April 14, 2008
Free kibble
I got the email for this earlier in the month and it slipped by me: check out Free Kibble, a website dedicated to providing dog food to the Humane Society of Central Oregon based on the amount of user traffic and interaction the site gets. Basically, you visit the site and answer the trivia question and—right or wrong—they will donate 10 pieces of kibble to the HSCO.
It's much like the FreeRice website, but what's doubly interesting about this one is that it was created by an 11-year-old:
Mimi Ausland, an 11 year old girl from Bend, Oregon, wanted to help feed the hungry dogs at her local animal shelter. "There are 10's of thousands of dogs in animal shelters across the country, all needing to be fed a good meal." Say hello to freekibble.com!
freekibble.com's primary mission is to provide good, healthy dog food to these shelters who are working so hard to see that no dog goes hungry - they need our help. Our goal is to start with providing free kibble to our local Humane Society, and to expand from there - from one shelter to the next... The generous advertisers on freekibble.com make this possible!
Since April 1st, the site site says they've donated 82,550 pieces of kibble so far.
Comments (22):
John Hardy writes:
I was not able to access the website Free Kibble I feel awful now??? I seen the ad on NBC. Let me know if anything can be done?
John Hardy
Posted by John Hardy at 2008-07-11 16:01:26
Polly Young writes:
I can not access the freekibble website. Is it www.freekibble.com?
Posted by Polly Young at 2008-07-11 16:04:52
Linda Pio writes:
I cannot get on the Free Kibble website. What's happening
Posted by Linda Pio at 2008-07-11 16:05:29
Sandra Clayton writes:
Can not get into web site either... Help... want to send this out to everyone I know.
How can we get into the site?
Posted by Sandra Clayton at 2008-07-11 16:06:28
Donna Alarie writes:
I also was not able to access the website Freekibble. Where do we go to sign in?
Posted by Donna Alarie at 2008-07-11 16:06:31
R L Chapple writes:
I am unable to connect to this web site & definitely want to be able to click each day. Is there a problem with the site? Saw the info on the NBC nightly news....Way To Go Mimi!!! GREAT IDEA!! I work with the Bouvier des Flanders rescue and ALL shelters & human societies can benefit from a great and wonderful idea & follow through on your thoughts. Congratulations!!
R L Chapple
Nesbit, MS
Posted by R L Chapple at 2008-07-11 16:06:48
Tina writes:
I wanted to see the site also and couldn't access it either.
Posted by Tina at 2008-07-11 16:07:39
jeff writes:
I have tryed to go to www.freekibble.com but can not get in to it says a air
Posted by jeff at 2008-07-11 16:07:54
Beth writes:
I just saw the nightly NBC news with the spot about the free Kibble website. I always go to the free rice site and now I want to help the dogs . I can't get access the site. What to do??
Posted by Beth at 2008-07-11 16:08:11
Janice Ricketts writes:
I think that what you are doing is fantastic, I wish I could help in some way. I am an animal lover too. And I feel so bad about the homeless animals. But it is people like you that make a difference.
Posted by Janice Ricketts at 2008-07-11 16:13:01
Betty writes:
I would love to access this site but cannot. Just watched MSNBC Nightly News and became aware of this. Please advise.
Posted by Betty at 2008-07-11 16:15:08
christopher Barber writes:
I tried to log on as well. It shows how popular the idea of helping homeless dogs is. The inability to access the site is probably due to internet traffic exceeding the capacity of the server. In that case it is a positive result of the NBC report and the dogs will be the winners, thanks to that young lady!
Posted by christopher Barber at 2008-07-11 16:18:13
Claudia writes:
My server said that too many people are trying to access the web site at this time and the freekibble server cannot handle it. I'm going to try at a later time. Go to Freerice and answer a few questions.
Posted by Claudia at 2008-07-11 16:22:39
stefanie wilson writes:
I was unable to access the website also. Will continue trying. I think its a great idea that this little girl has done.
Posted by stefanie wilson at 2008-07-11 16:27:06
Mary writes:
I want to get on this website asap. I need some alternative to Freekibble. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Posted by Mary at 2008-07-11 16:31:56
Jon writes:
Hey all-
The Free Kibble site looks like it's up and down sporadically, probably because of all the traffic generated from the news spot. Keep trying, I'm sure the Free Kibble folks really appreciate it, so keep trying but be patient if the site is running slow or non-responsive--a lot of people want to help.
Posted by Jon at 2008-07-11 16:35:39
diana writes:
i got in but had to wait awhile, e-mailed it to a bunch of friends
Posted by diana at 2008-07-11 16:37:38
Lucy writes:
I also cannot access the website. Would love to be a part of such a wonderful cause!!!
Posted by Lucy at 2008-07-12 04:51:20
Adrienne writes:
http://www.freekibble.com/
Was the active link on this page...worked fine for me.
Posted by Adrienne at 2008-07-13 15:02:15
gail writes:
i just went to msn and typed in freekibble also go to give to the animals they also donate food to different animal groups. good luck
Posted by gail at 2008-07-18 08:02:32
debbie writes:
Why are so many people having problems bringing up the website?
I have msn as my homepage so I always use it to search and I have never had a problem.
Posted by debbie at 2008-08-01 10:58:28
Victoria Bethell writes:
I live in the Bahamas as sure wish I could get something like this going down here. We have a lot of stray dogs and are working hard to have them all spayed and neutered. I just want to say keep up the good work and thank you for remembering the animals no matter how big or small
Thanks
Victoria Bethell
