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First Coast No More Homeless Pets, Inc.

Pet Food Bank & Wellness Fund run by First Coast No More Homeless PetsFirst Coast No More Homeless Pets, Inc.

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Goals

  • To help low income people keep their pets in the family
  • To help low income people feed and care for their furry family members
  • To decrease the number of pets being surrendered to shelters

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The Jacksonville Pet Food Bank and Wellness Care project will provide free pet food and free vet care for low income people which will help keep their entire family together. Imagine if you lost your job and it took all you had to feed, clothe, and care for the humans in your home. What would happen to your furry family members? Unfortunately most end up in overflowing local shelters or set loose in the streets to fend for themselves. We cannot let this happen! The project will also help keep the euthanasia rate from increasing again. In 2001 local shelters were killing over 23,500 animals just because there were no homes for them, this past year the number has decreased to fewer than 12,000. The 50% decrease is a good start but we hope that the number will continue to decrease with this program. First Coast No More Homeless Pets will supply all the volunteers, staff, and location needed to run the project and we will develop a sustainable program ongoing as long as there is a need.

How will the 25K be Used?

Budget Notes: The budget will allow us to open the food bank and have a program that can sustain itself. It will allow us to provide $15K in vet care and ongoing free pet food! FCNMHP will organize the volunteers & supply the staff & location for the project. The grant funds will not be used for salaries or rent.
$ 10,000 To obtain the equipment and supplies needed to run the food bank
$ 15,000 To assist low income people get vet care for their pets

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