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- 2010 in Review Without generous friends like you, we wouldn’t be able to help as many pets as we do! In 2010 alone your financial support has made it possible for more than 424,900 cats, dogs and other pets to get the help they needed.
- Find Unconditional Love with an Adopted Pet at PetSmart Charities® National Adoption Weekend, February 10-12
01/30/2012This Valentine’s Day, fall head over heels for a four-legged companion during the PetSmart Charities National Adoption Weekend, February 10-12 at your neighborhood PetSmart® store. Save a pet’s life and enrich your own with the pure joy that only a tail wag can bring.
- New $1 Million National Spay/Neuter Grant Program from PetSmart Charities® to Save Lives of Nation's Most At-Risk Pets
01/25/2012PetSmart Charities®, the country’s largest funder of spay/neuter efforts, has announced a new $1 million national spay/neuter grant program aimed at saving the lives of pets that have the highest risk of being euthanized due to overcrowding in shelters: cats and pit bull terriers.
- PetSmart Charities® Welcomed as the Newest Member of the National Animal Rescue and Sheltering Coalition
01/09/2012PetSmart Charities was named a partner in the National Animal Rescue and Sheltering Coalition (NARSC). Established as a 501 (c)6 organization in 2006, NARSC is an outgrowth of the unprecedented disaster season of 2005, when major storms - most notably Hurricane Katrina - impacted more people and their companion animals than any other time in the history of the United States.
- Save Homeless Pets One Step at a Time at the 2012 People Saving Pets™ Walk
12/13/2011Phoenix-area pet lovers, grab your walking shoes and leashes and join PetSmart Charities® to save homeless pets at the 2012 People Saving Pets™ Walk on February 19. This highly-anticipated, yearly fundraising event, formerly known as the PetSmart Charities PetWalk, has brought the community together to raise $1 million over the past three years to fund efforts aimed at ending pet homelessness and programs that save pets’ lives.
