugog areas. We are currently working with kind individuals and corporate partners to expand our food bank to include dogs and other domestic pets.

In the meantime, we would like to open up our own wet and dry cat food supply to owners needing help.

EDIT: we now have a limited amount of dog food.

We will keep you updated on our progress as we work to expand our offerings.

🌟 HOW TO GET HELP 🌟
If you or someone that you know in Uxbridge, Scugog or the surrounding area, is in need of food for their pet(s), please contact us at:
Facebook via PM: BarnCatCoop
Email: [email protected]
*LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE*

🌟 HOW YOU CAN HELP 🌟
Food or gift card can be ordered over the phone at our friends at Pet Valu Uxbridge (please specify that it is for Barn Cat Co-op & let us know so we can pick-up).
https://petvalu.com/location/2153/

Or it can be ordered online through:
🔸 Amazon
https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/2QY5Z02Y2P43G?ref_=wl_share
🔸 Walmart
https://www.walmart.ca/en
🔸 Ren’s Pet Depot
https://www.renspets.com/
Delivery address: 169 Brock Street west, Uxbridge, ON L9P 1B1.
Donation drop off locations in Leaskdale and Courtice also available upon request.

If you are available to help pick-up or deliver donations please PM or email us.

Also, if you are able to help coordinate donations or discounts on much needed food, please reach out to us.

Monetary donations towards the cost of food can be made via:
etransfer at: [email protected]
PayPal at: https://www.paypal.me/MelD77
Purchase of Pet Valu Uxbridge gift cards
Or cheque to: 169 Brock Street west, Uxbridge, ON L9P 1B1

🐾 THANK YOU TO THE HELPERS 🐾
We would like to thank our amazing supporters - their donations are the reason that we can “pay it forward” in some small way right now.

So thank you to all those who are helping to feed our community!!

16/04/2024

DRIVER FOUND

DRIVER NEEDED

Leaskdale storage to Operation Scugog Foodbank
Medium load of pet food
To be delivered either Tuesday between 11:30 to 2 or Wed between 11-4.

Please let me know if you can help!!

Thank you.

14/04/2024

11/04/2024

Happy National Pet Day!!

During 2023, we distributed over 1,000,000 meals to pets in need.

We also worked closely with Rescue Chow Pet Food Bank to help them and other pet food banks / rescues to feed a further 1,500,000 meals.

Somedays it is hard to get our heads around the magnitude of the need!!

Thank you so much for everyone who has helped us to keep families together by feeding their pets. 💙🐾

National Pet Day 💙🐾

Today is National Pet Day and I wanted to celebrate our pets but I am worried.

Between the massive surge in new pet ownership, the severe pet food shortage and the sheer number of people who are struggling financially - we are seeing a HUGE increase in demand.

Our food banks on average are ordering 2 to 3 times what they were at this time in 2021.

Last year we estimate that we handed out almost 400,000 meals for animals. In 2020, it was under 200,000.

In 2022, we expect to distribute between 600,000 and 700,000 meals for pets.

These meals help hundreds of families to keep their beloved pets every month - keeping these animals off the streets and out of overwhelmed rescues and shelters.

They also help rescues and other animal welfare groups to feed their fosters / patients while they are on the way to a better life.

Please consider helping your local rescues, sanctuaries, rehabilitation facilities, pet food banks and other animal welfare organizations. Most are looking for volunteers, resources and donations.

For National Pet Day let’s make sure that there are no more hungry pets in our community.




(Picture of one of my cats. He is not hungry - no matter what he tells you. I couldn’t imagine giving up any of my animals due to lack of food)

07/04/2024

All hands on deck to prep for our 2024 Online Spring Fundraising Auction.

Cameo by my assistant Auzzie.

Also, isn’t this kitty play set from Cheryl Reid adorable? (Better picture in the comments).

This is one of the adorable handmade items donated by Cheryl for our Spring and Christmas auctions.

Please check back on Saturday - 4 years to the day from when the Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank started - for the beginning of the auction.

Also, still looking for pick-up locations for auction items (have Oshawa, Zephyr and Uxbridge already). Thanks!!

Add this to your calendar so you don’t forget:
https://www.facebook.com/share/q18b92YVoPMKS7ww/?mibextid=9l3rBW

25/03/2024

Love it when a plan comes together!!

Thanks to Kim, Donna and Albert for sourcing and picking up a huge donation of pet food. Also, for helping to sort & prep food for shipment. They were generous enough to allow some food to be given out locally and to arrange for the items pictured below to go to their rescue colleagues in a remote northern area.

Thanks also to our amazing partners at Rescue Chow Pet Food Bank - Durham Region - Ontario (Tera, Phil, Joanne, Jim, MJ and others) for helping to receive, sort and repack all items in this huge donation. Also, for helping to distribute some of the items to more local food banks, rescues and other community organizations.

Thanks to Manitoulin Transport for transporting the northern food and MJ for reaching out to them to help arrange it.

Thanks to Mars Petcare / Mars, Incorporated for the donated pallet of cat food. This will help many cats in need in an area that is continually undersupported.

And thanks to our financial donors who allow us to buy specialized food like KMR (kitten milk replacement). This type of food is critical during kitten season, extremely expensive for rescues and not as frequently donated.

So many amazing people came together to spread the impact of the amazing donation that Kim, Donna and Albert arranged.

