Kibble with a cause!

Great news!! So I decided to start blogging again. And yes, in case you were suspicious, my title is from a Dr. Seuss book. Anyway! This is awesome:

Kibble with a cause fills Fido's bowl

Kim Carrier drove up to the donation entrance of a St. Paul food shelf this week in a car piled high with bags of dog food. Her unusual gift reflects her unusual mission: to create Minnesota's first network of pet food shelves.

"I sometimes work at a pet supply store, and people laid off would call and ask if there is any place to get free pet food,'' said Carrier, of Minneapolis.

"I Googled and never found anything,'' she said. "So I decided to try to do something myself, and then a lot of other people jumped on board.''

Carrier launched the Pet Project in July. It's part of a fledgling movement nationally to make sure people don't have to choose between keeping food in the kitchen or Fido in the living room.

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