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20/12/2025

The People in the Parking Lot.

The tent families are hard. But for me, the car families are harder.

The blankets and pieces of cardboard that come out at dark, blocking the windows for whatever privacy they can provide. Dinner. Diaper changes. Bedtime story telling. The sort of moments normally lived without everyone watching.

But before dark, you see it all.

The one eyed pug snoozing while laying upside down on a blanket next to a cat cinnamon rolled tight while in between the two of them a little girl reading to herself from a book filled with pictures that do not include families in cars.

They were one of the six families with pets in the parking lot by the highway. They were safe there. That’s what mattered. We were only planning to meet one family, with a dog. That’s what the caseworker asked us about.

Could we bring dog food for that one dog.

But when we got there, the others were already lined up waiting. The caseworker apologized that there were more people needing help. We asked why she didn’t tell us. She said she feared if there were too many, we wouldn’t show up at all.

Luckily we try to prepare for the best, not the worst. And for us, preparing for the best means having more than we might need. Just in case.

We had dog food and cat food and litter and litter boxes and leashes and harnesses and collars and food bowls and more. And then we had diapers and bottled water and shelf stable foods and pudding cups because pudding cups. The list was long because there was no plan. It was just bring what we might need, because we’ve been in situations like this before.

No matter what we have, it’s never enough. But it’s a start.

The box of children’s books. We had those too. Because if there’s little kids, then there shall be books. And flashlights. And batteries. And someone had given us an old fashioned transistor radio. Not as old fashioned as I grew up with, but the kind that still made some static when you turned the k**b.

We had sleeping bags and blankets and little tuck in tight dog beds and tiny feet kid socks and hygiene kits and I’m going to stop there because the more I list the more I realize it will never be enough.

We were there for dog food. Everything else was the bonus.

When you arrive you see a small circle of folks waiting, even though they don’t know exactly what they are waiting for. That’s hard. Harder for them though, and that’s why we’re there. Because when we leave, we want their lives to feel a little bit lighter. Even if just for that moment. And if a Thomas the Tank Engine sleeping bag can help make that possible, then hooray, because that’s a good day.

In those moments we can never do enough for one another. At least that’s how it feels. But we have to call it good. The point is, even though it seemed like those families needed everything, they didn’t have a place to put everything. So you do what you can with what you have and you hope for the best because there are no closets or basements or under bed storage cubbies to stash extra things.

The caseworker who was there, she exuded a level of empathy that went beyond. Hard to describe in words. But there was something extra special about her. I told her that. I told her that the families were really lucky to have someone like her on their side. That wherever her gift to help came from, it was quite a gift.

I could tell she was not comfortable with compliments. She simply said that many years earlier, it was her and her Mom in one of those cars. And no one will ever know how much love there was, but she remembers it well.

And for each one of those she helps now, she wants to make sure they remember that love too.

“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?” – George Eliot

For the People in the Parking Lot.

And this is why we Pongo.

Sit. Stay. Eat. Live.
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The Pongo Fund / Portland, OR

“Food is our common ground.” -- James Beard. When good people do good things.Say hello to the Michael and Christian Peop...
18/12/2025

“Food is our common ground.” -- James Beard.

When good people do good things.

Say hello to the Michael and Christian People Food Pantry at The Pongo Fund. They are a father/daughter team.

Counting the additional 12 feet of tables, I think there were 61 different items. Including pie!

Just so you know, the photos don't do it justice.

Tuna. Chicken. All sorts of canned veggies. Five different soups. Four different potatoes. Three different muffin mixes. Cereal. Mac & Cheese. Even the fancy spices like lemon pepper, garlic powder and onion powder. All the different condiments. Peanut butter and lots of it. Salad dressings. Four different oatmeals. Even laundry soap because no one can afford laundry soap.

And pie. Five different kinds of pie.

Cherry. Blueberry. Apple. Pumpkin. Pecan.

Because pie!

That’s Michael in the photo. His daughter ran the other way when she saw the camera. The two of them spearheaded this entire effort. They paid for it too. All of it.

More than 1500 different items.

People arriving to The Pongo Fund received an official shopping list. Then one by one they shopped the pantry. Some folks went around the rack just once, others several times. And after the rack, then they shopped the 12 feet of folding tables. That’s where the pies were…

Why did Michael and Christian do this?

Because Hungry People Have Hungry Pets. It’s that simple.

We also knew that with Thanksgiving just a few days away, people could use all the help they could get. Plus, it was flat out just tons of fun.

