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In 1993, Renee Carleton started volunteering for Friends For Pets Foundation (Weimaraner Rescue). She helped transport dogs and do home visits for potential adoptive families. She quickly learned of the difficulties an animal rescue faced. Besides the daily care of the animals, the incoming donations didn't always cover vet bills and food. She began to look for ways to reduce the cost of buying food. Renee found out that many stores were destroying damaged bags of food. The warehouses did not want to keep it around, and they had no one to pick it up. She began to pick up food in her car. Within a year, the car was too small. The amount of donated food began to increase. She borrowed trucks from friends, and started sharing some of the food with other rescues. The amount continued to grow. What was once was a carload, quickly became a truckload (as in 18-wheeler truckload). Transportation services were needed, a forklift, warehouse space, and volunteers.

The Pet Food Bank has continued to grow, along with our list of rescues we service. Last year our volunteers moved over 2,000,000 lbs. of pet food.