$53,847 raised by 342 donors
100% complete
$50,000 Goal
Don’t Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank provides pet food for those in need during challenging financial times, effectively providing an alternative to surrendering—or worse, abandoning—a family pet.
Don’t Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank envisions a community in which all pet owners are able to feed their pets.
Don’t Forget to Feed Me is a conduit through which donated pet food reaches families in need. DF2FM manages the collection of pet food and allocation to distribution partners, who then in turn distribute it through their normal channels to their clients. DF2FM does not distribute directly to the community. DF2FM only distributes cat and dog food. DF2FM currently provides 35 partners with 30,000 pounds of free pet food each month.
The mission of the Home, Not Alone (HNA) program is to provide free pet food to low-income pet owners through partnerships with local senior centers/communities.
The Maverick Fund is a designated fund specifically to help individual pet-owning households who have experienced catastrophic events (house fires, tornado damage, etc.) that left pet owners without the resources to properly care for their pets.
The mission of Don’t Forget to Feed Me (DF2FM) is to supply pet food to local agencies in support of pet owners while educating the public about pet food insecurity. By providing pet food for those in need during challenging financial times and increasing awareness, we offer an alternative to surrendering —or worse, abandoning—a family pet. Don’t Forget to Feed Me helps to ensure that no pet owner must choose between stay…or go.
Dry and canned dog and cat food – any brand, any variety (including recently-expired product)
Gallon-size double zipper Ziploc®-style bags (does not have to be name-brand)
Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Don't Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank, Inc. (DF2FM) recognizes a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace is one where all employees and volunteers, whatever their gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation or identity, education or disability, feels valued and respected. We are committed to a nondiscriminatory approach and provide equal opportunity for employment and advancement in all our departments, programs, and worksites. We respect and value diverse life experiences and heritages and ensure that all voices are valued and heard.
DF2FM is committed to modeling diversity and inclusion and to maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all.
To provide informed, authentic leadership for cultural equity, DF2FM strives to:
See diversity, inclusion, and equity as connected to our mission and critical to ensure the well-being of our staff and the communities we serve.
Acknowledge and dismantle any inequities within our policies, systems, programs, and services, and continually update and report organization progress.
Explore potential underlying, unquestioned assumptions that interfere with inclusiveness.
Advocate for and support board-level thinking about how systemic inequities impact our organization's work, and how best to address that in a way that is consistent with our mission.
Help to challenge assumptions about what it takes to be a strong leader at our organization, and who is well-positioned to provide leadership.
Practice and encourage transparent communication in all interactions.
Commit time and resources to expand more diverse leadership within our board, staff, volunteer, and advisory bodies.
Lead with respect and tolerance. We expect all employees to embrace this notion and to express it in workplace interactions and through everyday practices.
DF2FM abides by the following action items to help promote diversity and inclusion in our workplace:
Pursue cultural competency throughout our organization by creating learning opportunities and formal, transparent policies.
Make incremental, measurable progress toward the visibility of our diversity, inclusion, and equity efforts. Once the content is curated it will be added to our website so others can access.
Improve our cultural leadership pipeline by creating and supporting programs and policies that foster leadership that reflects the diversity of American society.
Pool resources and expand offerings for underrepresented constituents by connecting with other non-profit organizations committed to diversity and inclusion efforts.
Develop a system for being more intentional and conscious of bias during the hiring, promoting, or evaluating process.
Advocate for public and private-sector policy that promotes diversity, inclusion, and equity. Challenge systems and policies that create inequity, oppression, and disparity.
Organization name
Don't Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank, Inc.
Causes
Animals, Hunger & Food Access, Social Services
Operating Budget
$500,000 - $999,999
Counties Served
Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx, Native American, Other
BIPOC Leadership
Neither/None
Equity Statement
Equity Statement
Address
PO Box 471277