We even had rolling shopping carts compliments of the local grocer. And lots of bags, doubled up for extra strength. Because when people went shopping, they really went shopping. Seeing all those bags stuffed with groceries was such a joy. For us, the more the merrier.

And the best part?

The Food Pantry will be back and ready for our next Pongo this coming Sunday, just in time for Christmas.

These are extra tough times for too many. And that’s why The Pongo Fund needs to be sure that the people are ok too. Because making sure they eat and stay healthy is the best way for them to be able to take the best care of their dogs and cats. And that’s our goal. So for now we will help feed them all, both two-legged and four.

Even better when we can include five different kinds of pie to help make life just a little more enjoyable.

Thank you Michael and Christian. You did a great job.

We look forward to seeing you again on Sunday.

Being a Helper.

And this is why we Pongo.

Sit. Stay. Eat. Live.
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The Pongo Fund / Portland, OR

17/12/2025

One part Food. Two parts Love.

Not a bad recipe.

It was a shelter that called. They asked us to help with a cat.

One of the smaller shelters in a smaller town. They had recently received a sweet senior kitty friend from a man who could no longer afford his care.

They told us the cat was a great cat. Super good health. Super well loved. Super Duper Happy. The surrender had taken place a few days before. But we didn’t understand why the shelter was calling The Pongo Fund. We’re not a traditional rescue, and we only occasionally get involved with rehoming. We were confused.

The person who called had unintentionally skipped some of the more crucial details. She was nervous making the call since it was outside of their normal guidelines. But she said she already knew that the best home for this kitty was exactly where he had been. And that’s why she was calling.

The man who did the surrender was a senior citizen living on a fixed income. He had recently taken a financial hit when the costs to care for a family member skyrocketed. He surrendered the cat because he could no longer afford cat food, at least not then.

The woman who called said the man was so ashamed he could barely look anyone in the eye when he was there.

The shelter was doing their best to help, but they did not have the capacity to provide ongoing cat food for this man, even though that was the only thing needed to keep the cat safe in his home and out of the shelter.

And that was the reason for the call. Could The Pongo Fund provide the cat food?

She said it wouldn’t be forever, just long enough for the man to recover financially and emotionally from the passing of a family member. He did not want to lose his cat too, but he also did not want the cat to go hungry.

Unfortunately it was a situation where everyone involved was going to lose. She said The Pongo Fund was their last hope.

Could we help?

The quick answer was yes, The Pongo Fund could help. We then asked if there were any other expenses involved with the surrender that would need to be paid. Since the man had no money, would The Pongo Fund need to pay those costs? And that’s when we fell in love with the woman on the phone.

She said there were no other expenses. But it was the way she said it.

She then clarified there were no other expenses because they never allowed an official surrender to occur. They did what they needed to do to make sure the cat was safe and that the man knew the cat was safe.

But she also said that some of the paperwork was somehow “forgotten” in that moment, because this woman said they had a feeling this man and this cat were going to be reunited very soon.

Meaning the full surrender had not yet happened.

So if The Pongo Fund could give the green light for food, little sweet kitty friend would be going back home.

Out of curiosity, we wondered where the cat had been living for the few days since the unofficial surrender. And that’s when it got even better. She said at home, with her. That’s how she knew what a special cat this was.

But she also knew this sweet older kitty really wanted to be home with his Daddy and that’s why she called The Pongo Fund.

Food + Love + Kitty.

It’s a good recipe for sure.

For all the kitties.

And this is why we Pongo.

Sit. Stay. Eat. Live.
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The Pongo Fund / Portland, OR

That pallet times a whole bunch more. That's part of an extra ONE MILLION MEALS !AN EXTRA ONE MILLION MEALS The Pongo Fu...
16/12/2025

That pallet times a whole bunch more. That's part of an extra ONE MILLION MEALS !

AN EXTRA ONE MILLION MEALS The Pongo Fund provided when the SNAP cuts hit. That’s on top of the 44 million meals we’ve already provided. To each one of you who stepped in fast to help keep us stocked, thank you. This is a reminder of what you helped us do.

SNAP cuts or not, people will forever struggle. If not you, then please count your blessings.

When their benefits were delayed, a lot of folks learned about The Pongo Fund who had never asked for help before. Good folks already struggling just to hang on. Now that they found us, they’ll be back again and again, because the need will continue to grow.

