Celebrity Actor and Animal Welfare
Advocate Lends her Voice to the Global Campaign…
RANCHO
SANTA FE, Calif., July 30,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In just over two months,
animal-lovers worldwide will unite for the 12th Annual
Remember Me Thursday® (RMT). Observed, each year, on the
fourth Thursday in September, the campaign has garnered an esteemed
group of celebrities who join with animal welfare organizations and
other animal-proponents to become an unstoppable, integrated
on-line voice advocating for orphan pets. This year,
celebrated actor and animal welfare advocate Kaley Cuoco is lending her voice as the
campaign's newest luminary. Remember Me
Thursday® is honored to welcome Cuoco to this year's
campaign. Animal-lovers across the world are invited to join Cuoco
and other philanthropic celebrities to be a part of this very
special day, Thursday, September
26th, 2024.
Animal-lovers are invited to join Cuoco and
other philanthropic celebrities on Thursday,
September 26th, 2024.
Kaley Cuoco is a renowned
television and movie actor best known for her starring role
as Penny on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang
Theory between 2007 and 2019 and, most recently, as the
title character in the HBOMax comedic
thriller The Flight Attendant which earned her
nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards and Golden
Globe Awards. Other well-known roles include Billie Jenkins in
the fantasy series Charmed (2005–2006), voicing
the title role in the animated
series Harley
Quinn since 2019, and playing the lead role in the
comedy thriller series Based on a True Story (2023),
among many others. The beloved actor received a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014.
Off-screen, the Emmy-nominated actress has developed a
well-known reputation for being an animal advocate who often adopts
rescue animals. This includes owning a ranch and rescue farm that
has welcomed horses, donkeys, chickens, goats, cows and pigs, all
of whom she considers family.
Regarding her passion for animals, Cuoco stated, "Animals have
taught me how to forgive and how to truly live in the moment. They
don't hold grudges, and they love you no matter what. We should be
surrounding our children with animals from a very young age,
showing them responsibility and how animals deserve to be loved and
treated."
Cuoco joins the Remember Me Thursday® campaign during
an incredibly crucial year. Perhaps due to rising inflation or an
unstable political climate, adoption rates have plummeted across
the country and euthanasia rates are on the rise.
"Remember Me Thursday focuses attention on the plight of shelter
animals across the country during a critical time of increasing
euthanasia rates and overcrowded shelters," said Cuoco. "It has
never been more important that we encourage the public to save a
life by adopting a rescue pet from their local shelter."
RMT was established in 2013 by Helen Woodward Animal Center
President and CEO Mike Arms. Moved
by the staggering statistic of over one million homeless pets who
lose their lives each year in the U.S., Arms put out a call to
rescue organizations in an attempt to create a global awareness
campaign. As creator of the International Pet Adoptathon and
the International Home 4 the Holidays® program (placing
over 20 million pets in homes since 1999), he was able to send out
an expansive request and the response was significant.
Now in its twelfth year, RMT has been supported by 190 countries
with hundreds of thousands of individuals and more than 1,000
separate animal welfare organizations around the globe holding
candle-lighting ceremonies of their own, spreading the message on
social media, or lighting a virtual candle. The enormous swell of
celebrity support has resulted in the topic trending each year on
both Facebook and Twitter, garnering more than 2 billion social
media impressions since its start.
For more information on Remember Me Thursday®
and a full list of participating celebrities and animal welfare
organizations, go to www.remembermethursday.org.
About Remember Me Thursday®
Animal lovers
and organizations across the globe unite on the fourth Thursday in
September to light a candle in remembrance of the millions of
orphan pets who lost their lives without the benefit of a loving
home and to shine a light via social media on the millions of
orphan pets still waiting for their forever homes. The Remember Me
Thursday® global awareness campaign is championed by
Mike Arms, President of
Helen Woodward Animal Center, and creator of both the
International Pet Adoptathon and successful Home 4 The Holidays
program which, in partnership with national animal organizations,
has placed over 20 million pets in homes since 1999. For more
information, please visit www.remembermethursday.org or
via hashtags #RememberMeThursday and #ShineALight on
social media.
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SOURCE Helen Woodward Animal Center