The City of Burleson partners with Meals-on-Wheels of Johnson & Ellis Counties to offer a pilot program called AniMeals

January 22, 2009

Thanks to people who donate food to the Burleson Animal Shelter, the City of Burleson is partnering with Meals-on-Wheels of Johnson and Ellis Counties for a pilot program called AniMeals.

Meals-on-Wheels volunteers will meet at the Burleson Animal Shelter at noon on Saturday, Feb. 7, to pick up donated pet food. The food will be delivered to more than 20 homebound elderly and disabled Meals-on-Wheels clients in Burleson.

Burleson Animal Services Supervisor Michelle Spradlin contacted Meals-in-Wheels in June 2008 to see if the non-profit agency could use food that was donated to the shelter. The shelter animals are kept on a Science Diet program, so food donated to the Burleson shelter is not used for the rescued animals. Spradlin said Meals-on-Wheels was already exploring the AniMeals concept.

Lisa Hicks with Meals-on-Wheels said in regular scheduled home visits, Meals-on-Wheels staff and volunteers found that clients were sharing their own meals with their pets because they could not afford to buy pet food. The AniMeals program was developed by Meals-on-Wheels to help the homebound elderly and disabled feed their pets properly.

For more information about the AniMeals program in Burleson or in your community, please call Meals-on-Wheels at 817-558-2840 or 972-351-9943 or email Lisa Hicks.