With a sweet golden by his side, one man said they didn’t have a chance without us. He said he could take his best friend to the shelter, looking at his girl. But then he pointed at himself, and he said, but there was no shelter for him, no one else to adopt him. He was joking, but he wasn't. So his plan was to go back to work. He was 85. His Daisy dog 15.

I don’t tell you often enough how much you mean for the tens of thousands we help, but please know that without you, there is no one else. Because everything we do, we do together.

It's just us. All of us together. And from the bottom of my heart, I thank you.

Being a Helper.

And this is why we Pongo.

Sit. Stay. Eat. Live. www.thepongofund.org
The Pongo Fund / Portland, OR.

11/12/2025

There were many Pet Food Drives for The Pongo Fund this year. Businesses, Senior Centers, Scout Troops, Schools, Neighborhoods. Pretty much a mix from everyone and everything.

The largest food drive arrived by truck. The smallest food drive arrived in a brown paper shopping bag.

Inside was a single bag of dog food, 5 pounds. And three cans of cat food, the tuna can size. A very young boy handed me the bag while his Mother watched.

He said this is for you, for the hungry animals.

I asked him about their food drive. He said he and some other kids collected money to buy the food. I know the cost of food and I’m thinking what he handed me was about $20. All of the food were brands we frequently use. That caught my attention.

I asked him how they collected the money to buy the food and he said they did errands and returned cans and folded laundry and different things like that. He spoke one level above a whisper. But I could see on his face that he was proud.

His Mom stood quietly next to him, she didn’t say a word. She just smiled.

I asked how they found The Pongo Fund. That’s one of my favorite questions. The Mom said they knew us well. It wasn’t what she said. It was the way she said it.

I asked her what she meant.

She said they lived at a homeless shelter that gets dog and cat food from The Pongo Fund. There were several people there with dogs and cats. She said the only reason those people still had their pets was because of the food from The Pongo Fund.

They knew there were many others needing help, so they wanted to help pay it forward for the next hungry dog and cat. She said the idea to help came from the kids. That’s why they raised the money to buy the food. To help others.

Her son was 6. She was 30.

The little boy asked about the food in our warehouse. He wanted to know what it was for. I told him it was the food we give to others for their hungry dogs and cats. And in a moment of complete joy, he asked in the loudest voice, if his one bag of dog food and three cans of cat food would now be part of all the other food. I told him it would.

And he smiled so big I worried his face would break.

He then explained to his Mom what that meant, how their food would join with our food and all together we would be able to help more people and pets.

She just stood there smiling.

The kids who raised the money, there were about 5 of them. All of them with single working Moms, each one of them waiting until it was their turn for housing.

Mom and son left with happy giggles between them. Mom was so proud of her little boy and her little boy was so proud of what he had done to help others.

As they left, Mom carried a large bag of Care Packages they would take back to the shelter. They arrived from a family who knows our work touches many, and they had built some fantastic care packages for us to share.

The little boy also carried a large bag, his was filled with little kiddo socks and knit hats and gloves and all sorts of other things, like Hotwheels, Crayons, toothbrushes, flashlights, batteries, some sparkly hair berets. All of it little bits of joy.

Apparently they had planned to stop for a snack on the way home as part of their really good day. The little boy was so excited with his bag of bounty that he asked his Mom if they could skip the snack and go right back home so he could share everything with the other kids.

Mom stood there, still smiling, and said they absolutely could do that.

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” -- Mother Teresa

The Pongo Fund is a Pet Food Bank. But sometimes, maybe we’re a little bit more…

If you'd like to support our work, please know that all donations are currently being TRIPLED. You can donate below, or via our secure website donation link at thepongofund.org. Thank you for reading.

Being A Helper.

And this is why we Pongo.

Sit. Stay. Eat. Live. www.thepongofund.org
The Pongo Fund / Portland, OR.

10/12/2025

Her name was Shadow. Not her real name but that’s the name she used so that’s the one we went with. We met when she brought two damaged cat carriers to The Pongo Fund. Someone told her we might be able to fix them. It was bad advice.

Then again, maybe not.

Both carriers were beyond repair. But we had two more we could replace them with. When we asked if she’d like them replaced, she paused. No answer. She just stared at her car where two little happy kitties were laying on blankets in the back seat.

A few moments later she said yes, she’d like the new carriers. We asked about her cats. She told us she loved them more than anything else.

