The Lincoln Animal Ambassadors offers a Pet Food Bank to provide assistance to those who have been adversely affected by our current economy. We accept donations of just about any type of pet food so that we can provide pet food assistance to those in need.

The Pet Food Bank application can be filled out and mailed, emailed, or an applicant can call (402) 540-7017 and can be found on our website: http://lincolnanimalambassadors.org/PetFoodBankApplication.pdf If you’d like, just let us know if you’d like us to bring you some.

In so many cases, animals have greatly assisted people in obtaining and retaining their physical and mental health and it is tragic when we undergo financially unstable times. We hope that by offering the Pet Food Bank, the assistance we provide will enable a pet to remain in their home, alleviating the pet owner’s stress and allowing them to focus on regaining their financial stability.

As we have distributed food to applicants, we have discovered that some pet owners need additional assistance. One applicant had been financially stressed for a while and her dog’s collar had broke. At the current time, the applicant had been using an improvised strap as a collar so that she could take her dog for daily walks. Of course, we provided her dog with a new collar. We have decided to expand on our Pet Food Bank, to include providing supplies to those people who are most in need of assistance. If you happen to have any supplies or equipment you no longer need, such as collars, leashes, harnesses, crates, kennels, beds, etc., please consider donating them to us.

Up to this point, we have been storing our donated pet food in a number of members’ garages and homes. However, as the demand for assistance has grown and as we receive sizeable donations of pet food, we have decided that we really need one storage location. We have made arrangements for storage, but it will not be available to us for several months. If anyone happens to have some sort of suitable, weather resistant, storage room, unit, shed, or facility that we can borrow for a few months, we would very much appreciate it.

The Lincoln Animal Ambassadors is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that formed in June 2008. Our mission statement is: The Lincoln Animal Ambassadors promotes enriching our community through progressive thinking, education, awareness and public support. We are committed to improving the lives of animals and alleviating cruelty in Lincoln and the surrounding area.

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Thank you very much for helping us get the word out that our Pet Food Bank is available and if you know anyone who needs assistance with their pets, please let us know.

Charlene Kjelland
Webmaster
www.LincolnAnimalAmbassadors.org

YOU members can support disabled veterans through the FetchDog™, Chewy Shoe Initiative. The Chewy Shoe Initiative was developed to fund the efforts to train service dogs for disabled veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq . With every Chewy Shoe purchase, $2 will be contributed to the Puppies Behind Bars, a not for profit association, DogTags Program.

The first annual “Paws for a Cause” dog walk will be held in beautiful Nebraska City, in conjunction with the Annual Arbor Day Celebration. Arbor Day brings thousands of visitors to the Nebraska City community and this is an ideal opportunity for you to showcase your products and services to potential customers (and their owners).
WHO: Charity dog walk to raise money for the Nebraska City Rotary Club’s “Global Polio Eradication” fundraising project, the Nebraska City Police K-9 Unit, and Hearts United for Animals.
WHAT: A fun, leisurely walk through Nebraska City’s gorgeous Steinhart Park. There will be a variety of entertainment, contests, demonstrations, expert advice, pet information, vendors, food, and loads of tail-wagging fun.
WHEN: Participant registration will begin at 9:30 am. Therefore, exhibitors will want to have their booths assembled and ready for visitors by 9:00 am. The dog walk will begin at 10:30 am and all exhibit booths will be open to visitors until the close of the show at 12:30 pm.
WHERE: The event takes place on the north side of Steinhart Park next to west Central Avenue (next to horseshoe and tennis courts). Participants will walk through Steinhart Park and finish the walk back by the exhibitor booths.
Additional Info:
Paws for a Cause - Debra Kuhn
402.209.1000
Debra _Kuhn@hotmail.com