Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (May 19, 2025) – In honor of National Rescue Dog Day on May 20, when you make your normal grocery run to Jimbo’s Grocery Store, you can support Helen Woodward Animal Center’s AniMeals program during checkout. Whenever you stop in to any San Diego County Jimbo’s Grocery, during checkout make sure you make a donation that will go directly toward delivering food for pets in need thanks to the AniMeals program. Your donation directly helps fill up the food bowl of pets in need.
AniMeals is a valuable Helen Woodward Animal Center program that is vital to helping those in need keep their pets in their homes. AniMeals delivers food to those in need, making sure animal companions are well-fed, regardless of logistical or financial challenges. AniMeals coordinates individual pet food packaging and delivery to clients facing hardship, including homebound and low-income elderly, disabled veterans and those experiencing homelessness.
The donation drive begins today, Monday, May 19, and runs through Sunday, May 25, at all participating Jimbo’s Organic Natural Grocery Store locations across San Diego County:
- Carlsbad: 1923 Calle Barcelona, Carlsbad, CA 92009
- 4S Ranch: 10511 4S Commons Dr #155, San Diego, CA 92127
- Escondido: 1633 S Centre City Pkwy, Escondido, CA 92025
- Carmel Valley: 12841 El Camino Real Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92130
Helen Woodward Animal Center started AniMeals way back in 1984 after a Meals-on-Wheels volunteer discovered one of her clients was sharing their delivered food with her cats. The woman detailed how she was sacrificing her own health in order to keep her furry companions fed. Overwhelming research has shown that pets are a real health benefit for their elderly owners, but unfortunately, the cost and ability to acquire pet food can often prove to be insurmountable obstacles for homebound senior and disabled individuals. The volunteer brought the problem to Helen Woodward Animal Center and the AniMeals program was created. The program started by serving 10 clients, and today has expanded to help feed more than 850 pets every month, many owned by homebound seniors, wounded veterans and people with disabilities. AniMeals coordinates with local groups Feeding San Diego and Meals-on-Wheels to make these live-saving delivers possible.
Stop by any Jimbo’s Organic Natural Grocery Store between Monday, May 19 and Sunday, May 25 to donate at checkout. If you are not a frequent shopper at Jimbo’s Grocery Store, but still want to help animals in need, you can drop off unopened or new bags of cat/dog food at Helen Woodward Animal Center located at 6461 El Apajo Road in Rancho Santa Fe; or visit https://animalcenter.org and click on ‘Donate.’
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About Helen Woodward Animal Center
Helen Woodward Animal Center is a private, non-profit organization where “people help animals and animals help people.” Founded in 1972 in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., the Center provides services for more than 90,000 people and more than 10,000 animals annually through adoptions, educational and therapeutic programs both onsite and throughout the community. Helen Woodward Animal Center is also the creator of the International Home 4 the Holidays pet adoption drive, the International Remember Me Thursday® campaign and The Business of Saving Lives Workshops, teaching the business of saving lives to animal welfare leaders from around the world. For more information, go to: https://animalcenter.org.
