By Denise Clodjeaux — Genevieve Frederick, founder and president of Feeding Pets of the Homeless will be the featured speaker at the next Rotary Club of Carson City meeting. The public is invited to attend the meeting which takes place Tuesday, Sept. 2, at noon in the Brewery Arts Center’s Grand Ballroom.
Feeding Pets of the Homeless is the first national nonprofit providing pet food and emergency veterinary care to pets that belong to people experiencing homelessness.
Frederick will talk about the significance of the human/animal bond and how her organization helps keep people and their pets together.
“People experiencing homelessness feel isolated, vulnerable and outcasts of society. Their pet makes them feel loved, wanted and protected,” she explains. “A pet’s love for its guardian is unconditional, and unaltered by the lack of housing or income. To the homeless individual, their pet is their world, an extension of themselves.”
Frederick, who is also a Rotarian, founded the organization in Carson City in 2008, it has since grown across the country. Since then, the organization has facilitated the distribution of more than 2.5 million pounds of pet food and enabled over 32,000 pets to receive free critical medical treatment.
Anyone interested in attending should email carsoncitynvrotary@gmail.com. The Brewery Arts Center’s Grand Ballroom is located at 449 West King Street, Carson City.
