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The programs listed below are sponsored by various shelters and organizations throughout Sacramento and provide free dog and cat food to pet owners in need and to help pets stay healthy and happy in their homes.
These pet food pantries are made possible through the generous donations from the community and local businesses.
Beginning on Wednesday, December 25, 2024, the Front Street Animal Shelter's Pet Food Pantry will no longer be operating on Wednesdays. We will be announcing a new date soon.
Front Street Animal Shelter - 2127 Front Street, Sacramento CA 95818
IMPORTANT! The pet food pantry will be closed on Wednesday, December 25 and Wednesday, January 1. We will be moving the pet food pantry to a new date after January 1, 2025.
Available on Wednesday from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Please donate dog and cat food to the Front Street Animal Shelter
We accept all brands of non-prescription dog and cat food. Drop off your donated food 7 days a week from 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm.
Are you a business that is able to donate one or more pallets of food?
Want to see some food and treat options and order directly from our Amazon Wish List?
Bradshaw Animal Shelter - 3839 Bradshaw Rd, Sacramento CA 95827
Available Tuesday - Sunday from 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Please read the requirements in the Pet Pantry Temporary Assistance Program
Sacramento SPCA - 6201 Florin Perkins Rd, Sacramento CA 95828
This program provides free pet food to low-income qualifying families who can't afford food for their household pets and is available to applicants who have been approved by the Sacramento SPCA for a scheduled pick-up based on their enrollment in California Advantage (EBT), Medi-Cal, SMUD Energy Assistance, or PGE Energy Assistance. Applications will be accepted every 6 months, as space allows.
For more information, please visit the Sacramento SPCA PAWPantry.
Loaves & Fishes / 1351 North C St, Sacramento CA 95811 / 916-446-0874
Loaves & Fishes is Sacramento's largest homeless services provider and offers a pet kennelling service that is open 7 days a week. Animals with current vaccination records and are spayed or neutered can enjoy their own meals and a comfortable place to rest while their humans access the 15 other programs offered there. Guests can pick up pet food at the twice-monthly pet food giveaways.
Meals on Wheels / 916-444-9533
This program helps ensure that seniors and their pets don't go hungry by providing pet food along with home-delivered meals. You must be aged 60 or above, reside in Sacramento County, be homebound or have difficulty leaving your home due to illness, chronic health issues, and/or limited support, unable to prepare meals or shop for yourself, or have had a recent hospital stay or ongoing health problems.
If you are interested in receiving home-delivered meals from Meals on Wheels by ACC, call 916-444-9533 from 8:00 am - 3:30 pm, Monday to Friday. Or, you can send an online message at Meals on Wheels.
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