Tag: Petco Foundation

Petco Foundation Matching COVID-19 Grants Spark $1.8M Community Support to Animal Welfare Organizations

Stuart Mitchell

Saving animals is difficult work during the best of times, but COVID-19 presented a host of new challenges to animal care organizations nationwide. The Petco Foundation issued special COVID-19 matching relief grants designed not only to provide direct funding but to spark additional community support for the “essential” animal welfare organizations during the pandemic.  The result was $1M in Petco Foundation support and an additional $807,000 of community support to continue the lifesaving work of 80 organizations across the country.   The Petco Foundation awarded matching COVID-19 grants to support…

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Petco Foundation Surprises Animal Welfare Organizations Nationwide with $875,000 in Holiday Wishes Grant Awards

Stuart Mitchell

The Petco Foundation, a national non-profit that has invested more than $260 million in lifesaving animal welfare work, announced that 105 adopters have earned their animal welfare organizations a grant award during the Petco Foundation’s seventh annual Holiday Wishes campaign. Since 2012, the Petco Foundation has awarded more than $5 million to animal welfare organizations across the nation during the annual Holiday Wishes campaign where more than 15,000 adopters have shared the stories of how their adopted pets brighten their lives. This year, grant awards include a $100,000 grand prize,…

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Petco Foundation Teams Up With MUTTS And WholeHearted To Send Love To Shelter Pets And The Staff And Volunteers Who Care For Them

Stuart Mitchell

The Petco Foundation, a national, nonprofit animal welfare organization working to inspire and lead change for animals, is teaming up with WholeHearted and the award-winning artist and creator of the heart-warming MUTTS comic strip, Patrick McDonnell to celebrate lifesaving animal welfare work nationwide. As part of their annual “Love Changes Everything” campaign, the Petco Foundation invites pet lovers to help create the world’s largest virtual valentine for shelter pets and the people who care for them. Adopters can submit photos and videos with a message to the staff and volunteers of the organization where they adopted…

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Wishes Come True for Animal Welfare Organizations Nationwide as the Petco Foundation Announces $755,000 in Holiday Wishes Grants

Stuart Mitchell

The Petco Foundation, in partnership with Petco, announced the 51 stories that earned their animal welfare organizations a grant award during the Petco Foundation’s sixth annual Holiday Wishes campaign. Since 2013, the Petco Foundation has awarded more than $3.4 million to animal welfare organizations across the nation during the annual Holiday Wishes campaign. Grants include a $100,000 grand prize and 50 finalist awards ranging from $5,000 – $50,000. Thousands of pet adopters from every corner of the U.S. submitted stories about how their pet changed their life for the better.…

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All for Saving Lives: Petco Foundation and the Human Animal Bond Research Institute Announce Campaign Centered on the Life-Changing Impact of Pets!

Stuart Mitchell

Last weekend The Petco Foundation kicked off their annual “All for Saving Lives” campaign to celebrate the life-changing effect of pets in our lives with a goal to raise $2.2 million to support lifesaving animal welfare organizations nationwide. “All for Saving Lives” explores the many ways pets impact people’s lives from improving mental health to keeping physically fit. The campaign message of “Pets Change our Lives. Let’s Save Theirs” encourages people across the country to save animal lives by making a donation at the checkout in a Petco store or online.…

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