Woonona Petfood Bushfire Relief Campaign

For the past few months, Australia has been battling some of the worst bushfires we have ever seen, many of which are still burning all around the country. Hundreds of homes were destroyed, lives were lost, and families were left with nothing. Woonona Petfood and Produce wanted to do our part to help the victims of the fires and thanks to our wonderful customers, friends and suppliers, we were able to do just that.

So how did we make it happen?

Despite facing a severe drought in Canowindra, our hay supplier Mark Ward selflessly donated 300 BALES of Lucerne Hay, to ensure the affected horses, cattle and livestock were well fed. Hay is currently one of the most scarce resources in NSW, and Mark could have easily sold this truck load of hay for thousands of dollars. Instead he chose to donate the hay to us to distribute to those who needed it most. We will be forever grateful.

Through peoples generous donations, we were also able to fill the trucks with over $2700 worth of horse, livestock, chicken, dog and cat food. People were purchasing everything from bags of dog food, to rabbit food and dog toys to make sure that people who were lucky enough to save their pets had access to food and other essentials for them. In addition to this, we put a shout out to our community that we would be collecting donations of food, clothes etc. We were overwhelmed with the response, and in three days collected over 24 pallets of everyday essentials such as toothpaste, nappies, sanitary products, baby formula, clothing, towels, blankets, cooking utensils and non-perishable foods such as canned items, biscuits, coffee and tea, muesli bars and pasta. A special shout out must go to Kerrie Blackwell from Helensburgh who donated 5 car loads of goods which were collected in the Helensburgh community, as well as the amazing Share The Dignity organisation who donated over 50 bags filled with women's sanitary items.

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