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We Now Have More Time

The busiest times are becoming the normal times. The need grows so the help we offer grows with it. We try to reach higher, to do more. This past week or so, three more dogs and a cat in surgery. One of them was not Hank, The Miracle Pug, who has defied the odds once again. His pre-surgical MRI revealed a massive spinal infection; could this be the cause of his sudden paralysis? We don’t know for sure, even his neurosurgeons are baffled. Yes, Hank has neurosurgeons. But we hope and with that hope, his surgery, set to begin just moments later, was postponed.

Tens of thousands of meals went out the door for the family pets of those in need. And our Emergency Kibble Response Team did their jobs near and far too, bringing last-chance food to more than a dozen hungry and hurting animals with empty tummies. Tummies empty for far too long. People did not know we were here, now they do. Those animals will be hungry no more.

We are staged and ready to get food to those affected by one of America’s worst wildfires, still burning in the Columbia Gorge. When the fire broke out, two Pongoers stood on call 24/7 to get food there on a moment’s notice. The flames have subsided a bit; we pray this fire will end soon as possible. These tragedies hurt all of us, but when close to home, when we can see the flames and taste the smoke, when the ash covers our cars, it hurts a bit more.

Generous folks remember our little non-profit group needs help too, donations arrive to restock our battered veterinary care and food funds, calls of gratitude arrive to lift our spirits. And sometimes, not too often but just sometimes, a card arrives. A woman whose dog had no more time and now has lots of it because we were there to help. The five words on the envelope say it all.

Doing what we can, when we can, for whoever we can. Because we’re all in this together.

And this is why we Pongo.
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