Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank

03/12/2024

The first set of food bank Christmas bags were dropped off at Uxbridge Loaves & Fishes Food Bank this afternoon. Thank you to Heather for meeting me there to help unload it all.

Combined with the pet wellness bags sent out on the 22nd of November - this represents 200+ / 700+ bags* distributed so far this season.

(*plus similar numbers at Rescue Chow Pet Food Bank which will start to go out on their serve weekend in December).

03/12/2024

ELVES NEEDED

Hi all,

We need some help with driving:

LEASKDALE --> PORT PERRY
WED Dec 4 arriving between 10:30 and 11am: Leaskdale to Operation Scugog Foodbank in Port Perry. Christmas bags and dry food. Mid-size vehicle or bigger needed.

LEASKDALE --> CANNINGTON
To be arranged with Nourish & Develop. Delivery of Christmas bags. Large vehicle needed.

LEASKDALE --> SUNDERLAND OR BEAVERTON
To be arranged with Brock Community Food Bank. Delivery of Christmas bags. Large vehicle needed.

LEASKDALE --> UXBRIDGE
1. To be arranged with Sunrise Pregnancy and Family Support Services. Delivery of Christmas bags. Small vehicle needed.

2. To be arranged with Community Living Durham North. Delivery of Christmas bags. Small vehicle needed.

3. To be arranged with North House. Delivery of Christmas bags and food. Mid-size vehicle needed.

4. DELIVERED Christmas bags to Uxbridge Loaves & Fishes Food Bank

5. DELIVERED pet wellness Christmas bags to Oshawa Animal ServiceOshawa Animal Service Center-> LEASKDALE
Pick-up our bins of supplies from Oshawa Animal Service Center
(from our donations to the recent Pet Wellness days).

BALLANTRAE (by Stouffville) --> LEASKDALE
Pick-up a large order of kitten food that we purchased for local cat rescues.

LEASKDALE --> ZEPHYR
To move auction items to pick-up location. Small vehicle. Preferably Thursday or Friday.

LEASKDALE --> OSHAWA
To move auction items to pick-up location. Large vehicle. Preferably Thursday or Friday.

LEASKDALE --> PORT PERRY
To move auction items to pick-up location. Large vehicle. Preferably Thursday or Friday.

LEASKDALE --> UXBRIDGE
To move auction items to pick-up location. Large vehicle. Preferably Thursday or Friday.

Please let us know if you can help with any of these trips.
Thanks!!

01/12/2024

Last chance to get your bids in - auction ends tonight at 8pm.

30/11/2024

Our annual Christmas fundraising auction ends this SUNDAY DECEMBER 1st at 8pm.

Get your bids in now!!

29/11/2024

Thanks to everyone who donates through our wonderful friends at Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank - especially our generous anonymous fairy cat godmother - I was able to purchase 12 bags of the food that 3/4 of our forever sanctuary cats eat, while it was on sale for Black Friday this week on Amazon! We go through one of these large bags every week.

The other 1/4 of our forever cats eat Performatrin Ultra - we go through a bag every 2- 3 weeks. And a couple are on specialty urinary food. Food is definitely our biggest expense.

* This isn’t a post to debate kibble or the kind that we feed - through lots of trial and error I have found this kibble helped our cats lose weight and maintain it and helps our incontinent cats - at least one who had never had solid stool in his entire life before coming here - have consistently solid poops (which is super important when I’m picking 💩 up off the floor every day). Our forever cats are healthy (minus the permanent medical conditions they came in with), have great coats and very rarely get sick. I am not advocating anyone to switch to this food but it works for us. Yes this food is expensive which is why I do not expect any one person to donate it. We have always purchased this food ourselves (I have a recurring delivery of 3 bags every 3 weeks). And yes we also use canned food.

We are so grateful to the Pet Food Bank for having as part of their charitable status mandate, a fund that accepts donations that help our local rescues purchase food. Donations to the Pet Food Bank are eligible for tax receipts. They can be found on Canada Helps.

Thank you to everyone that supports rescues. This work is exhausting and isolating. It can be a very negative place. To have support means so much.

Have a wonderful day friends. ❤️

26/11/2024

26/11/2024

when I hit post on the auction - it all disappeared. I will need to re-upload everything tomorrow. Sorry folks.

23/11/2024

My girl Nicco - always happy to help me inspect auction items…

Auction to start Monday night at approx. 8pm.

31/10/2024

Thanks to Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Tammy Scuralli for acting as a drop off spot for both Uxbridge Loaves & Fishes Food Bank and us.

