Thrift Barn accepts pet food donations for FHS
Hospice of the Carolina Foothills (HoCF) and the Foothills Humane Society (FHS) have joined forces to help feed pets in need. Toward the end of last year, FHS publicized a plea for dry pet food donations to be distributed to people with pets via the Meals on Wheels program and to others in need who requested help feeding their cats or dogs.
In what may seem like an unlikely liaison, the staff at the Hospice Thrift Barn in Landrum responded enthusiastically.
“When we heard about this program, I said ‘absolutely.’ We are definitely animal-friendly here,” says Sherry Johnson, Hospice Thrift Barn manager.
HoCF is best known for its many levels of support for families facing illness—palliative care, hospice care, the Hospice House inpatient facility and bereavement care. Johnson, a dog lover who is owned by three dogs — a chihuahua, a miniature pinscher rescue and a pit bull rescue — said the FHS program is a natural extension of giving back.
“This is how I look at the community and the needs of the community. Our first responsibility, of course, is to support the mission of Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, and we are very dedicated to that,” Johnson said. “But at the same time, we’re very dedicated to the community. Where there is a need, and if there is anything we can do, for the betterment of a dog or a cat or a person, we’re going to make a way.”