This Holiday Season, Up To $10,000 In Donations Will Be Matched To Help End Pet Homelessness
FRANKLIN, Tenn., Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, on a day of worldwide giving, PEDIGREE Foundation introduced a brand new set of collaborative grants that brings the Foundation annual grant whole previous $1 million throughout shelter and rescue packages within the U.S. and Canada for a second 12 months in a row. The want for individuals to undertake, foster or donate is bigger than ever, and PEDIGREE Foundation continues to additional its dedication to serving to dogs in want with these latest grants.
These collaborative grants along with our recent annual grants, will assist greater than 75,000 dogs in each the U.S. and Canada by supporting 76 totally different shelter and rescue organization packages working to seek out eternally properties for these dogs in want.
“In celebration of Giving Tuesday, we wish to proceed giving again to organizations supporting dogs in want and lift consciousness for canine adoption,” mentioned Kimberly Wise, President of the Board of Directors for PEDIGREE Foundation. “Now greater than ever, shelter and rescues want our assist and we’re proud to as soon as once more attain $1 million in funds awarded to assist finish pet homelessness.”
The full listing of 2023 PEDIGREE Foundation grant recipients for the 12 months is available on the website, which incorporates probably the most recent grant recipients serving to to carry PEDIGREE Foundation to the $1 million milestone:
- Austin Pets Alive! (Transport): $50k to assist elevated capability for transporting animals on behalf of Texas’s many in danger shelter dogs. Austin Pets Alive’s! transport program has been steadily growing within the final two years and is now projected to hold almost 4,000 pets from Texas shelters to components of the nation that lack sufficient adoptable shelter pets to fill demand.
- Greater Good Charities (Transport): $30k to assist Greater Good Charities Good Flights Maui Disaster Relief assist for added transport flights with provides and transport of animals already residing in shelters off the island. Animals had been flown to receiving shelters within the Pacific northwest, thereby making room for wounded and/or displaced pets through the wildfires to obtain care at Maui Humane.
- Dogs Trust USA (Behavior): $50k to additional develop Dogs Trust USA’s Dogs School and Professional Development packages, for the good thing about 1000’s of shelter employees, volunteers, foster carers, dogs and their homeowners throughout the nation.
- Berkeley Humane (Transport): $25k to assist the partnership between Berkeley Humane and the County of Hawaii Animal Control and Three Ring Ranch Animal Wildlife Sanctuary to proceed lifesaving efforts to extend canine adoptions and supply sources for the Hawaii-based volunteers and employees who’re working tirelessly to save lots of extra lives.
- Humane Society of Tulsa (Transport): $25k to assist the “hub” pet transport program. The “hub” serves as a bridge for in danger dogs from overcrowded municipal shelters, felony seizures, pure disasters and different disaster conditions in Oklahoma and past.
- Paws Philadelphia (Foster): $50k to assist the “Meeting the Moment: Reimagining Dog Fostering, from Marketing to Integrated Training & Behavioral Support” foster program. In time, PAWS will develop a multi-pronged method to fostering of their neighborhood to extend lifesaving measures.
- Mars Pet Adoption Weekend: $49k to rejoice the 15th Mars Pet Adoption Weekend, overlaying canine adoption charges in 15 U.S. cities throughout the nation similar to Chicago, Las Vegas, Nashville, Phoenix, Washington D.C. and extra.
- Disaster Relief; PEDIGREE Foundation contributed over $140,000 to assist catastrophe aid efforts throughout the nation, together with at $100,000 partnership with American Humane Society to supply fast, on-the-ground assist when disasters occur. In Canada, PEDIGREE Foundation contributed $20,000 CAD to 4 organizations to assist wildfire aid, with the objective of funding one other $5k CAD earlier than the top of the 12 months.
Show Your Support
Dog lovers are inspired to take a look at the DOGS RULE.™ online store all through the vacation season for presents that assist dogs in want. Please observe that proceeds from the shop assist dogs discover loving properties by means of shelter and rescue grants like those listed above.
PEDIGREE Foundation additionally kicked off its annual end-of-year, SEASON OF GOOD DOG™ marketing campaign, which runs by means of December 31. This vacation season, dogs throughout the nation in shelters and rescues are ready for his or her probability to be a beloved household pet. It’s by means of the generosity of canine lovers that the Foundation is ready to proceed its necessary work to assist dogs discover loving properties. $10,000 in donations will likely be matched by a beneficiant donor, so the impression is even larger! To study extra in regards to the marketing campaign or make your donation, visit this link.
To study extra in regards to the 2023 grant recipients and the way they’re using their grants to assist finish pet homelessness, and for details about how one can make a distinction with PEDIGREE Foundation, please go to PedigreeFoundation.org.
About PEDIGREE Foundation
We imagine each canine deserves a loving, eternally home. PEDIGREE Foundation is an impartial 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to assist finish pet homelessness. Nearly 3.1 million dogs find yourself in shelters and rescues yearly, and almost half by no means discover a home. The basis was established in 2008 by Mars Petcare, maker of PEDIGREE® meals for dogs, to assist enhance canine adoption charges. We’ve awarded greater than 6,200 grants and greater than $12 million to U.S. shelters and rescues that assist dogs in want. Since launching our Canadian grant program in 2022, we now have supplied $200k CAD to native shelters and rescues in want throughout Canada, in addition to $20k CAD in Disaster Relief, with the objective of funding one other $5k CAD earlier than the top of the 12 months. At PEDIGREE Foundation, we’re working towards a day when all dogs are secure, safe, cared for, fed effectively and cherished. See how one can assist at PedigreeFoundation.org.
About Mars Petcare
Part of Mars, Incorporated, a family-owned business with greater than a century of historical past making various merchandise and providing companies for individuals and the pets individuals love, the 85,000 Associates throughout 50+ nations in Mars Petcare are devoted to 1 objective: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS. With 85 years of expertise, our portfolio of almost 50 manufacturers serves the well being and vitamin wants of the world’s pets – together with manufacturers PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, ROYAL CANIN®, NUTRO™, GREENIES™, SHEBA®, CESAR®, IAMS™ and EUKANUBA™ in addition to the Waltham Petcare Science Institute which has superior analysis within the vitamin and well being of pets for over 50 years. Mars Petcare can also be a number one veterinary well being supplier by means of a world community of over 2,000 pet hospitals and diagnostic companies together with BANFIELD™, BLUEPEARL™, VCA™, Linnaeus, AniCura and Antech. We’re additionally energetic in innovation and expertise for pets, with WISDOM PANEL™ genetic well being screening and DNA testing for dogs and cats, the WHISTLE™ GPS canine tracker, and LEAP VENTURE STUDIO accelerator and COMPANION FUND packages that drive innovation and disruption within the pet care business. As a family business and guided by our ideas, we’re privileged with the flexibleness to battle for what we imagine in – and we select to battle for: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.
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