This Pittsburgh Pet Food Pantry Now Restocked Thanks to Our Generous Donors

Thank you to everyone who donated to our September Pet Food Drive for the Dr. John P. Ruffing VMD Pet Food Pantry. We had to cancel our distribution in September due to low inventory. Marie and I spent the entire month working hard to resupply the pantry. It has been exhausting. But successful to a […]

Orange Pumpkin Land Rover Defender is Available for Trunk-or-Treating

If you want a big orange pumpkin-like vehicle at your trunk-or-treating event, let us know. Here’s why we are the perfect participant … we can roll out the candy and also store donations of pet food. Contact us at folx@pghlgbtq.org

Here, we rise up and take the power back. We unify and watch our flag ascend to support our neighbors.

On June 2, 2025, I created a video appeal for the Dr. John P. Ruffing VMD Pet Food Pantry – we were/are running low on pet food. By the end of the week,we had received 890 pounds of dry food and $970 in $$ and gift cards. Maybe a few straggling donations will come in […]

‘Wild Blue Yonder’ Band Collecting Pet Food Donations at June 14 Concert

Our very first pet food drive of the season is hosted by local musical group ‘Wild Blue Yonder’ at their upcoming show in Dormont. We’ll be there with a table and info. You can bring donations with you or donate virtually. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Parking Pad (@parking.pad)

This Past Week Pittsburgh Donated 823 Pounds of Dry and 736 Cans of Cat Food

Kudos to you, Pittsburgh and dear readers. In a short period of time, you donated enough cat food supplies to stock the Dr. John P. Ruffing DMV Pet Food Pantry through the end of April (and perhaps beyond.) Every month, we try to provide 12-15 pounds of dry and 20 cans of wet food to […]

Update on Winter Pet Food Drive – After the Reindeer Are Fed, Remember the Cats and Dogs

We urgently need dry dog and cat food The Winter Holiday Pet Food Drive is underway. We are supporting the striking pet owners of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh along with our colony caretakers and modest income pet owners. Scroll down for donation information. We have 68 households registered caring for over 700 animals. Each […]

Community Group Partners with Striking Post-Gazette Workers on Pet Food Drive

New Guild of Pittsburgh holiday logo

This wasn’t a difficult decision, I thought when considering if the Dr. John P. Ruffing Pet Food Pantry could help members of the the Guild facing their third holiday season on strike. Technically, it is month 26, the longest ongoing strike in the United States. Our pet food pantry was created to fill gaps in […]

This is My Appeal Post

This is the post where I confuse you with my various appeals. On a personal note, I still have a GoFundMe to help with my ongoing legal expenses and my personal expenses. Quite a bit of my great reduced income goes to this blog. Income from advertising is limited and scratches only the surface. I […]

We Need 160 cans of cat food? The NaBloPoMo Post

pet food drive cat lady

November distribution starts tomorrow. We have enough to give each caretaker 12 pounds of dry and 16 cans of wet. If we can rally to generate 160 more cans today, each caretaker will receive a full case. A case means one can almost every day. You can use our wishlist or go rogue and shop […]

This Pittsburgh Pet Food Pantry Running Out of Cat Food

50 households caring for 650 cats. That’s how many folx are enrolled in The John P. Ruffing VMD Memorial Pet Food Pantry. And we do not have enough food to distribute for November. Obviously we don’t try to feed all 650 cats, but we do try to give something to each household. They are colony […]