Kindness to Animals Day: Pet supplies, pet food drive

Items donated during the 2023 pet supplies and food drive.
Photo by Julia Aikman
Items donated during the 2023 pet supplies and food drive.

In honor of Kindness to Animals Day, the Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability Prevention and Outreach Department as well as Residence Life, the Office of Disability Services, and the Office of Sustainability are hosting a donation drive for our pets within the Nanook community. We ask that you kindly consider donating your gently used pet supplies and unopened pet food.

Donation bins will be available Oct. 1-4 at the following locations:

  • Front Office in MBS
  • Outside of the Disability Services (Eielson 110)
  • Front Desk in the Wood Center
  • Inside ORCA (Constitution Hall, 3rd Floor)

Items will be collected and distributed to the Basic Needs Bank, located within ORCA, and the UAF Food Pantry located within the Wood Center. All other supplies will be donated to the Fairbanks Animal Shelter’s Pet Pantry program.

To learn more about ORCA’s prevention efforts, visit their Nanook Engage page.

For more information or questions, contact Julia Aikman at 907-474-6368 or jeaikman@alaska.edu.