Knox PAWS (Placing Animals With Seniors) and Feed-A-Pet
What your donation provides:
- $75 covers one year of heartworm prevention for one pet
- $130 covers grooming for one pet four times a year
- $150 covers the annual vaccinations and exam for one pet
- $200 feeds one pet for one year
- $500 provides dental prophylaxis and extractions
- $1,000 covers emergency veterinary care (average cost)
Knox PAWS (Placing Animals With Seniors) matches eligible seniors with adoptable pets. Research indicates that pets improve seniors’ physical, emotional, and mental health. The Knox PAWS program works with area animal shelters to match senior pets with older adults.
Office on Aging’s staff match income-eligible seniors with adoptable older pets. Program participants must be 60 years of age or older, residents of Knox County, income-eligible, and live independently in a pet-friendly environment. Pets adopted by Knox PAWS participants are provided with continued veterinary exams, vaccinations, heartworm/flea prevention and other pet supplies or services as needed.
Feed-A-Pet Needs Pet Food
Knox PAWS has an urgent need for dog and cat food!
DRY DOG FOOD NEEDED:
- 8lb bag Purina One Smartblend Small Bites
- 4lb bag Pedigree Small Bites
- 4lb bag Beneful Small Bites
DRY CAT FOOD NEEDED:
- 3.15 lb. bag Friskies
- 3.15 lb. bag Meow Mix
- 3.15 lb. bag Purina Cat Chow
CANNED DOG FOOD NEEDED:
- Ceasars canned or trays
- Pedigree canned or pouches
- Beneful canned or trays
CANNED CAT FOOD NEEDED:
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- Friskies canned both gravy & paté
- 9-Lives canned both gravy & paté
- Fancy Feast canned both gravy & paté
- Meow Mix canned both gravy & paté
Please donate bags weighing LESS THAN 10 pounds, as some of our clients are unable to lift heavy items.
Small to Medium pet beds
Small soft blankets
Food and water bowls (both small dog and cat sizes)
Litter
Small to Medium dog clothing (sweaters, jackets etc.)
Soft squeaky dog toys (small sizes)
Cat toys (balls, soft mice etc.)
Drop off locations:
- Ross Building 2247 Western Ave Knoxville 37921
- Norwood Vet Clinic 2828 Merchant Rd Knoxville 37912
- Forest Park Vet Clinic 4600 Chambliss Ave Knoxville 37919
- Dogwood Vet Clinic 5900 Chapman Hwy Knoxville 37920
- O’Connor Senior Center 611 Winona St Knoxville 37917
You can also make a monetary donation HERE.
Each month, the CAC Office on Aging’s Knox PAWS and Feed-a-Pet programs provide almost 3,600 pounds of pet food to 112 dogs and 113 cats owned by 75 low income seniors in the Knoxville-Knox County area. Our supply of dog food is critically low!
Without the assistance of Feed-a-Pet, those enrolled in the program struggle each month to feed their pets and sometimes go without food themselves in order to feed their furry friends.
The Feed-A-Pet program is for seniors that already own pets, but struggle to buy food.
- FAP is a monthly pet food delivery service for eligible individuals that already have pets in their home, but struggle to afford pet food.
- FAP is for individuals age 60 or older, living independently in Knoxville/Knox County, with an annual income less than 150% of the federal poverty level.
- FAP participant pets are required to be spayed or neutered and current on basic core vaccines. Information and referral support to affordable resources for the FAP participants and their pets is available.
- Each month, the participants are provided with enough pet food to last them an entire month, for all the animals in their home that were originally enrolled in the FAP program.
- FAP delivers about 3,800 lbs. of pet food each month to seniors all over Knoxville/Knox County.
- When unrestricted funds are available, FAP is able to assist with veterinary services and grooming services as well as some pet supplies for FAP participants.
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