PETCO Customers, Vendors Give Generously to Help Fire Victims
11 November 2003 - 2:56PM
PR Newswire (US)
PETCO Customers, Vendors Give Generously to Help Fire Victims PETCO
and PETCO Foundation Raise Close to $200,000 in Emergency
Fundraiser SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Customers,
vendors and associates of PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. have
responded tremendously to the needs of animals in southern
California affected by the recent wildfires, donating almost
$200,000 to the PETCO Foundation's emergency roundup fundraiser. In
addition, Science Diet, Nutro and Petmate donated more than $30,000
in food and supplies to PETCO's relief effort. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030603/PETCOLOGO ) "People
all over the country have once again rallied to the aid of
animals," PETCO Foundation Director Paul Jolly said. "The fact that
our customers, vendors and associates have donated more than
$220,000 in food, products and funds in less than two weeks is
really a testament to the care and compassion we all share for
animals in need." The Round-Up fundraiser, which ran from October
27 through November 9, brought in $193,078.94. Additionally,
Science Diet donated $14,000 in product, Nutro $13,000 and Petmate
$3,450. PETCO customers in southern California turned to their
local stores for help with products for their animals, as many fled
without even a change of clothes for themselves. In some cases,
those customers could not take their pets to human shelters and
PETCO stores became animal sanctuaries. Despite the fact that many
PETCO associates in those stores also had homes in danger, they
stayed at work to ensure evacuees could get the needed food and
supplies for their two and four-legged family members. "The
outpouring of support shown by our store associates truly
demonstrates that we are hiring animal lovers," Jolly added. "Their
first thoughts were always for the animals, and our customers have
shown their appreciation for that caring through their generous
donations." Funds raised will go to various southern California
animal welfare groups that assisted people and their pets during
this tragedy. PETCO (NASDAQ:PETC) is a leading specialty retailer
of premium pet food, supplies and services with a commitment to
quality animal care and education. PETCO's strategy is to offer its
customers a complete assortment of pet- related products and
services at competitive prices, with superior levels of customer
service at convenient locations, by hiring pet lovers and training
them to become counselors to our pet-loving customers. PETCO
operates more than 650 neighborhood stores in 43 states and the
District of Columbia, as well as a leading destination for on-line
pet food and supplies at http://www.petco.com/ . The PETCO
Foundation, PETCO's non-profit organization, has raised more than
$13 million since inception in 1999. More than 1,600 non- profit
grassroots animal welfare organizations from around the nation have
received support from the Foundation.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030603/PETCOLOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.
CONTACT: Shawn Underwood of PETCO, +1-858-909-4662, ; or Paul Jolly
of PETCO Foundation, +1-626-287-0952, Web site:
http://www.petco.com/
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