I got this letter this afternoon from a user who does not want to be identified. Blockquotes is the original letter, in between is my reply. I hadn't even known my site link to them was in any of the search engines already - this site is brand new. (As you can tell since not everything is even working right now!)

Do you know if SaveOurPetsFoodBank has shut down or moved?

I went there last month and there was a for sale sign up and workers were remodeling the place and there was hardly any pet food in the warehouse. Also, whoever was supposed to be there had run off and there were like a dozen women and children just sitting there waiting in the sun and the warehouse doors were wide open. I waited for over an hour for someone before I gave up. Some of the other people just took food and left. I didn't think it was right to take any since I haven't even signed up yet.

As far as I know they're still open the last blog post was six days ago.

I went back today to try again and this time the entire place was locked up. I knocked and everything and no one answered.

Here's something else that's strange. The woman at the office of my churchwho told me about them three months ago printed a page of their website for me and the hours were 9-12. Last month the hours were 10-1. Now they're 10-12.

I called the number listed and got their voicemail. The voicemail and the website both give the same address.

I'm not really sure what to tell you since I've never gotten help from them - they're too far away from me normally.

After I was laid off from my last job I did use Daffy's Pet Soup Kitchen, about two and a half months ago. I have a dog with some medical problems and they gave me some Science Diet that's worked really well.

I'm pinging a couple blogs with this post (like here that have talked about SOPFB before. Maybe they know more. In the mean time you should probably call Daffy's - they post a schedule that they keep up to date, and they also have "local offices" so you may have a branch near you.

I hope this is just paranoia.

Update: I had to meet my mom downtown so I did a drive by on the SOPFB address. They're right across the street from the Sweetwater Brewery. There is no sign on the building indicating occupation and there is actually a for sale sign on the property.

So I have no clue what's going on. Still.

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So, how did your Saturday go? Mine went like this. I got up at 6 am and checked the http://www.saveourpetsfoodbank.org website to make sure they were open.

As a proud member of the working poor, I'm forced to get help to cover certain expenses when I'm between freelance positons. I often get a little help from my church. I scrimp on EVERYTHING, so usually the only help I ask for is decent pet food. I had my heart torn to pieces right before the pet food recall when my perfectly healthy dog mysteriously got sick and died over the course of a couple weeks. I refuse to buy crappy pet food, and I'm not too proud to beg to keep my "children" safe.

After the little bruhaha a couple weeks ago when a reader asked me if SOPFB was still operating (and the answer was supposedly yes), I decided to go there to see what the place was like. I checked their web site last night, early this morning, and right before I left for the hour long drive there.

Fully caffinated for the drive I reached their offices at just a few minutes after they were supposed to open - 10 am. I walk up to the door and like a scene from bizarro world Clerks, there's a piece of paper taped to the door that basically reads, "I ASSURE YOU, WE'RE CLOSED!"

Apparrently , this charity that supposedly gets support from a number of local charities, as well as sponsorship from national groups (like the PetSmart charities), ran out of food and didn't bother to tell anyone.

A third of a tank of gas for the round trip probably would have covered one bag of store brand dog food (not enough to get through the month, but it would have helped), and I burned it away for nothing. They did not just run out in the 4 or 5 minutes difference between when I arrived and when they opened. They had to have known for days and just didn't bother to alert any of their poor and desperate clients who spend a not insignificant part of what little money they have to get to the SOPFB offices.

Several people in cars came while I was there including existing customers, and no one had been informed. SOPFB has a blog, for cripes sake - it can be used for more than posting PR, you know.

Is Save Our Pets Food Bank just extremely unorganized, or is it something else? The For Sale sign really is there in front of the building.

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