She didn’t know what The Pongo Fund did, only that she thought we might be able to repair her damaged carriers. We told her we were a Pet Food Bank. A moment later she quietly asked if we had any extra cat food, so we shared a small bag of kibble and an assortment of cans.

We thought that was the end of the conversation.

It was just the beginning.

Every few weeks or so after that we would get Shadow a bit more food. A few cans here, a few cans there. We would leave it for her in different places, oftentimes at neighborhood homes where she would pick it up. We knew there was more to the story but we never asked. We’re a Pet Food Bank. We knew what we needed to know.

One day she told us her name was not Shadow. She picked that name because she wanted to become a shadow when she left her life of domestic violence behind. Her two cats were pretty much all she was able to take. The carriers were intentionally damaged as a message to her, letting her know there would be more damage to come.

She left quickly thereafter.

She found respite in a series of shelters, but they weren’t the best places for her cats. So her cats stayed in her car or sometimes other places where they would be safe. But every minute she worried she would need to give them up.

These were not young cats. They were a bonded pair of seniors and would not have had an easy time if being rehomed. That made it even harder.

She was employed and a great kitty Mom. She was also a survivor of years of violence that she would never forget. And somehow along the way, she found The Pongo Fund.

She asked for food one last time. Then a couple weeks later she called and said things had taken a turn, and my heart sank. I asked what kind of turn, and she burst out in tears.

As I prepared for the worst, she said that somehow miracles had come together and their little kitty family was moving several states away where their lives would start fresh.

She told me that The Pongo Fund was the only reason she was able to keep her cats. Even though she worked and was sometimes able to purchase cat food, she relied on The Pongo Fund as her biggest hope. She said just knowing we were there meant everything to her. I’m not doing justice to the way she said it, because the way she said it was beautiful.

To each one of you who helps The Pongo Fund, sometimes you never know the difference you make. But please know that we thank you, because everything we do, we do together.

For all the Shadows.

Being A Helper.

And this is why we Pongo.

Sit. Stay. Eat. Live. www.thepongofund.org
The Pongo Fund / Portland, OR.

Short and Sweet. The TRIPLE MATCH!Thank you to everyone who has already jumped in to help us meet our $50,000 December T...
04/12/2025

Short and Sweet. The TRIPLE MATCH!

Thank you to everyone who has already jumped in to help us meet our $50,000 December TRIPLE MATCH. That's when every donation is TRIPLED and $50,000 can become $150,000!!!

$50,000 is huge money, especially for a little volunteer driven group like The Pongo Fund. And that’s why your gifts so far have made such a difference. We have 12 more days until the match ends 12/15/25 and we’re doing all we can to raise $50,000.

There are four ways to TRIPLE MATCH, please pick the easiest one for you:

***You can TRIPLE MATCH using our secure Give Guide Year End Fundraiser Donation Page. It is a super easy way to give, there are no passwords or user names or anything like that. The secure link is here: https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/the-pongo-fund%20.

***You can also TRIPLE MATCH via The Pongo Fund website and the secure link is here https://bit.ly/37joA5S. You can donate by either credit card or Paypal account.

***You can also TRIPLE MATCH on this Facebook post or by mailing a check. The mailing address is The Pongo Fund, PO Box 9000, Portland, OR, 97207. If mailing a check, please write TRIPLE MATCH on the check.

The kitty friend and sweet doggo in the photos are just two of the almost 250,000 hungry and hurting animals The Pongo Fund has helped. The care we provided kept them safe at home and out of the shelters. And that’s the best part.

Thank you for reading. Thank you for caring.

Being a Helper.

And this is why we Pongo.

Sit. Stay. Eat. Live. www.thepongofund.org
The Pongo Fund / Portland, OR.

*** BREAKING NEWS ---- $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH *** For the next 14 days ALL DONATIONS TO THE PONGO FUND WILL BE TRIPLED.Tim...
02/12/2025

*** BREAKING NEWS ---- $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH ***

For the next 14 days ALL DONATIONS TO THE PONGO FUND WILL BE TRIPLED.

Times are tough all around and they are tough for us too. So many are asking for help. Many of them are Seniors and Veterans on Medicare with senior dogs and cats too. They never expected days like these. This TRIPLE MATCH is a tremendous opportunity for us to be able to help even more, ensuring that more beloved animals will stay safe at home and out of the shelters.

There are four ways to TRIPLE MATCH:

First, please consider using our Give Guide Donation Page. This is a quick and easy way to give, there are no passwords or user names or anything like that. Just click and enter a little bit of information, it’s that easy. This secure donation link is active until 12/31/25 and the link is here: https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/the-pongo-fund%20.

