Every day is a good day for The Pongo Fund as our Pet Food Bank continues doing everything that we can to ensure that no family pet ever goes to bed hungry. So far we have risen to the challenge, having donated more than ONE MILLION meals just this year.

As a micro-sized non-profit public charity we barely have a fraction of the budgets of the bigger organizations. Meaning that we must treat every single dollar as precious because we never know when or where the next dollar is coming from.

The challenge for us was how to get a load of pet food to our friends at Linn-Benton Food Share. This group is a part of the Oregon Food Bank Network and serves as Oregon’s Regional Food Bank for Linn and Benton counties, providing emergency food service to struggling families living in 19 different cities.

After having paid for the pet food, we had no money left to pay for the freight to ship it south. As is so often the case when someone learns about The Pongo Fund, good people rush in to help. In this case it was our new friends at TP Freight Lines.

We were all smiles as they arrived at our warehouse after generously offering to donate their freight services so that we could help even more hungry pets throughout Oregon. As they pulled away we knew it would just be a matter of hours before tails would be wagging in Corvallis, Albany, Philomath, Scio, Waterloo and surrounding areas, as TP Freight Lines would soon be delivering nearly 4,000 lbs of premium quality pet food to Linn-Benton Food Share.

The Pongo Fund works daily to ensure that no family pet goes hungry. And tonight, our four-legged friends in 19 more Oregon cities have a chance to enjoy an excellent dinner because of the vital work that we do.

Just another example of why it’s always a good day at The Pongo Fund!