Submissions Now Open for Petco Love
Stories Campaign
SAN
ANTONIO, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/
-- Queer Eye star and four-time Emmy nominee
Antoni Porowski calls on pet lovers
across the country to share their love stories of how their adopted
pets changed their lives. Porowski and national nonprofit Petco
Love, in partnership with BOBS from Skechers™, encourage pet
parents to submit their love stories to the Petco Love Stories
campaign.
Petco Love Stories celebrates the incredible impact pets have on
our lives, while also raising awareness about the importance of pet
adoption. The adoption organizations that make the winning tales
possible receive lifesaving grants to save more lives.
Porowski, New York Times
best-selling author and host and executive producer of Netflix's
Easy-Bake Battle, proudly shares his love story with his
best friend, Neon. Since adopting the pitbull mix in 2020 from
Petco Love partner Austin Pets Alive!, the two have been
inseparable, making memories all over the U.S. So many people fell
in love with Neon on the hit television show Queer Eye that
she has her own Instagram page with close to 100,000 followers.
"Adopting Neon has impacted my life in so many wonderful ways,"
said Porowski. "The unconditional love you feel from a dog,
especially one you adopt from a shelter, means everything. I cannot
imagine my life without her now, and I know pet lovers everywhere
feel the same way about their best friends. That's why I want them
to submit their love story in the Petco Love Stories campaign to
spread the word about how adopting a shelter pet changes
lives."
Antoni's love for Neon and passion for pet adoption inspired him
to join the Petco Love Board in 2023. Porowski is also the
co-founder of Yummers Pet Supply Co. The pet food brand is
generously donating a year's worth of pet products for the winning
Petco Love Stories pet.
Petco Love Stories encourages pet parents to share their
personal stories of love, joy, and transformation that have come
about through adopting their best friend. Did you adopt a pet who
changed your life? Maybe your dog is the travel and adventure buddy
who inspired you to finally see the world. Or perhaps your cat
helped you turn tragedy into triumph. Whether they are stories of
resilience, acts of kindness, or compassion – Petco Love wants to
hear them all! Share your Love Story
and you can help your adopting animal welfare organization earn a
lifesaving grant – up to $100,000!
In 2023, Petco Love and BOBS from Skechers™ awarded Love Stories
winners at 18 organizations across the country, granting a total of
more than $500,000 to animal welfare
partners. Winning stories that celebrate the impact of a pet's love
will be announced on Valentine's Day in 2024.
"There is no end to the amazing, emotional stories of how pets
change our lives," said Petco Love President, Susanne Kogut. "Through Petco Love Stories, we
aim to highlight these remarkable bonds and create a platform where
pet parents can share their stories while making a positive impact
on the lives of animals in need."
"It's our goal to save and support as many shelter animals as
possible—from celebrating personal Petco Love Stories that help
compassionate organizations, to raising life-changing funds through
our BOBS from Skechers philanthropic collection," said Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers.
"Compassionate animal lovers can look good by wearing BOBS from
Skechers shoes, apparel and accessories, and feel good as their
purchase results in a donation from Skechers, to the tune of more
than $10 million to date—funds that
have helped and saved 1.9 million dogs and cats."
Submissions for Petco Love Stories are open to individuals 18
years and older, or those who have parental consent to share their
story. In 500 words or less, please share your love story and
photos of you and your adopted pet. Submit your story, here.
Submissions close on October 31,
2023.
Since 2013, more than 20,000 adopters have shared how their pets
have changed their lives in the annual campaign, with Petco Love
granting nearly $7 million to the
hard-working animal welfare organizations making these adoption
matches possible.
Media Contact: Crystal
Bugary, Petco Love, media@petcolove.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 $370 million in adoption and other lifesaving
efforts. We've helped find loving homes for more than 6.7 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, X, and LinkedIn to be
part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.
About SKECHERS U.S.A.,
Inc.
Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (NYSE:SKX),
a Fortune 500® company based in Southern
California, designs, develops and markets a diverse range of
lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel and accessories for
men, women and children. Collections from The Comfort Technology
Company™ are available in over 180 countries and territories
through department and specialty stores, and direct to consumers
through digital stores and over 4,700 Company- and
third-party-owned physical retail stores. The Company manages its
international business through a network of wholly-owned
subsidiaries, joint venture partners, and distributors. For more
information, please visit about.skechers.com and follow
us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
About BOBS from Skechers
BOBS from Skechers' charitable collection of shoes, apparel and
accessories have improved animals' lives: over the past eight
years, Skechers has contributed more than $10 million to help 1.9 million shelter pets,
including saving more than 1.4 million rescued animals in
the United States, Canada, United
Kingdom and Japan. It all
started in 2011, when Skechers launched a movement to support
children impacted by natural disasters and poverty – a cause that
has helped the Company donate more than 16 million new pairs of
shoes to kids in more than 60 countries worldwide. To learn more
about BOBS from Skechers' commitment to making a difference,
visit BOBSfromSkechers.com and follow the brand
on Facebook and Instagram.
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