You can also TRIPLE MATCH via The Pongo Fund website and the secure link is here https://bit.ly/37joA5S. You can donate by either credit card or Paypal account.

You can also TRIPLE MATCH on this Facebook post or by mailing a check. The mailing address is The Pongo Fund, PO Box 9000, Portland, OR, 97207. If mailing a check, please write TRIPLE MATCH on the check.

This is an incredible opportunity for our small volunteer driven group. We’ve taken a lot of hits this year with teacher strikes, laid off workers, federal furloughs, SNAP cuts and more. Plus all of our food costs have gone up so much. If you can help us, this is a very good time to do so.

Thank you for reading. Thank you for caring.

Being a Helper.

And this is why we Pongo.

Sit. Stay. Eat. Live. www.thepongofund.org
The Pongo Fund / Portland, OR.



We received an urgent call from a worried woman in NE Portland. One of their customers was attempting to shoplift a bag ...
29/11/2025

We received an urgent call from a worried woman in NE Portland. One of their customers was attempting to shoplift a bag of dog food.

The store had an unwavering shoplift policy which meant the customer would be arrested and their dog would be impounded. Because the clerk knew that, she interrupted the shoplift so it would not be completed. And then she contacted The Pongo Fund.

The customer was a regular, known by many. Hard times were part of his daily routine. But he had recently fallen on even harder times and felt like he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. The clerk also knew that feeling, as only months before she had been sleeping in a tent and worried she would never find her way back.

Some kind folks helped guide her, and when she saw this man putting himself and his dog in harm’s way, she felt she had no choice but to do for him what others had once done for her. And that’s when she called The Pongo Fund.

She told us this man and dog were doing the best they could, but they needed help and they needed it fast because if her store manager found out what was going on they would be escorted from the store. She said she felt terrible that she could not give the man money for dog food but she was still living in her car several nights and payday was many days away. In other words she was broke too, and she understood the very real decision to steal dog food.

He was not stealing for himself but for his dog, an old guy named Blaze who probably used to run blazing fast but not anymore. These days Blaze was just happy to mosey through the store and smell all the smells.

The Pongo Fund had gotten these calls before and we knew what to do. We sent someone fast as we could to their location with dog food. We even had a $20 gift card for that store, so we knew the man would also be able to find some food for his own dinner. Because if anything happened to him, his dog would have no one left.

Hungry People Have Hungry Pets. And as go one, go both.

I’ve been doing this work for 18 years and I’ve learned this reminder many times over.

The clerk met us outside and we provided her the gift card so the man could shop. She said the hardest part would be getting the man to use the gift card for himself and not for Blaze but she would make sure he understood that food for Blaze was waiting outside.

It wasn’t long before they made their way out and Blaze got his food. The man was completely ashamed for what had happened, but he said it was going to be the best night they’ve had in a long time because they would both get to have dinner together.

We asked the store clerk who called The Pongo Fund, how did she know to call us? We didn’t expect the answer she shared.

Because a few years earlier she was also a beneficiary of The Pongo Fund for dog food.

She said there were many times she got Pongo Dog Food from the three human food banks in her neighborhood, and her dog loved it each time. She said those were the days she always worried she would need to surrender her dog because they were out of food. And then every time, the food banks had dog food ready for her.

She always planned to give back but for now she was just hanging on herself but she said someday she would.

We asked her how about giving back right then?

She didn’t know what we meant.

We really didn’t know either but we had an idea.

We had 20 small bags of dog food with us. And we knew this store was located in a high need area. Just a few feet away was a man and dog holding a sign that said “We’re Both Hungry.”

We asked the clerk if she would do us the favor of having dog food ready for anyone who needed it. We had cat food too. She burst out in tears because she knew firsthand the difference that would make.

We left her with wet eyes and humble pride while thanking her for the responsibility she had agreed to take on. It may sound easy but we know it’s not. That she agreed to do it for us, said a lot about this woman who knew hard times on a first name basis.

And now she was going to welcome those same hard times on behalf of others, to help give them the help someone had once given her.

Being a Helper.

And this is why we Pongo.

Sit. Stay. Eat. Live.
thepongofund.org
The Pongo Fund / Portland, OR

The food in the photo, then twice that. That’s how much they got. About 1,000 pounds.They drove about three hours for th...
27/11/2025

The food in the photo, then twice that. That’s how much they got. About 1,000 pounds.

