HOME VAN PET CARE PROJECT IN 2021
In March 2020 we made our last pet food delivery to Dignity Village. It was a
wrench but Pete Monte, the new Pet Care Coordinator for Grace had let us know that he had sufficient food coming in and arrangements made to distribute the pet food on the Grace campus.
We at Home Van Pet Care Project have wanted an on-campus pet facility for a long time. It is good to see it happening, although slowly as you can imagine. Grace Director Jon deCarmine has done a great job dealing with CoVid with extra cleaning, rearrangement of dorms for distancing, testing twice a week, quarantine area. Very professional and caring.
We kept in touch with Pete, but didn’t go to Grace until October, when we resumed attendance at the monthly veterinary clinic. Our wonderful veterinarian, Dr. Patti Gordon now sees pets in the former Welcome Center on Grace campus and many times Dr. Molly Pearson comes to assist.
We are still working on sufficient space for the cats at Dignity. There are not too many kitties now, but with government allowing evictions we are sure there will be more of both dogs and cats and people.
Rather than carry large amounts of pet food in our vehicle, we will carry small amounts and will become a bit more mobile. We want to contact people who are homeless in downtown Gainesville to give food for their pets and steer them to Grace.
We also have a number of people who are housed, some of whom we have known for a long time. We can sometimes give them a large bag of pet food and they will share with friends and neighbors in need.
We are continuing our commitment to our Partners Committee, i.e., Grace Marketplace, St. Francis Pet Care Project, Humane Society of North Central Florida and Home Van Pet Care Project, Inc. No in person meetings yet, but we keep in touch by meeting on an individual basis
Our best to all of you, keep safe and keep in touch.
Best wishes from Home Van Pet Care Project, Inc.