25/10/2024

Happy to help wherever we can.

Thanks to Mars Petcare and Mars, Incorporated for originally donating this food. 💙🐾

Thank you to our friends at Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank for a generous food donation! We’re grateful this resource exists in our community.

24/10/2024

Huge thanks to Cearra from The Vegan & Gluten Free Shop and Scott from Pet Valu Port Perry for donating over 1,000 dog and food samples plus a large number of cat toys!!

These will all be used in our (Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank) and Rescue Chow Pet Food Bank - Durham Region - Ontario’s Christmas bags.

We are still looking for:
- cat toys (wand type);
- smaller dog toys;
- Dog and cat food samples;
- Coupons for pet food or supplies;
- Dog and cat treats; or
- Other dog or cat supplies.

Drop off locations:
Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Tammy Scuralli(Uxbridge):
80 Brock St W, Uxbridge, ON L9P 1P4
https://maps.app.goo.gl/6mKNx5H2qXaabBM59?g_st=ic
Mon to Friday 9am to 5pm

Rescue Chow (Whitby):
1375 Hopkins St, Whitby, ON L1N 2C2
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VUPVNME5kY7k91A66?g_st=ic
Mon to Friday 9am to 3pm

The Vegan & Gluten Free Shop (Port Perry):
64 Water Street, Port Perry. Tues-Thurs: 10-6, Fri: 10-5:30, Sat: 10-4, Sun: 11-4
https://www.facebook.com/share/eH9R3uUdSSfy7YFr/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

If you, or any local businesses you know, would like to coordinate a larger donation directly - please reach out to Terasa Hill or Mel Diebel.

As a registered charity, receipts for “Gifts in Kind” are available for larger donations of food or supplies through us at Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank.

Thanks to everyone for supporting this fun initiative (FYI - it is also my favourite event every year!!).

15/10/2024

One of my other groups (Oshawa Animal Care Advisory Board) is putting this event on again this year.

This year Rescue Chow Pet Food Bank - Durham Region - Ontario and ourselves (Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank) will be providing the free pet bags being handed out and contribute to the free harnesses and collars being provided.

Please help us to make a difference in the community by sharing this for residents of Oshawa.

Thanks!!

04/10/2024

DRIVER FOUND

DRIVER NEEDED

Pick-up:
First Choice for Pets in Ballantrae

Drop off:
Our Leaskdale / Sunderland storage location

Load:
Usually a mid-sized load of pet food and supplies.

When:
During their normal business hours.

01/10/2024

CHRISTMAS BAGS
We are once again collecting items to be handed out in our cat and dog goodie bags during the Christmas season (available to all food bank patrons and registered user of our other community partners).
It’s so hard to believe that this is actually our (Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank) FIFTH YEAR in a row doing this!!

Similar to last year we will be prepping our bags with our friends at Rescue Chow Pet Food Bank - Durham Region - Ontario - who have been doing a similar initiative for even longer!!

Combined we did 900 bags in total last year (mixed cat and dog bags). We will likely aim for a few more this year (to support our pals at the Oshawa Animal Care Advisory Committee with their senior wellness days).

This is by far our most popular initiative every year.

For some families it is the only real gift their pup or cat will get during the year.

This year we are looking for:
- cat toys (wand type);
- smaller dog toys;
- Dog and cat food samples;
- Coupons for pet food or supplies;
- Dog and cat treats; or
- Other dog or cat supplies.

Drop off locations:
Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Tammy Scuralli (Uxbridge):
80 Brock St W, Uxbridge, ON L9P 1P4
https://maps.app.goo.gl/6mKNx5H2qXaabBM59?g_st=ic
Mon to Friday 9am to 5pm

Rescue Chow (Whitby):
1375 Hopkins St, Whitby, ON L1N 2C2
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VUPVNME5kY7k91A66?g_st=ic
Mon to Friday 9am to 3pm

The Vegan & Gluten Free Shop (Port Perry):
64 Water Street, Port Perry. Tues-Thurs: 10-6, Fri: 10-5:30, Sat: 10-4, Sun: 11-4
https://www.facebook.com/share/eH9R3uUdSSfy7YFr/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

If you, or any local businesses you know, would like to coordinate a larger donation directly - please reach out to Terasa Hill or Mel Diebel.

As a registered charity, receipts for “Gifts in Kind” are available for larger donations of food or supplies through us at Uxbridge Scugog Pet Food Bank.

Thanks to everyone for supporting this fun initiative (FYI - it is also my favourite event every year!!).