LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The homeowners at Camera Outfitter have made it a yearly custom to host a meals drive in November for the county’s forgotten furry associates on the native animal shelters.
Over the previous half-decade, they’ve raised over 5,000 kilos of pet food for native shelters. This 12 months, the quantity of donations they obtained broke expectations after receiving round 1,530 kilos of pet food for Natalie’s Second Chance Dog Shelter.
For those that could not have visited their storefront throughout November, that quantity of meals donated was stacked excessive and almost blocked out the window of their store.
“Thank you so much to all who donated in this Lafayette community and beyond – we love and appreciate your generous spirit,” reads a submit on the Camera Outfitter Facebook web page.
Ross and Rena Aiken, co-owners of Camera Outfitters, expressed their gratitude to the neighborhood for coming collectively and supporting the animals within the shelters and the native non-profit shelters.
On prime of celebrating this record-breaking achievement of donations, each Ross and Rena had been additionally celebrating the blessing that they’ve been capable of keep in business for the final decade.
Being one of many previous couple of digicam shops in Indiana as a complete was an achievement they weren’t anticipating to earn after they first opened their Lafayette’s Market Square location.
They acknowledged that their success and longevity are because of the help that they’ve obtained from the neighborhood of Lafayette, Indiana and the Midwest over the previous decade.
