. A Transcona animal store is assisting a regional charity make the vacations brighter for animal owners in requirement.
. Animal Valu on Plessis Roadway is hosting the Animal Food Bank’s tree tag present program from now till Christmas.
. The tags held on the store Christmas tree list a particular animal in Winnipeg, and what they would like for Christmas. Consumers can drop in or call the store and select a present for a family pet in requirement.
.” Up until now it hasn’t been a lots of things occurring, due to the fact that Christmas is simply starting, however were hoping in December is truly gets,” stated Kim Kurylo, a volunteer driver with the Winnipeg Animal Food Bank.
. The presents consist of dog and cat food, toys, and deals with. Kurylo stated there are presents for all kinds of animals, “A cat or dog, there’s even a hamster up here,” she stated.
. Kurylo included that they are frantically trying to find chauffeurs to help provide food to animal owners in requirement.
.” Today we have 80 orders sitting there, waiting to be provided,” stated Kurylo.
. She stated they get 150– 200 ask for animal food on a monthly basis, which number is anticipated to increase in December.
.” Up until now this year we have actually supplied over 100,000 meals for animals in Winnipeg,” she stated.
. Contributions are being accepted at Animal Valu, 1750 Plessis Roadway.
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Kurylo stated a current survey the company performed demonstrate how desperate the requirement is, “About 56 percent of individuals responded that they would have needed to surrender their animal if it wasn’t for the Winnipeg Animal Food Bank, so it truly does make a distinction.”
