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Crossroads Community
Services, in partnership with the
SPCA of Texas, launched the Pet-O-Meals Project on Thursday,
January 18. The program is designed to ensure
that the nutritional needs of “all members” of
the family are met.
“The face of poverty is
changing so we are seeing a lot more client
families who own pets,” said Rev. Jay Cole, CCS
director. “It stands to reason that if the
family is suffering, the pet is suffering, too.”
To ease that stress, each
family will be given enough food to feed a pet
for at least a week. Clients pick up the food
once a month. According to Gina Alcala, outreach
director for the SPCA, this will be a big help
to those well-intentioned families who may be
hurting their pet without knowing it.
“If the family cannot afford
to buy real pet food, they may think that
feeding the dog ‘people food’ is all right,”
Alcala said. “They may not realize that this is
hurting the animal's digestive system.”
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SPCA Director of
Outreach and Volunteer Relations Gina
Alcala and CCS Pilot Employee Henry
Joiner unload pet food. |
CCS client Keron Kerns receives a
goody bag of treats for her dog. |
CCS Director
Jay Cole and SPCA of
Texas President James Bias met to
officially kick off the program. |
Donation / Contribution
Information:
Pet food donations may be
dropped off at Crossroads Community Services.
Monetary contributions
should be made payable to the SPCA of Texas, referencing
"CCS Pet-O-Meals" in the memo line.
These checks can be mailed to: SPCA of Texas, 2400
Lone Star Drive, Dallas, TX 75212.
For more information on
this program, contact Gregg Smith
at 214-560-2511, ext.
403, or
gsmith@fumcdallas.org.
Dallas Morning News
spotlights Pet-O-Meals Program!
On Tuesday, February 27, Mr.
Sam Hodges, religion writer for the
Dallas Morning News (DMN), featured CCS's
clients who are beneficiaries of the Pet-O-Meals
Program.
Click
HERE to read the article - and
watch a video!
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