Glad to be a tiny link in this life-saving chain.

Thanks all!!

16/03/2024

DRIVERS FOUND
DRIVERS NEEDED

Load 1: DRIVER FOUND
Leaskdale storage to Uxbridge Loaves & Fishes Food Bank
Medium to large load of pet food
Monday pickup preferred but must be before Wednesday at noon

Load 2: DRIVER FOUND
Leaskdale storage to Operation Scugog Foodbank
Medium load of pet food
To be delivered either Tuesday between 12-2:30 or Wed between 11:30-4.

Please let me know if you can help!!

Thank you.

16/03/2024

We love to support all our friends in rescue - but it also warms our heart when they are ready and able to share donations with us.

In the last month we have given out food to many rescues but also received donations from:
Barn Cat Co-op (dog toys)
Edwards Animal Sanctuary (pet food)
The Kibble Project (cat toys)
MJ (fundraising items)

Also, we are continuously trading / sharing food both ways with our awesome partners at Rescue Chow Pet Food Bank - Durham Region - Ontario.

Thanks also to Peavey Mart Uxbridge and Canadian Tire for their recent donations.

We were also privileged to receive additional funding from IFDS Canada towards our fund for a pallet stacker.

Thanks also to all our volunteers who pick up and drop off donations. (Picture of our designated greeter Auzzie with volunteer Cathy) 💙🐾

16/03/2024

OMG - so adorable!!

So happy to help keep these little ones fed 💙🐾

11/03/2024

Awwwww, good boy Marcus!! 💙🐾

06/03/2024

VOLUNTEER FOUND

VOLUNTEER NEEDED

To pick up donations at Peavey Mart Uxbridge and drive them to our storage facility in Leaskdale. Preferably this week.

Approximately 1 pallet so larger car or crossover likely needed. Also, would need to help load and unload.

Please reach out if you can help.

Thanks!!

04/03/2024

DRIVER FOUND

DRIVER NEEDED

Leaskdale storage to Uxbridge Loaves & Fishes Food Bank sometime before Wednesday at noon.

Medium load so a car would be fine.

Thanks!!

03/03/2024

Our good friends at Edwards Animal Sanctuary are running a raffle to raise funds for vet fees.

You can win Toronto Maple Leafs tickets and help kitties!!

23/02/2024

April 2020:
We started Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank with less than 800lbs of food on hand.

Food donations were sporadically received from animal rescues or purchased with personal and donated funds.

Pet food was handed out directly by Mel in Uxbridge & through Operation Scugog Foodbank in Port Perry. In total feeding approximately 75 pets per month.

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Thanks to amazing partnerships and dedicated helpers we continue to grow and evolve.
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February 2024:
Registered as a charity in 2022.

Permanent storage facilities set up in 2023 (shipping container* for dry food; temperature controlled garage for wet food; indoor storage for other supplies and fundraising items).

*thanks to generous donations from 100 Women Who Care Uxbridge, IFDS and some private donors.

Food sources range: from our amazing partners at Mars Incorporated / Mars Petcare Canada**; Purina Canada; Pet Valu (Oshawa); First Choice for Pets; Canadian Tire; various other anonymous donors; other rescues and pet food banks.

**see picture below for an amazing before and after picture from our last Mars delivery. Thank you to Phil and Tera for delivering it to us. Donna for the rental truck and Alpha Omega Signs Inc. for once again loaning us their forklift to unload. 💙🐾

Food is handed out via our 5 main food banks partners; dozens of other rescues, pet food banks, and community organizations. Due to the volatility of pet food availability from other sources - our partners’ needs can vary widely from month-to-month. Some months we are their sole provider of pet food - feeding up to 1,000 pets a month. Other months they are able to secure food from alternate sources or they experience lower volumes of pet owners / rescue animals in foster. In those months, we may see volumes closer to 600 pets a month.

We also share food with our partners at Rescue Chow Pet Food Bank who feed an further 2,000 pets a month via public handouts, local food banks and other rescues, pet food banks and community organizations.

Introduction of two annual fundraising auctions to supplement donations has made the pet food bank close to self-sustaining.

All of this evolution is possible due to amazing community & donor support; wonderful partners organizations and dedicated volunteers.

Thank you to every one of you who made this happen - the world is a better place today than it was yesterday because of YOU. 💙🐾

16/02/2024

🌟🌟 New storage found 🌟🌟

One of our partner pet food banks needs help.

South Simcoe Pet Food Bank which covers Innisfil and Barrie area needs a new storage location by March 1st!!

Erin from South Simcoe has been helping that community for over 7 years. Helping many, many animals to stay in their own homes.

Now she needs our help.

If you can help - please email them at
[email protected].

Thanks all!!

‼️UPDATE‼️WE HAVE FOUND STORAGE!!

We would like to thank everyone who offered help and shared our post!
💗It was through community support that we were able to find a solution so quickly💗
We will make a more detailed post once we get through the chaos of this week. Thank you again to Everybody! Our hearts are full!

Hello Everyone. We have a very urgent request. Through no fault of their own, the amazing business that was transporting and storing our donations will no longer be able to store donations for us as they will be moving out of the area. This is effective March 1st so we need to find a storage space, office space, warehouse or even a trailer where we can store our donations as soon as possible. If you or someone else you know may be able to help us, please reach out ASAP.
Thank you
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