Mars Petcare will contribute one family pet meal for each taking part item acquired at Walmart shops and Walmart.com – approximately 2.7 million meals
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 08, 2023 (WORLD NEWSWIRE) — Today, Greater Good Charities, in collaboration with Mars Petcare, revealed the 3rd year of its Extend a Paw campaign. For every purchase of choose Mars Petcare items at Walmart shops or Walmart.com, now through September 30, Mars Petcare will contribute one meal to Greater Good Charities to be dispersed to their network of animal well-being companies. Mars Petcare will contribute approximately 2.7 million family pet meals through the campaign, with a guarantee of a minimum of 1 million meals to help starving animals in requirement. Participating items consist of specific products from the CESAR®, GREENIES™, IAMS™, NUTRO™ and TEMPTATIONS™ brand names.
“Shelters and rescues do so much to support pets in need, but feeding the animals in their care is one of their largest and most critical operating expenses,” said Liz Baker, CEO of Greater Good Charities. “That is why the ‘Extend a Paw’ campaign is so important to us. It provides much-needed relief to these animal welfare organizations so they can focus on helping their pets find loving families.”
“Partnering with Greater Good Charities on the ‘Extend a Paw’ campaign for the third year was a no-brainer for us,” said Josh Evertsen, Senior Vice President of Customer Development at Mars Petcare. “Last year’s program exceeded our planned donation with over 3 million meals donated to pets in need. We’re thrilled to continue our long-standing partnership with Greater Good Charities as we support our Mars Petcare purpose: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS™.”
Pet moms and dads can acquire the following items from Walmart shops or Walmart.com to activate a contribution and help a starving family pet in requirement:
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CESAR Wet Dog Food (24 ct. cases)
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GREENIES Canine Dental Treats (12 oz. plans)
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IAMS Dry Cat Food (6-7 pound. bags)
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IAMS Dry Dog Food (13-15 pound. bags)
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NUTRO Dry Dog Food (4-5 pound. bags)
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TEMPTATIONS Dry Cat Food (3.15 pound. bags)
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TEMPTATIONS Cat Treats (30 oz. tubs)
Greater Good Charities is a worldwide not-for-profit organization that works to help individuals, animals and the world and has actually supplied more than $575 million in money grants, in-kind products, and programmatic assistance worldwide. Since 2011, Greater Good Charities has actually supplied more than 637 million meals to help animals in requirement. Last year’s Extend a Paw campaign, in collaboration with Mars Petcare, supplied over 3 million meals for shelter and rescue animals across the country.
Everything Mars Petcare does remains in service of a world where animals are healthy, happy and welcome. As part of its BETTER CITIES FOR FAMILY PETS™ program, Mars Petcare continues to offer grants, resources and assistance to animal well-being companies around the nation, in addition to towns and family pet moms and dads, assisting to guarantee individuals and animals can live happy lives together. In addition, Mars Petcare’s PEDIGREE Foundation, established in 2008, has actually provided almost $11.7 million in grants to support the fantastic work of shelters and saves throughout the nation to help end family pet homelessness.
For more info, check out Walmart.com/ExtendAPaw
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About Greater Good Charities
Greater Good Charities is a 501(c)(3) worldwide not-for-profit organization that works to help individuals, animals, and the world by setting in motion in reaction to require and magnifying the good. Greater Good Charities, with a 100/100 score on Charity Navigator, has actually invested more than $575 million in effect, consisting of money grants, in-kind products, and programmatic assistance, to charitable partners in 121 nations given that 2007. To learn more about how Greater Good Charities is magnifying the good around the world, please check out greatergood.org or follow Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok.
About Mars Petcare
At Mars Petcare we have one function: A MUCH BETTER WORLD FOR FAMILY PETS™. Through detailed veterinary care, nutrition, advancement programs in diagnostics, wearable health tracking, DNA screening and family pet well-being we help animals in more than 130 nations. For years we’ve supported research study into the amazing science of human-animal interaction at the Waltham Petcare Science Institute where researchers discover crucial advances in pet health and health. Mars Petcare belongs to Mars, Incorporated, a worldwide, family-owned business with a concentrate on ending up being Sustainable in a Generation. Follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn.
CONTACT: Greater Good Charities [email protected]
