Mission

The mission of the Home, Not Alone program is to provide free pet food to low-income pet owners through partnerships with local senior centers/communities and Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County.

Rationale

• Often, senior pet owners are on extremely limited incomes, including Medicaid, VA assistance, or highly restricted Social Security income.
• These seniors are often unable to drive to get pet food themselves.
• Pet-owning seniors often take food from their own tables to feed their companion animals.
• Many times, the animals these seniors keep are the only “family” they see on a regular basis, their only real companions, and precious reminders of the independent lives and homes they once enjoyed.
• These pets provide not only companionship to these seniors, but also a sense of purpose and a feeling of being needed.

Process

Through Home, Not Alone, Don’t Forget to Feed Me provides free, pre-portioned pet food to qualified seniors at participating senior centers on a regular schedule. We work with senior center directors to determine delivery schedules.

More Information

For more information about the Home, Not Alone program, contact the Director, at manager@dontforgettofeedme.org or 817-334-0727.