Join us at Walnut Grove (on Lou Ann cross street Rumble) at 5:30. We prepare meals for homebound seniors pets. We have loads of fun and a help our community too!

Lots of food and fun! See you there!

For more information call or email.

See agenda for details on time and location. Thanks!

Hey everyone! We are back on for pet food packaging. The amazing kids from Trinity School packed so much we ended up taking a couple of weeks off! It's at Walnut Grove 1601 Lou Ann. Cross street is Rumble and it's right by Red Lobster. We start at 5:30, drop in any time!

Join us again at Walnut Grove for our weekly pet food packaging party. Walnut Grove is located at 2801 Lou Ann, off Rumble near Sisk.

Hi folks, we are taking the week off from pet food packaging. We've been so productive that we've run out of space for all of the food. We are expecting to resume next Thursday, maybe I will have some new bad jokes by then. In the meantime, enjoy an evening with friends and family!

This morning I was worried because we had run out of dog food for our Senior Pet Food Project. I had made the usual calls, but didn't have anything nailed down for tomorrow's "packaging party." Cancelling it was not really an option, the seniors at Walnut Grove would have been brokenhearted. We did have enough food for the homebound seniors, but I like to hedge my bets.

Then, around noon, I received a phone call from a gentleman named Ernest, offering us "about a palletful" of dog food. The food was at the Swift Transportation facility in Lathrop. All we had to do was pick it up. I was elated!

I called all of the volunteers I knew had a truck and Doug Fox (our Eagle Scout's dad) was available. I arrived first and, in what is probably the biggest test ever for my beleagured and abused Xterra, we managed to get an entire pallet of dog food into it. Roughly 1,500 pounds. But, that wasn't all. There was a second pallet of dog food. Another 1,500 pounds. The forklift guy just plopped the whole thing onto Doug's pickup and we were on our way. With 3,000 pounds of very good quality dog food.

I am so grateful for the wonderful gift from Ernest and his Swift Transportation co-workers. I have great faith in this wonderful community and my faith continues to be rewarded.

We are pretty well set with cat food for the time being, but we are nearly out of dog food. If you would like to donate dog food for our Senior Pet Food Project, email me and I will happily pick it up. Or you can drop off donated pet food at Buddy's Mail Room, located at Standiford and Sisk, or at House of Pets, located in Roseburg Square.

The residents like us so much, we have been invited back to Walnut Grove for another pet food packaging party! Tomorrow, Thursday January 3rd at 5:30. For information or directions please call me @ 345-5967.

Last Tuesday night we had a "packaging party" at Walnut Grove. Walnut Grove is an assisted living center for senior citizens and they graciously allowed us to use their activity room for preparation of pet meals for homebound seniors. This was our second visit and even more of the residents helped out than the first time. Despite my running commentary of bad jokes, everyone had a great time.

There is a sense of gratification that comes from a project like this that cannot be explained. Those of us donating our time will likely never meet the people we are helping. Despite the sore backs from lifting bags of food and the sore feet from standing for a few hours, we are OK with that. The jokes fly (and sometimes the food), people make new friends and we provide quite a bit of entertainment to the residents.

We always need gallon, quart and sandwich sized Ziploc-type bags, dry pet food and other supplies. If you would like to help with the project, you can call us @ (209) 345-5967 or email to tjennings@humanestanislaus.org.

Happy Holidays!