Halo, Purely for Pets is excited to work with the Petco Foundation on its Holiday Wishes Campaign for the third straight year!
The Holiday Wishes campaign celebrates pet adoption and rewards deserving animal welfare organizations with grants to help them continue their lifesaving work.
In October, 3,000 pet adopters from across the country submitted stories describing how adopting their pet changed their lives for the better, for a chance to win a Petco Foundation grant for their favorite animal welfare organization.
Winning entries received a grant to the shelter where the pet was adopted, totaling more than $750,000 in grants to organizations nationwide.
The Petco Foundation awarded $100,000, its grand prize in this year’s campaign, to the Nevada Humane Society in Reno, Nevada, thanks to a story written by Minden, Nevada resident, Linda Hibbard.
Halo, in partnership with Freekibble.com, also donated 10,000 bowls of its natural pet food to the Nevada Humane Society and $500 of its food for Linda’s own pets.
Linda’s entry describes how she personally trained her adopted dog, Brindy, a bull terri-er/Rottweiler mix, to be her service dog.
Linda suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and Brindy “performs a multitude of tasks for me…People are often uncomfortable around people with disabilities, but having a dog breaks down that barrier,” she wrote in her submission.
“Halo is proud to partner with the Petco Foundation and support the incredible work they do helping shelters and rescues make a difference in their communities and facilitating lifelong relationships between people and pets,” said Halo CEO Steve Marton.
