Help Senior Citizens Feed Their Pets

Meals on Wheels is trying to help thousands of senior citizen get pet food for their pets this year. Seniors need and love there pets. Pets give seniors emotional support and help them get through there day easier. And the seniors are good for the animals by giving the animals care and love. Seniors and Pets are a perfect combination to love and help each other and to be companions for each other. For many seniors their pets make life worth while and for the pets many seniors provide them with life. Some seniors have been forced to give their pets to local shelters simply because they can't afford to feed them. This is so wrong since some of these seniors don't have anyone else for companionship but their pets. Sadly many of the animals have to be put down. And after losing their pets the seniors don't always do so well anymore.

About sixty percent of the seniors who get Meals on Wheels live with a pet. Many times a senior receives their meal from Meals on Wheels and since the senior doesn't have enough money to buy their pet food they share their Meal on Wheels with there pet. This isn't necessarily a good thing since pets and seniors require different nutritional needs and the seniors need to eat all their own food.

Helping the seniors feed their pets is a new idea and one that makes sense. More then a million balanced meals are given to seniors through volunteers who provide their services to Meals on Wheels. This holiday season, Meals on Wheels is going to team up with a hospital called Banfield and their goal is to have pet food delivered to seniors who have pets. They would like to raise $100,000 and collect a million pounds of pet food for this cause.

If you would like to contribute to this cause you can contribute packaged pet food at any of the nearly 600 Banfield locations nationwide. You can find them most often at a Pet Smart store or you can also contribute cash at Banfield or you check online at www.banfield.net to find out more.