Spring is almost here and if
you’re like me, it reminds me that the outdoor cats won't have to live in the
freezing cold outdoors. That’s my main reason for not liking winter.
I feel like there’s always so
much to tell you which makes these emails so long so I apologize for the
lengthy email. I’m not sharing everything in this email but you can go onto our
Facebook page and/or our blog (see below for links). I apologize for the long
emails on one hand but am grateful and excited at the same time because we’re
making such tremendous progress! Rich and I want to THANK everyone one of you
who has contributed in some way, big or small, for helping us get Delco Loves
Animals off the ground. As we grow, it’s important to us that we are
transparent and that we update you. We also want to encourage you to think
outside the box and let us know if you have any ideas that might be worth
exploring.
It’s amazing how animals
unite us. Our love for animals transcends skin color, political affiliations,
and everything else that wants to divide us as a community and society. With
the tense environment all around us, Rich and I are careful not to allow race,
politics and anything that is divisive to enter into what we’re doing. We’re
all people who have a common love for animals and a goal to help them. I just
heard someone say recently that God created animals second to people which
shows us how important animals are to God. And it’s important that we take our
responsibility to care for animals seriously. Our hope is also that we, as
people, can learn to love people as much as we love animals and if we disagree,
to disagree respectfully. We hope to bring Delco Loves People to Delco one day.
We want LOVE to permeate and be the force in and behind everything we do.
Last month we had a
productive Zoom meeting. I’ve been having some issues either with my laptop or
the free Zoom account and haven’t been able to download and send the recording.
We now have a paid Zoom account as you’ll read below so we shouldn’t have any
issues again with that.
WAYS WE COMMUNICATE
We stay connected through
four main channels. If you're looking for updates between emails and Zoom
meetings, be sure to check out our Facebook page or blog. Know someone who’d
like to join our Zoom meetings or be added to our email list? Simply reach out
to us at DelcoLovesAnimals@gmail.com.
- Delco Loves Animals
Facebook page
- Delco Loves Animals Blog
- Monthly
Zoom Meetings
- Monthly Emails
FREE CAT SHELTERS
We have someone who makes
FREE cat shelters. If anyone has a need for them, let us know and we’ll put the
order in and let you know when and where to pick them up. He said he can make
as many as you need.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
We have a variety of volunteer
opportunities available and will be sending out a separate email with all the
details. You will also be able to find the information on our Facebook page and
blog soon. It was wonderful connecting with many of you at the last Pet Food
Pantry and we truly appreciate your willingness to volunteer and support this
important cause. We’ll be in touch soon!
PET FOOD PANTRY
We are thrilled to be
co-sponsoring our 3rd Pet Food Pantry on March 23rd again
with John Sperduto, owner of Alphabet Lane Child Development Center at the
Church of Christ in Folsom. We want to THANK John for taking this on again!
February’s Pet Food Pantry went so well, and the space worked out perfectly!
This month we’d like to announce that The Spayed Club will be there again as
well as adoptable pets this time! Please see attached flyers for details. We’ll
need volunteers to help bring in donations, set up the donations, help carry
items to cars, etc. You don’t have to be there from beginning to end, but you
can be if you like. If you would like volunteer on March 23rd for
any amount of time, please get in touch.
We are asking for donations
so please help us spread the word by sharing the flyers on social media, with
family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, businesses, etc. Thank you! You’re a
huge part of the success of the Pet Food Pantry and we very much appreciate all
you do to help animals!
We ask anyone who would like
to participate in the pet food pantry to complete an enrollment
form. They will also need to provide proof of spay/neuter for each pet or
proof they have a scheduled appointment (they can send the records to: DelcoLovesAnimals@gmail.com). If
the appointment is after the pet food pantry, that’s fine. They can provide the
records once their pet(s) is/are spayed/neutered. Just so you know, we are not
the spay/neuter police 😊. We only ask for this information so that we can identify who has
unspayed/unneutered pets so we can urge them to get their pets and/or their
stray/outdoor pets and help them find low or no cost services.
We have some prospects for
future locations. If you know of any church, business or municipality who would
be interested in co-sponsoring a Pet Food Pantry with us, please get in touch
with us. We’d like to get this year scheduled.
Prospective Locations
- Folcroft
Borough: We were invited by councilman, Steve Ropski (thank you, Steve!) to do a
presentation at the next Folcroft Borough Meeting on March 11th
at 7pm. If anyone would like to attend with us, please feel free. They are
located on Ashland Ave in Folcroft, right off of Delmar Drive. Steve said
the borough council members are excited to hear about Delco Loves Animals
and will consider co-sponsoring a Pet Food Pantry in their borough.
- Grace
Reformed Episcopal Church: This church has a very large
community room so they are on our list to contact about using their space
for the Pet Food Pantry. We’ll be contacting the pastor there this week
about it.
MONTHLY ZOOM MEETINGS
We now have a paid account
with Zoom through our real estate business which we can use for Delco Loves
Animals. At this point, we’d like to hold monthly Zoom meetings to keep the
lines of communication open both ways. As time goes on, we’ll re-evaluate whether
or not we need to continue Zoom meetings or if we need to have more frequent
meetings.
We won’t have any time
limitations, but we want to keep the meetings to an hour or under. To keep us
on track, I’ll give everyone a 15-minute warning, so we have enough time to
wrap things up. Each meeting will be recorded which everyone who registered will
receive a recording of. So, if you registered and can’t make it, you’ll receive
a recording.
We will have monthly Zoom
meetings every 3rd Monday of each month through the end of this year
(unless otherwise specified). If you would like to attend, please email us at DelcoLovesAnimals@gmail.com and we'll send you the link to register. You will need
to register just once and then you can attend all the meetings without having to
register again. Please mark your calendars if you would like to attend.
This email was sent out on March 4, 2025.
