PET FOOD RESOURCES

📋 Before You Visit: The Pet Food Pantry Checklist

Pet food banks and pantries are wonderful community resources designed to help families keep their beloved animals at home during tight financial times. Because these pantries rely heavily on public donations and volunteer staff, run through this checklist before your first visit:

• Confirm Distribution Days and Hours: Unlike regular grocery pantries, specialized pet food pantries often operate on highly specific schedules—such as only one Saturday a month or a few set hours per week. Always verify their current calendar on their official website or social media page before making the trip.
• Check ID and Registration Requirements: Some pantries require you to fill out a brief application or show a photo ID with proof of Georgia residency on your first visit. Others are completely anonymous and open to anyone who walks in. It is always best to check their intake policy beforehand so you are not turned away.
• Bring a Safe Way to Transport Food: Pet food is heavy! Large dog kibble bags or cases of canned food can be difficult to carry. If you don't have a vehicle, consider bringing a sturdy rolling cart, a large reusable shopping bag, or a friend to help you safely transport the supplies back to your home.
• Understand Breed or Pet Limits: To make sure they can help as many families as possible, many pantries place a cap on the amount of food you can receive per household (for example, a maximum limit of 3 or 4 pets). They may ask you for the names, ages, and approximate weights of your animals during check-in.
• Verify Spay and Neuter Policies: To prevent contributing to pet overpopulation, some low-income pet food pantries require that your pets be spayed or neutered to receive ongoing, long-term food assistance. If your pet isn't fixed yet, many of these pantries can provide you with a free or low-cost surgery voucher on the spot!

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Athens-Clarke County

• Athens Area Humane Society
• Athens, GA 30606
• Free pet food is available to owners in need.

Barrow County

• Georgia Pet Food Pantry
• Winder, GA 30680
• Provides free pet food to lower income families, including those feeding community cats.

Bartow County

• Red Door Food Pantry
• Cartersville, GA  30120
• Food pantry that also offers pet food provided by the League of Animal Welfare.

Bryan County

• Church of the Hill
• Richmond Hill, GA 31324
• Food the Soul soup kitchen (home delivery) and food pantry that may also have pet food available.

Chatham County

• One Love Animal Rescue
• Savannah, GA 31410
• Supports the community in need by assisting with basic pet supplies.

• Renegade Paws Rescue
• Savannah, GA 31415
• Provides pet food to those in need. Delivers food and supplies to the unhoused community.

Cherokee County

• Cherokee County Animal Shelter
• Canton, GA 30115
• Offers a pet food pantry for Cherokee County residents, reduced cost rabies vouchers and free microchips for county residents.

Coweta County

• Newnan-Coweta Humane Society
• Newnan, GA 30263
• Pet food distributed once a month.

DeKalb County

• Pets Are Loving Support  (PALS)
• Atlanta, GA 30307
• Helps low-income Atlanta area residents with critical illness or disability, veterans and the elderly with pet food.

• Pet Buddies Atlanta
• Atlanta, GA 30316
• Offers a temporary pet food relief program and spay-neuter sponsorship for pets owned by Eastside Atlanta residents. Apply online.

Douglas County

• Douglas County Humane Society
• Douglasville, GA 30135
• Provides pet food to pet owners in need. To assist Douglas County residents, DCHS offers residents a reduced cost spay-neuter through West Georgia Spay Neuter Clinic.

Fannin County

• Humane Society of Blue Ridge
• Blue Ridge, GA 30513
• Provides pet food to owners in need. Trap/neuter/release program.

Fayette County

• Fayette Humane Society
• Fayetteville, GA 30214
• Contact if you can't afford pet food or medical care. They can assist financially with getting feral cats spayed/neutered, inoculated, and ear tipped.

Forsyth County

• Humane Society of Forsyth County
• Cumming, GA 30041
• Pet food bank for owners in financial need. Low cost spay-neuter, vaccines, veterinary care and preventatives.

Glynn County

• Glynn County Animal Services
• Brunswick, Georgia 31525
• Pet food pantry is open any time the shelter is open. No appointment is needed.

• Humane Society of South Coastal Georgia
• Brunswick, Georgia 31525
• Provides pet food to owners who need assistance. Low cost spay-neuter clinic.

Greene County

• Lake Oconee Humane Society
• Greensboro, Georgia 30642
• Pet food provided for owners in need. 

Harris County

• Humane Society of Harris County
• Hamilton, Georgia 31811
• Supplies free pet food to owners in financial need. Trap-Neuter-Return program. Microchips and vaccine clinics.

Madison County

• Madison-Oglethorpe Animal Shelter
• Danielsville, Georgia 30633
• Offers dog and cat food to those in need- call for availability.

Meriwether County

• Coco's Cupboard
• Gay, Georgia 30218
• Offers pet food for pet owners in need. Serves Pike, Meriwether, Lamar, and Upson county residents. 

Towns County

• Towns County Food Pantry
• Young Harris, GA 30582
• Food pantry that also carries pet food.

Walton County

• ETC Georgia
• Loganville, GA  30052
• Provides food, supplies and additional vetting to pet owners in need. Offers free spay/neuters to dogs and cats in the community. 

• FISH Ministry Food Pantry
• Monroe, GA 30655
• Sponsored by Walton Animal Guild. Provides pet food to pet owners in financial need. 

Whitfield County

• ADREAM - Keita's Food Pantry
• Rocky Face, GA 30740
• Provides food for dogs and cats to low income individuals/families.

• Humane Society of Northwest Georgia
• Dalton, Georgia 30721
• Provides pet food to owners in need, and offers spay-neuter assistance on a limited basis (if funds are available).