Targeting 25 adoptions per retailer in March throughout PetGood shops nationwide
BURLINGTON, ON, March 18, 2024 /CNW/ — To have a good time 25 years of serving to adoptable pets discover loving households, PetSmart Charities of Canada® – the main funder of animal welfare within the nation – challenged every PetGood Canada retailer and their native shelter/rescue companions to seek out new properties for 25 pets in the course of the month of March, when the organization will maintain its first National Adoption Week of the yr (March 18-24, 2024) with assist from Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a world chief in science-led vitamin for pets.
As PetGood Charities of Canada inches nearer to its 400 thousandth in-store pet adoption, Hill’s Pet Nutrition generously grew to become the sponsor of PetGood Charities of Canada National Adoption Week this yr. This partnership aligns with the Hill’s Food, Shelter, Love® program that donates meals and provides to Adoption Centres in all PetGood shops and over 80 shelters nationwide. Hill’s and PetGood Charities of Canada share a dedication to serving to pets discover loving households and to strengthening the bond between pets and their folks.
“For 25 years, PetGood Charities of Canada® and native companions have been serving to pets choose folks to like,” mentioned Heidi Marston, director of pet placement at PetGood Charities of Canada. “Shelters throughout the nation are full, and pets of all ages, breeds and temperaments are searching for their households. We’re grateful to Hill’s for sharing our ardour for pets in want, and for this sturdy assist throughout National Adoption Week. Pets convey a lot pleasure to their folks, serving to them to dwell more healthy lives, too. If you have got room in your coronary heart and home, we strongly encourage you to contemplate fostering or adopting!”
“Addressing the problem of pet homelessness requires collaborative efforts, and Hill’s Pet Nutrition is dedicated to enhancing our partnership with PetGood Charities of Canada to additional advocate for shelters and pet adoption,” mentioned Evan Ferlejowski, director of promoting at Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada. “Through initiatives like National Adoption Week, we are able to facilitate connections between potential pet homeowners and the deserving animals eagerly awaiting loving properties.”
During PetGood Charities of Canada National Adoption Week, potential pet mother and father can have the possibility to work together with adoptable pets from native shelters, together with cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, and small pets at PetSmart shops. Staff and volunteers will likely be readily available to assist educate potential adopters on the pets they’re fascinated about and their care wants.
Those who aren’t fairly able to develop their household can nonetheless make a huge impact by donating funds to assist pets in want at PetSmartCharities.ca. They can also discover their match when the time is true by visiting PetSmartCharities.ca/adopt-a-pet for adoptable pets, adoption centres and occasions.
Find a location nearby and meet your new best friend.
PetGood Charities of Canada National Adoption Week Details:
Over 100 native shelters will convey a bunch of adoptable shelter pets together with cats, kittens, dogs, puppies and small pets into practically each PetGood retailer throughout Canada.
Dates: March 18-24, 2024
Locations: Nearly each certainly one of PetGood shops throughout Canada. Visit PetSmart.ca to discover a retailer close to you.
ABOUT PETSMART CHARITIES OF CANADA
PetSmart Charities of Canada is dedicated to creating the world a greater place for pets and all who love them. Through its in-store adoption program in PetGood® shops throughout the nation, PetGood Charities of Canada helps hundreds of pets join with loving households annually. PetGood Charities of Canada additionally supplies grant funding to assist organizations that advocate and look after the well-being of all pets and their households. Our grants and efforts join pets with loving properties via adoption, enhance access to reasonably priced veterinary care and assist households in instances of disaster with access to meals, shelter, and emergency reduction. Each yr, hundreds of beneficiant supporters assist pets in want by donating to PetGood Charities of Canada instantly at PetGoodCharities.ca, whereas buying at PetGood.ca, and through the use of the PIN pads at checkout registers inside PetGood shops. In flip, PetGood Charities of Canada effectively makes use of greater than 90 cents of each greenback donated to meet its position because the main funder of animal welfare in Canada, granting greater than $30 million since its inception in 1999. Independent from PetGood LLC, PetGood Charities of Canada is a registered Canadian charity. To be taught extra go to PetSmartCharities.ca.
ABOUT HILL’S PET NUTRITION
Founded 75 years in the past with an unwavering dedication to science-led pet vitamin, Hill’s Pet Nutrition is on a mission to assist enrich and lengthen the particular relationships between folks and their pets. Hill’s is devoted to pioneering analysis for dogs and cats utilizing a scientific understanding of their particular wants. As a number one veterinarian advisable pet meals model, data is our first ingredient with 220+ veterinarians, PhD nutritionists and meals scientists working to develop breakthrough improvements in pet well being. Hill’s Prescription Diet therapeutic vitamin plus our on a regular basis wellness product line, Hill’s Science Diet, are offered at vet clinics and pet specialty retailers worldwide. For extra details about our merchandise and dietary philosophy, go to HillsPet.ca.
ABOUT PETSMART
PetGood LLC is the main pet retailer providing merchandise, companies and options for the lifetime wants of pets. At PetGood, we love pets and we imagine pets make us higher folks. Every day with each connection, PetGood’s passionate associates assist convey pet mother and father nearer to their pets so collectively they will dwell extra fulfilled lives. This imaginative and prescient impacts every thing we do for our prospects, the best way we assist our associates and the way we give again to our communities.
PetGood operates roughly 1,660 pet shops in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, in addition to greater than 200 in-store PetGood PetsResort® canine and cat boarding amenities. PetGood supplies a broad vary of competitively priced pet meals and merchandise, in addition to companies akin to canine coaching, pet grooming, pet boarding, PetGood Doggie Day Camp™ and pet adoption.
Media Contact:
Olena Gisys: +1 416-422-7152
Porter Novelli for PetGood Charities of Canada
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