AUSTIN, TEXAS – Austin's local, family-owned healthy pet food store, Tomlinson's Feed, is hosting its annual Pound4Pound pet food drive at its 15 area stores starting next week.
The drive runs from Nov. 23 through Dec. 24. For every bag of food donated in stores, Tomlinson's and five of its pet food suppliers (Lotus, Open Farm, Nulo, Fromm, and Stella & Chewy's) will match the donation, pound for pound. The food collected during the drive will be distributed throughout 2019 to more than 40 area animal rescues spanning from Georgetown to New Braunfels, officials said.
The Pound4Pound program benefits homeless pets in the Central Texas area, focusing first on keeping pets healthy with quality foods, according to a Tomlinson's press advisory. The donated food helps local rescues and shelters meet the nutritional needs of their pets and frees up funds for medical cases that would otherwise be spent on food.
"Our goal is to keep rescue pets healthy, happy, and adoptable until their forever family finds them," Scott Click, owner of Tomlinson's Feed, said. "This holiday season, we've set a goal to raise over 150,000 pounds of pet food. We invite our customers to join us as we work to feed Austin's homeless pet community."
More than 40 hardworking pet rescues, including the Central Texas SPCA, Wilco Regional Animal Shelter, and Austin Dog Rescue are beneficiaries of the Pound4Pound Program. In 2017, Tomlinson's, its customers, and Tomlinson's pet-food partners raised 194,551 pounds of healthy pet food for deserving rescues and pets in need.
About Tomlinson's Feed
Founded in 1946, Tomlinson's Feed is the leading provider of natural, healthy pet products in Central Texas. It has been owned and operated by the Click family of Austin for four generations. Tomlinson's is dedicated to seeing that all customers are treated like family thanks to knowledgeable team members and world-class service. For more information, please visit www.tomlinsons.com.
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