GRAND FORKS – The Menards home improvement store is collecting pet supplies for the Circle of Friends Animal Shelter through May 31.
At the store, customers may purchase items they wish to donate and then place them in large collection boxes located near the check-out registers inside the exit doors at Menards, 3550 32nd Ave. S.
Signage throughout the store will alert customers to the pet supplies drive.
The signage is “heavily focused on the pet and wildlife areas for people to see as they’re purchasing stuff for maybe their own animals or their own best friends, I guess you could say,” said Bryan Keator, who joined the local store as general manager about a year-and-a-half ago.
Menards store has been conducting the Pet Supplies Drive “I’d say, for more than 15 years,” said Keator, who’s been with Menards since 2010, serving in stores in Casper, Wyoming, and Moorhead.
Menards carries a wide range of pet supplies that customers may purchase and donate, according to a company announcement. These items include food, treats, feeders, collars, beds, storage containers, mats and many other items.
The Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based business also organizes food and toy drives at various times throughout the year, according to Jeff Abbott, a Menards, Inc., company spokesperson.