Eve’s Open Arms Pet Pantry is a non-profit and operates out of Eve and the OutlawBail Bonds. They accept donations of pet food and distribute it to anyone who needs it through an application process. Appointments can be made by phone at (208) 948-8034
- For the past year and a half, the pet pantry has collected and distributed food. Now a 501-c Non Profit, they hope to continue providing help and resources to pet owners who need it.
- The organization is always looking for donations.
- Jessaka Lemmons, an upholsterer at Jim Lee’s Upholstery, has been turning scraps of fabric and materials into dog beds and donating them to animal shelters and other organizations for the past four years. He said that making these things and giving them away is a great way to support the community.
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“Until you have something like this you don’t realize how bad it is because maybe your immediate family isn’t struggling,” Eve Collins told Idaho News 6.
This Twin Falls Bail bond business occasionally sees calls from a different type of customer.
“I heard the other day from this woman and I thought she was calling about bail bonds but she was actually calling to ask for help feeding her dogs,” Eve said. I don’t know what to do,” Collins added.
Eve Collins is filling more than one need in the Twin Falls community from within her business, Eve and Outlaw Bail Bonds.
In this hall is a room that serves as a lifeline for pet parents in need… Eve’s Open Arms Pet Pantry.
“We see all these people when they lose their homes,” Eve said. “They have to stay in the area and the owner of the house says ‘Oh you have to get rid of your pets’ and then they don’t have money to feed their pets and we have a heart and we’re like ‘what can we do to help them keep their pets.'”
Eve and her team are collecting donations. Anything pet related.
Large retailers and small family-owned businesses have both pitched in to help.
Now, they’re trying to spread the word, encouraging donations to expand their reach
“Pets can’t feed themselves,” Eve said. “If they can, they’ll probably get a job, most of them. You know? They’re counting on us to be responsible for feeding them.”
And they’re not just hand-me-downs.
The pantry actually accepts custom-made bedding donated by local Jessaka Lemmons.
“I’m an upholsterer and I’m very passionate about my job and it brings me a lot of joy,” Lemmons told Idaho News 6. “I’m really excited to be back in the community.”
For the past four years, Lemmons has given new life to fabric scraps left over from his upholstery business, by turning them into dog beds.
“A lot of material was just thrown away and I thought that was a waste,” Lemmons said. “There are a lot of animals and needs out there that could benefit from this instead of just throwing it in the trash.”
