Arizona Teen Makes Amazing Deliveries to Help Elderly and Their Pets
When Sonya Colattur was 10 years old, she recognized a serious need in her community that has turned into an entire movement. “I grew up visiting my grandmother in assisted living facilities and I began to see the…
When Sonya Colattur was 10 years old, she recognized a serious need in her community that has turned into an entire movement.
“I grew up visiting my grandmother in assisted living facilities and I began to see the impact that companion pets had on the lives of senior citizens,” she told KNXV-TV in Phoenix.
Sonya also saw that when older cat and dog lovers were unable to care for their pets financially, not only was it hard on them, but it was hard for the pets to get adopted again as many of them are also elderly.
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So she made a plan and presented it to her parents.
“When she approached her dad and I when she was 10, we were, we were thinking maybe a lemonade stand, or something like that,” her mother, Nancy, recalled.
And with that, GrandPaws Pantry was born.
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