Bloomfield Animal Shelter Collecting Donations For Manna Food Depot

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of the Bloomfield Animal Shelter. Find out how to post announcements or events to your local Patch site.

The Bloomfield Animal Shelter is now collecting donations of dry dog and cat food to benefit the Manna Food Depot.

Since January 2023, the Manna Food Depot and its volunteers have been providing pet food to local families in need weekly, but can only do so with more help. In just over a year, 968 pounds of cat food and 2,240 pounds of dog food have been given to local families that may otherwise have difficulties keeping their pets at home – that's over 3,000 pounds!

We would like to continue this initiative through 2024, and are asking for donations of dry dog and cat food that will directly benefit local families. We are accepting these donations at the shelter on the pantry's behalf, which will be picked up by their volunteers weekly. Please label "pantry" on any donation for this cause.

Thank you to anyone who can spare a bag or two, and thank you to the local nonprofit Supporters of Bloomfield Animal Shelter for donating the majority of this food on a regular basis.

Donations can be brought to the shelter daily between 8 am and 6 p.m. Don’t forget to label them “pantry.”

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