LOS ANGELES, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Kicking off National Pet Month, VCA Charities today revealed the launch of its Second Chance KONG® grants and fundraising effort focused on making 2nd opportunities possible for more shelter family pets—a program enabled by a collaboration with KONG.
VCA Charities thinks all family pets are worthy of a caring home—not to discuss care and toys while they await one. That’s why with every $20 contribution made at choose VCA Animal Hospitals throughout the month of May, VCA Charities is supplying generous donors with a limited-edition “Second Chance KONG” and providing a KONG Classic or Extreme to a shelter animal. One hundred percent of contributions made will support the VCA Charities Ready for Rescue grant program, which supports shelters with adoption-readiness efforts and veterinary care and resources.
“Knowing we’re assisting to produce countless 2nd opportunities for family pets in requirement suggests we’re providing on our objective of assisting family pets discover and stay in caring houses. We can do a lot when we link home town requires with the assistance of our regional health center groups and the nationwide reach of VCA Charities,” said Kimberly West, president and chair of VCA Charities board of directors and vice president of Corporate Affairs at VCA Animal Hospitals.
Nationwide, 121 VCA Animal Hospitals will use the limited-edition KONG—6,050 unique variations of the cherished toy. The “Second Chance KONGs” are repurposed KONG “seconds”—somewhat imperfect KONGs that can’t be offered since of little flaws however have the exact same sturdiness of any KONG you’d discover in a store—minimizing waste while increasing resources for a few of the greatest consumption shelters throughout the United States.
To commemorate the campaign, throughout the month of May, an extra 6,050 KONGs will reach 12 high-intake shelters throughout the nation, consisting of Los Angeles Animal Services (California), Palm Valley Animal Society (Texas), Memphis Animal Services (Tennessee), Lifeline Animal Project (Georgia) and Michigan Humane Society (Michigan), to name a few.
“One of the most asked for products by shelters is for toys like KONG, which help supply healthy enrichment for shelter family pets,” said Kim Van Syoc, executive director of VCA Charities. “Having access to toys suggests shelter family pets have a suitable outlet for keeping hectic while they patiently await a permanently home.”
In addition to the May campaign, VCA Charities is partnering with KONG to give 42,000 more of the cherished toys each year to shelters throughout the United States.
“The happiness that family pets give individuals is indisputable—and we completely think family pets should have the exact same happiness in return,” said Gabe Martinez, Vice President of KVP International. “To understand the contribution of these KONG toys is not just producing 2nd opportunities for shelter family pets, however likewise supplying happiness to countless dogs each year, is the ultimate win, win.”
Helping family pets discover and stay in caring houses is at the heart of VCA Charities’ objective. Since 2021, VCA Charities has actually contributed more than $2 million in grants and supplied almost 1.5 million meals to starving family pets in collaboration with Hill’s Pet Nutrition. Whether reacting to catastrophes, transferring family pets from at-capacity shelters to ones with a waitlist of adopters, or financing emergency situation veterinary take care of family pets coming from low-income animal owners, VCA Charities works to support the happiness of pet ownership in neighborhoods throughout the nation.
Learn more about our effect by checking out VCA’s yearly Impact Report, Joy of Caring, at https://vcahospitals.com/social-responsibility.
About VCA Charities
VCA Charities, a 501c(3), is dedicated to supporting the happiness of pet ownership by assisting family pets discover and stay in caring houses. Through grants and collaborations with shelters and animal well-being companies, we help eliminate barriers to pet ownership and help keep family pets in caring houses by moneying emergency situation and specialized veterinary care; supporting adoption preparedness and surrender avoidance programs; making it possible for the care and feeding of family pets coming from underserved households; and, reacting to our regional neighborhoods in crisis. VCA Charities is the charitable arm of VCA Animal Hospitals, a leader in veterinary care dedicated to taking care of the future of veterinary medication while favorably affecting family pets, individuals, and neighborhoods. To learn more about VCA Charities, see VCACharities.org or discover us on Instagram and LinkedIn.
SOURCE VCA Animal Hospitals
