National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in Ruff Start Rescue To Save and Improve the Lives of Minnesota Pets
$7,000 grant will be celebrated at local Petco event on Thursday, June 30
Princeton, MN (May 5, 2022) – Ruff Start Rescue will receive a $7,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of its lifesaving work for dogs, cats, and critters. The celebration takes place at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 30th at Petco Maple Grove, located at 8010 Wedgewood Lane North.
Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And Petco Love helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations — like ours — across North America, with 6.5 million pets adopted and counting.
“Our investment in Ruff Start Rescue is part of more than $15M in investments recently announced by Petco Love to power local organizations across the country as part of our commitment to create a future in which no pet is unnecessary euthanized,” said Susanne Kogut, president of Petco Love. “Our local investments are only part of our strategy to empower animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us. We recently celebrated the one-year launch anniversary of Petco Love Lost, a national lost and found database that uses pet facial recognition technology to simplify the search for lost pets.”
“The lifesaving work we do here at Ruff Start Rescue isn’t always easy, but it’s so important,” says Ruff Start Rescue Founder and Executive Director Azure Davis. “Equally critical are the donations that power our efforts. That’s why the investment from Petco Love is needed and valued. This is the support that fuels us to continue rescuing stray, neglected, abandoned, and surrendered animals in need AND finding these animals loving, forever homes.”
Ruff Start Rescue is a foster-based nonprofit animal rescue dedicated to connecting people and pets and saving at-risk animals in the Twin Cities and beyond. Ruff Start Rescue improves animal welfare through rescue and adoption and by providing education and resources for communities most in need. Ruff Start Rescue depends on its large network of volunteers, fosters and supporters who since 2010 have been rescuing stray, neglected, abandoned and surrendered animals. To learn more, adopt or become a volunteer, go to www.ruffstartrescue.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 $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.5 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, Twitter, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.
National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in Ruff Start Rescue To Save and Improve the Lives of Minnesota Pets
Posted: July 1, 2022 by Kelli Hanson
National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in Ruff Start Rescue To Save and Improve the Lives of Minnesota Pets
$7,000 grant will be celebrated at local Petco event on Thursday, June 30
Princeton, MN (May 5, 2022) – Ruff Start Rescue will receive a $7,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of its lifesaving work for dogs, cats, and critters. The celebration takes place at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 30th at Petco Maple Grove, located at 8010 Wedgewood Lane North.
Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And Petco Love helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations — like ours — across North America, with 6.5 million pets adopted and counting.
“Our investment in Ruff Start Rescue is part of more than $15M in investments recently announced by Petco Love to power local organizations across the country as part of our commitment to create a future in which no pet is unnecessary euthanized,” said Susanne Kogut, president of Petco Love. “Our local investments are only part of our strategy to empower animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us. We recently celebrated the one-year launch anniversary of Petco Love Lost, a national lost and found database that uses pet facial recognition technology to simplify the search for lost pets.”
“The lifesaving work we do here at Ruff Start Rescue isn’t always easy, but it’s so important,” says Ruff Start Rescue Founder and Executive Director Azure Davis. “Equally critical are the donations that power our efforts. That’s why the investment from Petco Love is needed and valued. This is the support that fuels us to continue rescuing stray, neglected, abandoned, and surrendered animals in need AND finding these animals loving, forever homes.”
Ruff Start Rescue is a foster-based nonprofit animal rescue dedicated to connecting people and pets and saving at-risk animals in the Twin Cities and beyond. Ruff Start Rescue improves animal welfare through rescue and adoption and by providing education and resources for communities most in need. Ruff Start Rescue depends on its large network of volunteers, fosters and supporters who since 2010 have been rescuing stray, neglected, abandoned and surrendered animals. To learn more, adopt or become a volunteer, go to www.ruffstartrescue.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 $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.5 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, Twitter, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.
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