CANIDAE All Natural Pet Foods Continues Work With FreeKibble.com to Feed Shelter Dogs and Cat
8/10/2009
CANIDAE has been making ongoing donations to FreeKibble.com, a charity dedicated to providing high quality food to shelter dogs and cats from Oregon to Florida. FreeKibble.com was founded by twelve-year-old Mimi Ausland from Bend, Oregon, who wanted to help feed the hungry animals at her local animal shelter. "There are tens of thousands of dogs and cats in animal shelters across the country, all needing to be fed a good meal," said Mimi. Animal shelters work hard to see that none of their animals go hungry, but in tough economic times their donations go down dramatically. With her parents' help, Mimi launched FreeKibble.com on April 1, 2008. As of this writing, the charity has supplied over 240 million pieces of kibble to hungry dogs and cats.
In addition to providing free kibble to the Humane Society of Central Oregon, Mimi has started to reach out across the country. FreeKibble.com now has multiple animal shelters on a monthly program, and hopes to keep adding more.
"This is Mimi. :-) I just wanted to thank you very much for all the food that you have given to us to donate - I really appreciate it! The food is going to some shelters that really need it and they are very appreciative. Thanks again and I hope you have a great rest of the day," wrote Mimi in a recent note of thanks to CANIDAE Controller, Jason Castillo.
The success of Mimi's website and charity stems from how simple it is to donate. Visitors go to FreeKibble.com and answer the Bow Wow Trivia question of the day. Each day one plays, no matter if their answer is right or wrong, FreeKibble.com is able to donate 10 more pieces of kibble to a needy shelter.
The extensive media coverage of Mimi Ausland and FreeKibble.com has helped this pet charity to continue to grow and help even more animals. NBC Nightly News and People Magazine have both run features on the project, and Mimi was recently a guest on the Oprah Winfrey show. Mimi received the ASPCA Kid of the Year Award last year, and was also named one of the Top 10 'Not So Ordinary' Pet People by ZooToo.
Please bookmark freekibble.com and visit them each day to help feed needy dogs and cats.
