FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Samuel Wolbert
Executive Director
859-988-9800
Petco Foundation Invests In The Lifesaving Work of Paris Animal Welfare Society
Grant of $10,000 will extend efforts to save more animal lives in and around Bourbon and Fayette, Counties, Kentucky
[PARIS, KY] (April, 2017) – The Paris Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) today announced it has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to support its lifesaving mission through more adoptions.
PAWS is a private 501(c)3 organization, established in 1992, which runs an animal shelter located in beautiful Paris, Kentucky. As a private organization, we are solely dependent on private donations and community support.
The Petco Foundation investment will help PAWS increase local adoptions and to also free up shelter space to pull animals from surrounding high-kill communities.
“This grant will ensure that PAWS can continue to find a perfect forever home for the animals in our care, while allowing us to increase our ability to rescue animals from high-risk shelters in neighboring counties,” said Mr. Wolbert, PAWS’ Executive Director. “We are thrilled and honored to receive this grant.”
For more information about PAWS or the Petco Foundation, visit pawspets.org or www.petcofoundation.org. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or by using the hashtag #PetcoFoundation.
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About the Petco Foundation
At the Petco Foundation, we believe that every animal deserves to live its best life. Since 1999, we’ve invested more than $175 million in lifesaving animal welfare work to make that happen. With our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners, we inspire and empower communities to make a difference by investing in adoption and medical care programs, spay and neuter services, pet cancer research, service and therapy animals, and numerous other lifesaving initiatives. Through our Think Adoption First program, we partner with Petco stores and animal welfare organizations across the country to increase pet adoptions. So far, we’ve helped more than 5 million pets find their new loving families, and we’re just getting started. Visit petcofoundation.org to learn more about how you can get involved.
