20 for 20 RLRR donations program continuing!

Since October 2013, several loyal supporters have pledged $20 per month to purchase drastically discounted pet food from Minneapolis’s largest distributor: RFG. Kristin Tanchin instigated the plan to purchase the warehouse's broken pallets, which have been mixed-brand pallets of very high-quality food. Kristin has also served as the volunteer coordinator of collecting the pledges. Jenny Fitzer of Leech Lake Legacy has picked up all the food offered to us from the RFG warehouse twice a month, and coordinated transport to Karen at RLRR. This program has been integral to ensuring RLRR has adequate food to meet their fluctuating needs and to provide distribution at their spay/neuter clinics. 

In late July, Kirstin learned that RFG had been bought out and renamed Animal Supply Company. Many of you received an email that the $20 for 20 program would be ending in September, as it appeared the same high-quality food would not be available to us without a significant price increase. But VERY GOOD NEWS — Jenny Fitzer was able to verify that the same warehouse managers will be retained and are willing to continue to supply RLRR with the same food at the same price!

RLRR offers a huge “thanks” to both Kristin and Jenny for their hard work to bring this food to Karen. Jenny will continue to arrange the pick-up and transport, and I will take over the collection and payment duties to give Kristin a much-deserved break. 

Going forward, please send your monthly or quarterly (or annual) payments to:

Jane Norling
5450 Ridgewood Cove
Mound, MN 55364-8238
kmtcomm@gmail.com
952-472-7155

If you have not been a past member of this program, we ask you to consider contributing now. Nancy O’Sullivan informed us that last week Karen was already very low on food, with the harsh winter looming near. The number of supporters committed to this program has fallen below the original 20 donors planned, while the need for food continues to grow along with RLRR’s reach into the reservation.

Please contact me or Karen Good if you are willing to share $20 a month—or contact me ANY month that you have an additional $20 to help us buy food. Please share your good fortune with Karen’s hungry rescues!

FOOD AND SHELTER IS PROVIDED AS NEEDED

If you would like to give Kristin a shout-out and thank her for her service to this program, please contact her at:

Kristin L Tanchin
O 763.694.5215 | F 763.557.2337
kristin.tanchin@usfoods.com

Thank you for supporting Red Lake Rosie's Rescue

CANNED FOOD NEEDED TO ADMINISTER MEDICATIONS

TYPICAL CACHE OF 20 FOR 20 KIBBLE

Karen

RLRR