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It's a fact: Many seniors who receive home-delivered meals give up their food to feed their cats and dogs.
That's why FIDO* started AniMeals -- a partnership with Clackamas County Social Services and Senior Meals programs to provide nutritious pet food for the cats and dogs of people who receive home-delivered meals. AniMeals was inspired by a program founded by the Helen Woodward Animal Center in San Diego, California. Every other week AniMeals serves 198 cats and 92 dogs by delivering 792 lbs. of cat food and 552 lbs. of dog food to local senior centers! There are over 135 seniors currently signed up to receive pet food along with their senior meals.
Here's how it works:
- Senior centers in Clackamas County tell FIDO the number of needy dogs and cats in their senior meals programs.
- Dog food and cat food is donated to FIDO, and stored in a central location.
- Volunteers package the food into two-week portions (AniMeals) for each senior center and/or household.
- Volunteers deliver the AniMeals to the senior centers.
- Every two weeks AniMeals are delivered to homes by drivers of home-delivered meals for seniors and AniMeals volunteers.
But FIDO can't do it all alone . . . Here's how you can help:
 Donate Money to FIDO
Make out checks to FIDO-AniMeals and send to FIDO
PO Box 1896, Clackamas, OR 97015.
Donate Dog or Cat Food
Drop of food at any of the following senior centers:
Canby Adult Center
(503) 266-2970
1250 S. Ivy, Canby 97013
Estacada Community Center
(603) 630-7454
200 SW Clubhouse Drive, Estacada 97023
Gladstone Senior Center
(503) 655-7701
1050 Portland Avenue, Gladstone 97027
Hoodland Senior Center
(503) 622-3331
25400 E Salmon River Road, Welches 97067
Lake Oswego Adult Community Center
(503) 635-3758
505 "G" Avenue, Lake Oswego 97034
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Milwaukie Center
(503) 653-8100
5440 SE Kellogg Creek Drive, Milwaukie 97222
Molalla Adult Community Center
(503) 829-4214
315 Kennel Street, Molalla 97038
Pioneer Community Center
(503) 657-8287
615 5th Street, Oregon City 97045
Sandy Senior & Community Center
(503) 668-5569
38348 Pioneer Blvd., Sandy 97055
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Or at Clackamas County offices at 2051 Kaen Rd., Oregon City, 97045 and at Clackamas Community Federal Credit Union offices in Milwaukie, Canby and Oregon City.
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