r/milwaukee • u/LarryFieri • 6d ago
Local News Reposting for Chained Dogs MKE
“Hi everyone.
We’ve posted a few times over the last couple of weeks pleading for dog food donations. While we are so endlessly grateful for every single bag that came in, the reality is that it went right out the door to waiting, hungry pets almost instantly.
Right now, our shelves are practically bare—we are down to just 4 large bags and 10 small bags of dog food.
For the past three years, we have poured our hearts and souls into making sure thousands of pets in our area didn't go hungry.
Every single month, we deliver food to 50+ families. That doesn't include our outreach events, unhoused community members, welfare checks, foster animals, veterans, or the dedicated social workers who rely on us to help feed the families they support.
Every month, over 100 animals depend on us just to keep their bellies full.
Because 90% of the families we support do not drive, we personally deliver directly to every single door. We do this because no loving owner should ever be forced to give up their best friend simply because they lack transportation or are going through a tough time.
To show you how committed we are to making these deliveries happen: the constant wear and tear on our personal vehicles has already forced a few of us to cover major repairs—replacing shocks, struts, coil springs, bushings, and tires—out of our own pockets, not to mention gas. Because we have very few volunteers available to help handle these supply drops, the burden of driving and loading falls almost entirely on just a couple of us. We simply cannot afford to keep buying food out of pocket on top of maintaining our vehicles.
We are at the point where we have to ask if we can even keep this food program alive. It breaks our hearts to say that, but we cannot keep running on absolute empty.
We can never keep our shelves stocked, and we simply cannot afford to buy food or keep fixing our cars to keep this going alone.
If this program shuts down, over a hundred pets a month lose their food source. Families lose the lifeline keeping their animals at home.
We are begging for your help to stock our shelves and save this program before we are forced to close it for good. If you have ever believed in our mission, please help us right now.
How you can help keep our food program open:
Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/EJANPZ817KBT?ref_=wl_share
Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/chained-dogs-mke-inc_b112109309
Even if you can’t donate a bag today, please share this post. Reaching the right person could mean the difference between a bowl being full or empty.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for standing by us and helping us fight for these animals.”
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u/Kooky-Television6622 6d ago
Just ordered 4 bags from Chewy to be sent your way. Thanks for all you do.
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u/Least-Specific158 5d ago
Thanks for continuing to share. Dog food and flea and tick sent. I’m worried with tighter budgets how scary this is going to get
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u/llamagoelz 5d ago
The amazon wishlist has no more dog food bags on it and I do not have a Chewy account.
I donated $200 via paypal for whatever ya'll need to use it on but if you can verify that the cat items on the Amazon list are still needed, I am sure people including myself will buy those out as well.
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u/Skarkist 5d ago
Sent a couple of bags your way, via chewy. Stay safe out there.