Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Santa Barbara

This holiday season, Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Santa Barbara and Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Goleta and their generous clients once again raised and helped distribute dozens of gift bags with food, toys and treats to pet families in need in Santa Barbara County. Thank you, Team Dioji! care4paws.org/holidaydrive, #care4pawsdrive, WinkFace Photography

Several local businesses and organizations have kindly hosted fundraising drives for us to support our Donation Drive-Thru & Home for the Holidays Adoption Festival. Thank you so much, La Cumbre Animal Hospital, Orangetheory Fitness Santa Barbara - Goleta, Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Santa Barbara, Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Goleta, ASAP Animal Shelter Assistance Program and Lemos Feed & Pet Supply. We appreciate you!

Happy Friday and thank you to everyone who’s donating so generously to our countywide food pantries and through our Amazon Wish List (care4paws.org/drive). A huge thanks to our awesome food-pantry hosts, including Plaza Deli, Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Santa Barbara, Advanced Veterinary Specialists, Montecito Pet Shop, La Cumbre Feed, George Pet Shop, Santa Barbara County Animal Services, Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society & DAWG, ASAP Animal Shelter Assistance Program, Foodbank SB, Animal Medical Clinic, Santa Maria Valley Humane Society ResQcats and Healthy Pet. We truly appreciate you!

The countdown has begun to our Pet Food Donation Drive-Thru this weekend! Support animals and pet owners in need by dropping off pet food and monetary gifts at the locations listed below. care4paws.org/drive SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 10am-2pm: -Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara -Deckers Brands in Goleta -Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society & DAWG in Buellton SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 10am-2pm: -Santa Maria Elks Rodeo & Parade (Elks Event Center), Santa Maria -Ryon Memorial Park, Lompoc DROP-OFF LOCATIONS DURING AND AFTER THE WEEKEND: -Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Santa Barbara, Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Goleta -Plaza Deli -Montecito Pet Shop -Advanced Veterinary Specialists -Santa Barbara County Animal Services' all three shelters -George Pet Shop -La Cumbre Feed -ASAP Animal Shelter Assistance Program -Healthy Pet

We love how our community comes together to support animals and pet owners in need. A huge thanks to CAPA - Non-Profit Organization and Grocery Outlet of Lompoc for the recent foodraiser to help with our distribution! Another big thanks to The Home Depot, Montecito Pet Shop, DAWG & Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society, Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Santa Barbara, Plaza Deli and many other super partners! Want to help us? Visit care4paws.org/drive.

We're so grateful for our friends at Lemos Feed & Pet Supply for participating in our Pet Food & Matching Donation Drive at all of its six SB County stores (care4paws.org/drive). Other awesome Drive partners include Montecito Pet Shop, La Cumbre Feed, Advanced Veterinary Specialists, Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Santa Barbara and Goleta, DAWG & Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society and the Santa Barbara County Animal Services' Santa Maria shelter. You can also drop off food at our mobile clinic (care4paws.org/clinics).

We have the BEST volunteers--and volunteer dogs--to help pack and distribute four tons of pet food weekly to community members in need. And we could not do this without our friends at Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Santa Barbara, who let us work at their awesome day care and boarding facility. Thank you! care4paws.org/petstrong

Our friends at Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Santa Barbara have done an AMAZING THING! They have #donated an incredible amount of pet food to help keep our Pet Pantry stocked! Food from Pet Pantry helps those in the community who need short-term pet food assistance. Seniors, low-income families, homeless residents with pet, as well as those affected by COVID-19 all benefit from this assistance. We have partnered with Ventura County Area Agency on Aging and Spay Neuter Animal Network - SPAN to help bring pet food to those within the County of Ventura who need help. If you wish to give, the following pet supply locations are official VCAS Pet Pantry Partners who collect pet food on our behalf: 1) Petropolis (Camarillo), 2) Pet Supply Camarillo, 3) Theresa's Country Feed and Pet, and 4) The Wharf. You can also help by purchasing items on our Amazon Wish List and have them delivered directly to our Camarillo Animal Shelter at 600 Aviation Drive. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/V6KOK9PWRSF6. Those able to can also make a tax-deductible donation via www.vcas.us/donate. Thank you all for your continued support of our life-saving activities. We will get through this together. With much love, Ventura County Animal Services

#DiojiHangover. We barely got in the door.

Tonight, KEYT featured C.A.R.E.4Paws' Mobile Pet Meals and the community's incredible support for this program. We feed hundreds of pets in need weekly and we could not do that without donations of food, including from Lemos Feed & Pet Supply, ResQcats, a generous gift from Heather and Tom Sturgess, and contributions through our Amazon Wish List and many drop-off locations. We also cannot thank our volunteers and Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Santa Barbara enough! Find more details for how to help and receive help at care4paws.org/petassistance. https://keyt.com/news/top-stories/2020/05/01/25000-of-pet-food-donations-given-in-santa-barbara-county/

We send a HUGE thanks to all of our incredible supporters for making our work possible! From generous individual gifts to food donations from partners such as Lemos Feed & Pet Supply, Best Friends Animal Society, Santa Barbara Humane Society and ResQcats to the hours spent by our volunteers, packing and preparing pet food and cat litter and distributing it to those in need. Thank you Dioji K-9 Resort & Athletic Club, Santa Barbara for providing storage space and Glenn with Moving Miss Daisy for all of the deliveries made in your awesome van. Together, we're making a big pawsitive impact. care4paws.org/petstrong

While we attended the wedding last weekend Bernie & Steve stayed for free range supervised day care and overnight group slumber party (with chaperone) at Dioji pet resort in Santa Barbara. Since they are both seniors I was concerned it might be too much activity but we specified rest time and the great staff accommodated. Both boys did well and made new (girl) friends. Somehow they preferred the ladies. They both got spa services (baths) and are now both pooped out. But it is great to know how well they care for our boys at Dioji. They gave full email reports including photos and the staff is great!