On behalf of Guideposts, I am sharing a repost of this wonderful story!!
Germany has been one of Europe’s strong economies, but things are changing for everyone. It began with the saddest story, as great ideas often do.
Claudia Hollm saw a TV show about a family who had to relinquish their dog because of economic hardship. The family simply did not have enough money to feed their beloved dog and with breaking hearts they relinquished him to a shelter where he died shortly thereafter of a broken heart after being so loved by this family for many years.
This pitiful story fired Claudia’s imagination and even though she holds down a full-time job, she managed to find the time to open a soup kitchen for pets including dogs, cats, rabbits and any other animals people had in their homes but were having trouble feeding. The organization, Tiertafel, (animal table), Berlin’s first soup kitchen for dogs, relies on donations and volunteers. “Making sure dogs don’t gohungry is just as important as making sure that people don’t starve,” Claudia says.