They drove about three hours for that food, just to turn around and take it back to their place to do what they did last year but more of it.

They made a donation for the food. They wanted it to be just like we do it. They even took a Kibble Pack Training Class (KPTC), so they knew what to do.

Last year was their first time, and they enjoyed it. Just their family, and Reggie, the sweet old guy who ran back and forth happily picking up every kibble that spilled. He probably also found a few that didn’t spill.

They met Reggie a couple years earlier. He was at their local shelter. He’d been there a while and it seemed like he was invisible to everyone. And then this family walked in. They said he looked at them like “where you been, I’ve been waiting for you.” And that was his last day at the shelter.

The shelter knew quite a bit about Reggie so they had a lot of info on his This Is Reggie Card. One of the things written was to never take away his toys, specifically two of his stuffies. He liked to sleep with them and he was sad without them.

Another thing that was written was how much he liked his food bowl. That came with him too. And one more thing that was written was about his favorite food. It said Pongo.

The shelter knew what that meant because Reggie’s Dad was the one who went to the shelter with him. He was the one who told them about Reggie’s love of the particular food bowl and the stuffies and his favorite food.

He wasn’t Reggie’s first Dad but he thought he might be the last. It didn’t work out that way. That’s why he made the hardest decision to let Reggie have a chance with another family.

It took a while, but then Reggie’s new people walked by. And that was that.

For a small dog, Reggie had big impact. He was pretty much the rock of the family. Like he’d always been there. Somehow he knew things no one else knew.

The new people wanted to know more about Reggie, and they called The Pongo Fund to ask about this food that was apparently Reggie’s favorite. We knew the food, because we knew Reggie.

We’d helped Reggie and his Dad several times with food and other needs. Reggie kept finding his way back to us. We loved it. And we loved him too.

We explained to the new people what food we had provided for Reggie. And we talked about Reggie. They then asked if we knew anything about his special food bowl and stuffies. And that’s when I about fell over.

Because those belonged to Pongo. My Pongo. The Pongo Fund Pongo.

One day I shared them with Reggie and his Dad. Reggie needed food, I put some in one of Pongo’s old food bowls that I had with me, and Reggie ate like a king. After his lunch I pulled out one of Pongo’s old stuffies and Reggie held it in his mouth ever so gently. He laid down with it and took an afternoon nap.

He didn’t want to chase it or play tug. He just wanted to hold it close. I left the second stuffie too and that was what I thought would be the last time I saw Reggie.

Then one day Reggie’s Dad called. They needed some more help, and every few months we started providing them with whatever help we could

The last time we saw them they were moving out of the area. He stopped by for a supply of food and other goodies, and we got to see Reggie again. Both Reggie and his Dad were doing really well and we loved being part of their lives.

We didn’t know that Reggie had been surrendered, but we knew enough about Reggie and his Dad to know that every option would have been considered. Letting Reggie have a chance at a new life had to be the hardest decision.

But considering how much Reggie’s Dad loved Reggie, we know it was the right decision for Reggie. Hard as it was.

We shared everything we knew about Reggie with Reggie’s new family. The idea that when they adopted Reggie he still had Pongo’s food bowl and two stuffies made them love him even more. And they decided they wanted to pack some kibble for The Pongo Fund, as a way to give back for all we had done for Reggie.

They came to Portland and took our Kibble Pack Training Class, and they got some food, took it home and they packed kibble for their local community.

A few weeks ago they called to let us know they wanted to do the same thing again. They had some friends who also wanted to help pack kibble and Thanksgiving was the perfect day for them to do it. But they wanted to pack more kibble this year. And they wanted to make a donation to The Pongo Fund too, for all the food they were getting.

They said it was a donation for the food.

But it was really a donation in memory of Reggie.

He crossed the Rainbow Bridge earlier this year.

So today they will pack kibble while sharing Reggie stories and looking at Reggie’s food bowl and old stuffies on the table next to where Reggie had his favorite bed for afternoon naps. The food bowl and stuffies that once belonged to my Pongo.

They said it may sound weird, but they knew Reggie would be there with them, packing kibble too. And they looked forward to that.

I bet they spilled a few extra kibble just for Reggie.

"The wound is the place where the light enters you.” – Rumi

Being a Helper.

And this is why we Pongo.

Sit. Stay. Eat. Live.
thepongofund.org
The Pongo Fund / Portland, OR

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