Petco Love Celebrates 25 Year Milestone with
25 Love Stories Grant Recipients
SAN
ANTONIO, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a
special commemoration of 25 years of heartwarming pet adoption
stories, Petco Love, in partnership with BOBS® from Skechers®, is
proud to announce the winners of their annual Love Stories
campaign. This year's campaign, celebrating a quarter-century of
transformation and joy brought by pet adoption, will award 25
grants totaling $500,000 to animal
welfare organizations across the nation.
Marking this milestone, the 2024 Love Stories campaign
recognizes 25 deserving animal welfare organizations with grants
ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. These grants are a testament to the
enduring commitment of Petco Love and BOBS® from Skechers® to
support the vital work of these organizations in facilitating
life-changing pet adoptions.
Leading the list of this year's winners is the heartwarming
story of Brynn and her dog Biggie, adopted through Three Little
Pitties in Washington. According
to Brynn, Biggie "is one of my best friends…. he can be naughty and
silly, but always knows when I can use some cuddles and laughs."
This standout tale of companionship and love has earned them the
grand prize, which includes a $100,000 grant for Three Little Pitties, a pair
of BOBS® footwear, a Petco shopping spree, and a year's supply of
Yummers Pet Supply Co. pet products.
"For the past 25 years, Petco Love Stories has spotlighted the
incredible effects of pet adoption," said Petco Love President,
Susanne Kogut. "With the awarding of
25 grants this year, we're not just celebrating milestones but also
acknowledging the significant roles these pets play in enriching
the lives of their adopters." Inspiring stories like a senior widow
named Fay who found renewed joy with her adopted cat Moe, or Kris
whose adopted dog, Ashes, once the longest shelter resident, is now
a therapy dog in the court system, are just a few of the
heartwarming tales that remind us that pets are pure love.
"BOBS from Skechers is about looking good, feeling good and
doing good. For every pair sold in North
America, we donate to Petco Love to help save shelter
animals—and through our offering, more than two million dogs and
cats have found homes and received care," said Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers. "Petco
Love Stories is just another example of how people across
the United States are making a
difference. Twenty-five organizations are receiving funds to help
thousands of animals, all through the generosity of our
nation."
Since its inception in 1999, Petco Love Stories has shared over
25,000 adoption stories and donated an impressive $8 million to animal welfare organizations,
directly impacting thousands of lives – both human and pet. With
this year's grants, Petco Love continues its commitment by
recognizing and supporting these heartwarming stories of
human-animal bonds.
To discover more about the winning stories and Petco Love's
remarkable work in pet adoption, please visit Petco Love
Stories.
Media Contacts:
Alison Brod Marketing + Communications, petcolove@abmc-us.com
Crystal Bugary, Petco Love,
media@petcolove.org
About Petco Love
Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes
communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since
our founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, we've empowered
animal welfare organizations by investing $375 million in adoption and other lifesaving
efforts. We've helped find loving homes for more than 6.75 million
pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide. Our
love for pets drives us to lead with innovation, creating tools
animal lovers need to reunite lost pets, and lead with passion,
inspiring and mobilizing communities and our more than 4,000 animal
welfare partners to drive lifesaving change alongside us.
Join us. Visit petcolove.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, X,
and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every
day.
About SKECHERS U.S.A.,
Inc.
Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (NYSE:SKX),
a Fortune 500® company based in Southern
California, designs, develops and markets a diverse range of
lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel and accessories for
men, women and children. Collections from The Comfort Technology
Company® are available in over 180 countries and territories
through department and specialty stores, and direct to consumers
through digital stores and more than 5,100 Company- and
third-party-owned physical retail stores. The Company manages its
international business through a network of wholly-owned
subsidiaries, joint venture partners, and distributors. For more
information, please visit about.skechers.com and follow
us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
About BOBS® from Skechers®
BOBS from Skechers' charitable collection of shoes, apparel and
accessories have improved animals' lives: over the past eight
years, Skechers has contributed more than $10.7 million to help over 2 million shelter
pets, including saving more than 1.5 million rescued animals in
the United States, Canada, United
Kingdom and Japan. It all
started in 2011, when Skechers launched a movement to support
children impacted by natural disasters and poverty – a cause that
has helped the Company donate more than 16 million new pairs of
shoes to kids in more than 60 countries worldwide. To learn more
about BOBS from Skechers' commitment to making a difference,
visit BOBSfromSkechers.com and follow the brand
on Facebook and Instagram.
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