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TUCSON, Ariz. — A local nonprofit in Tucson that has been extremely effective in helping people feed their pets, is now expanding in the hopes of further helping the animal crisis in southern Arizona.
They give out pet food at their store on Speedway, where they also sell things by local makers and artists. The sellers donate part of their proceeds, and the money the stores raises helps pay for the food they provide.We met Cici Olivar when she was picking up a few bags of dog and cat food. "We have about 15 places in Tucson that we distribute to, and then 22 small food pantries that people forget about in all the smaller communities in southern Arizona," DiConcini explained."We have a substation in Wilcox now, and they supply for everybody that's out in that area. And we have a substation now in Three Points. Last year, we did 652,000 pounds of animal food, but our work isn't finished.
"We're going to gut it," DiConcini said."And then we're going to make our own spayed and neuter mobile unit."
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