Largest Pet Retail Franchise and Premium Pet Food Maker Help Provide Service Dogs to Deserving Veterans
PROSPER, Texas, Nov. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Pet Supplies Plus, the most important and most trusted pet retail franchise, has as soon as once more joined forces with Natural Balance® to boost consciousness of the profound impression service dogs have on America’s servicemen and ladies. Pet Supplies Plus and Natural Balance proceed their nationwide partnership this 12 months with a donation of $50,000 to Patriot PAWS Service Dogs, a non-profit that trains and gives service dogs for disabled Veterans, at no cost. The verify presentation was hosted on the Prosper, Texas Pet Supplies Plus on Thursday, Nov. 9.
In honor of Veterans Day, each Pet Supplies Plus buy of Natural Balance merchandise all through November will help the $50,000 donation to Patriot PAWS Service Dogs. With this donation, Patriot PAWS will present service dogs freed from cost to disabled American Veterans to assist restore and preserve their bodily and emotional independence.
“The work Patriot PAWS does has an unlimited impression, and we take nice pleasure on this annual collaboration with Natural Balance to assist help their trigger,” mentioned Chris Rowland, CEO of Pet Supplies Plus. “Together, we’re devoted to making sure that veterans could be seamlessly paired with service dogs, with none monetary burden.”
The verify presentation was held on the Pet Supplies Plus of Prosper, Texas positioned at 4580 W University Dr Suite 10, on Thursday, November 9. Pet Supplies Plus and Natural Balance introduced the verify collectively to Patriot PAWS joined by Development Coordinators, Marissa Sanchez and Sarah Mathers, Veteran Coordinator, April Allison, and Veteran, Brian Reece with Patriot PAWS Service Dog, Maverick.
“Our mates at Pet Supplies Plus and Natural Balance are really serving to us to meet our mission,” mentioned Lori Stevens, Founder & Executive Director of Patriot PAWS Service Dogs. “We have, firsthand, seen the distinction our service dogs make within the lives of our Veterans and are immensely grateful for his or her continued years of friendship and help.”
Pet Supplies Plus and Natural Balance have been devoted to this annual partnership for the previous 5 years and are proud to help Patriot PAWS’ work of coaching and inserting service dogs with disabled Veterans, and others, who are suffering from Mobile Disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injuries and/or Post-Traumatic Stress. Their mission permits for Veterans to proceed to be positively impacted by service dogs with out the prices of coaching, which is over $35,000 per canine. With the assistance of donors, volunteers, and coaching applications, Patriot PAWS is ready to remove your complete cost for Veterans. Since inception, Patriot PAWS has placed over 400 dogs from their program.
“Natural Balance is extremely proud to as soon as once more associate with Pet Supplies Plus to help Patriot PAWS,” mentioned Darcy Hagan, Senior Vice President of Independent Sales of Natural Balance. “Being capable of assist present a educated service canine to a Veteran in want couldn’t be extra rewarding. Thank you to Patriot PAWS for his or her nice work.”
Pet Supplies Plus gives a big selection of pure pet meals and quite a lot of made-in-the-USA pet consumables, together with meals, treats, rawhide and chews. Set in welcoming neighborhood environments, Pet Supplies Plus staff members get to know their neighbors and pets by identify at each retailer. Full-service grooming, self-serve pet wash stations and recent bakery treats are additionally available in-store at many areas. Neighbors can now fill prescriptions on-line and obtain home supply for high quality medicines and specialty diets. Whether buying in-store or on-line, selecting native is simple. For extra data, go to www.petsuppliesplus.com.
About Pet Supplies Plus
Your neighborhood Pet Supplies Plus has every part you want to your furry, scaly and feathery mates. Its cabinets are stocked with the correct merchandise, together with a wide array of pure and made within the USA merchandise. Easily discover all their favorites at costs you’re keen on, whether or not you store in retailer or on-line utilizing free curbside pickup, same-day supply or Autoship. To assist preserve your pets blissful and wholesome, pet prescriptions could be crammed on-line and delivered on to your door. As the nation’s largest unbiased pet retailer with over 700 areas in 42 states and counting, Pet Supplies Plus makes buying native easy. For extra data go to www.petsuppliesplus.com.
About Natural Balance®
Founded in 1989, Natural Balance® Pet Foods, Inc. is a premium pet specialty model with an entire providing of pet meals for each dogs and cats. The Natural Balance product line includes over 100 canine and cat meals and deal with varieties, together with Limited Ingredient, Original ULTRA®, and REWARDS. Natural Balance delivers high quality, safety-tested meals in each bag. Their Feed with Confidence Program™ gives complete, on-demand security testing information to assist remove surprise or fear. Their staff of Registered Veterinary Technicians is available through on-line chat and telephone to reply questions and ease issues. Visit www.naturalbalanceinc.com for extra data.
About Patriot PAWS Service Dogs
Founded in 2006 by Lori Stevens, Patriot PAWS Service Dogs is a Rockwall, TX primarily based nationwide non-profit that trains and supply Service Dogs of the very best high quality at no cost to disabled American Veterans, and others, who are suffering from Mobile Disabilities, Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI’s.) The organization was formally deemed a nationwide 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2006, lower than one 12 months after Stevens pursued a calling on her coronary heart to assist Veterans in want. Patriot PAWS is honored to be an accredited member of Assistance Dogs International (ADI) – the one Service Dog accrediting organization throughout the world. Patriot PAWS at present trains their dogs at their Main Facility, positioned in Rockwall Texas; Patriot PAWS of Aggieland program in College Station; with Dallas-Fort Worth Volunteer Puppy Raisers; and their partnership with Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the place inmate trainers work with program dogs inside their jail items. To date, greater than 400 dogs have been placed from this system and there are nonetheless 80+ Veterans on their wait checklist to obtain a Service Dog.
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