Seattle Dog Spot

The semi truck with 10,000# of food waits to be unloaded

This morning I saw a wonderful sight at the Seattle Humane Society – the delivery of approximately 10,000 pounds of donated pet food that will feed hundreds of homeless dogs and cats in shelters throughout Puget Sound.

Halo, Purely for Pets and Freekibble.com teamed up to launch their first ever Freekibble.com “Koast-­‐to-­‐Koast Kibble Drop,” where shelters and rescues up and down the east and west coasts will receive 400,000 meals of all natural Halo Spot’s Stew for the holidays.

I wrote about FreeKibble.com last September. The Bend, OR-based company was started in 2008 by 11-year-old Mimi Ausland and has donated more than 6.6 million meals to pets in need. 

Each day, Freekibble.com and Freekibblekat.com feature a new trivia question. Visitors to the sites can answer the questions and, right or wrong, earn 10 pieces of kibble for homeless pets.

As Freekibble.com’s official pet food sponsor since 2010, Halo donates the kibble distributed to shelters and rescues throughout the U.S.

The cargo

Ellen DeGeneres, Halo’s co-­‐owner, reflects the company’s commitment to helping pets in need eat the healthiest and most nutritious food possible, saying, “Helping animals has always been a passion of mine. At Halo we want to promote healthy living for pets and eating good food is a big part of that. I mean, imagine, an animal in a shelter, in a cage, lonely -­‐ a good meal is kinda all they have to look forward to, until you adopt them!”

The semi truck I saw this morning was one of two, each carrying 20 tons of food, that made a combined dozen stops between December 13 -­‐ 22 and delivered food donations to more than 40 shelters and rescues.

The food delivered this morning will be distributed over the next couple of days to the Seattle Humane Society, the Humane Society for Tacoma/Pierce County, the Kitsap Humane Society, and the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).

This is what 5 tons of pet food looks like

Click on the Kibble Drop Route to see the cities across the county where the trucks brought their much needed cargo.

Freekibble.com and Halo deserve a lot of credit for donating this much needed food to local community shelters that are on the front lines every day saving dogs and cats and finding forever homes for millions of them every year.

Thank you, Halo and Freekibble.com!