August 7 We retrieved 35 pallets of stuff from storage yesterday, and are busy assembling shelves, and opening boxes. Stop by any day to help, we are there from 10-6, sometimes longer hours. Enter from doors on the parking lot side.
July 30 We are working daily to prepare 51 Notre Dame Ave for homeless pets and pet supplies. Please check our page on facebook for more details. The tasks we are doing now (beginning July 31) are: sweeping, painting ceiling tiles, checking plumbing, and moving lots of stuff around.
Equipment needs: Can anyone loan us a 10-foot A-frame ladder? We could use 2. Some scaffolding or a rolling ladder would be fantastic. Ceilings are 9 feet in most of the store, and 10-11 feet in the rest. Electric tea kettle? Does anyone within a few blocks of our new store have a forklift? We need to move the big neon sign out of the back of the pickup.
If you can’t help with maintenance or moving, you can donate to our moving and animal care fund. You can distribute flyers. Do social networking. Spread the word that Andy’s Pet Shop will soon be back in business.
Financial Contributions
Donate by cash, check, or credit card.
Social Networking & Electronic Promotion
Are you on Facebook? Become a fan of Andy’s Pet Shop and recommend us to your friends. Prefer Twitter? Andy’s is now twitting with the rest. Spread the word about animal rescue, good advice, and quality supplies through email. Do you prefer a particular food or pet product that you buy at Andy’s? Check the manufacturers website for a listing of local retail sources. If we aren’t on it, let us and the producer know. Found a typo, or something missing, something left out, or have a suggestion to improve our on-line presence? Send email and let us know. We want to hear from you.
Building Supplies and Equipment
We need lots of things. Any items we don’t use will be donated to an animal shelter or other non-profit such as Habitat for Humanity.
- Sheetrock, and 2×4s for building interior walls
- Retail store shelves (anyone know of places selling used gondolas?)
- One PC or better yet, Mac-based Point of Sale Software, so we can get rid of the PC
- Macintosh computers, keyboards, mice, operating system
- Pallet Jack
- Warehouse shelves
- Dog grooming sink