Animal House Project in Pottstown offers support and resources to families struggling to afford care for their four-legged companions, reports Nick Iadonisi for 6abc.
The initiative provides people with necessities for their pets, including food, brushes, and toys.
“Animal House Project operates a companion and rescued pet food pantry,” said Marybeth Yannessa, board president of Animal House Project. “So families that cannot afford to feed their companion pets, we provide the donated pet food to them.”
Once a month, it opens its food pantry to registered recipients.
The goal is to help families keep the pets that bring them joy while preventing them from ending up in shelters.
“Right now, families are losing their homes, facing cancer, MS, Parkinson’s, and they have to choose between feeding themselves and providing food for their families or feeding their companion pets which they love,” said Yannessa. “So we are a very critical organization that is providing food for those families so that they don’t have to make the choice. We also help so that they don’t have to put them in shelters, because the shelters are just overwhelmed with animals.”
The organization has distributed millions of pounds of resources since inception.
Watch the entire segment at 6abc.
