Sunday, November 15, 2015

Making a Donation at My Local #Petco

A few months back, Ma visited our brand new Petco store which is just down the block from our house.  While she was shopping, she noticed they had a big bin out to collect donations for our favorite local rescue - Justin Bartlett Animal Rescue.

As Ma spoke with a friendly Petco employee, she said had she known she would have brought the products we had been collecting to make a donation.  The employee's response made Ma and I so happy: Justin Bartlett Animal Rescue is MY Petco store's charity of choice and they accept donations of products for them every day of the year!

Oz the Terrier makes a donation of dog products to his local rescue through his local Petco store

So, this past Wednesday, Ma and I went to my local Petco and dropped off this box filled with dog products for Justin Bartlett Animal Rescue.  We put aside a lot of products I receive, especially if they are food or treats that contain my number 1 allergen, Chicken, to donate to shelters and/or rescues.

The box we donated had some great goodies inside like dog bowls, leashes, bandanas, sample packs of kibble, dental treats, training treats as well as shampoos, conditioners and ear washes.  I sure hope our favorite rescue can find good use for all the products to make some dogs who are waiting for their forever homes happy.

Does your Petco collect donations for your favorite shelter or rescue?

I am joining Black and White Sunday hosted by good friends Sugar the Golden Retriever and Dachshund Nola.



21 comments:

  1. What a good idea and your Petco is a great shop :)

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  2. Many thanks to you and your Mom, that's great that you brought such a big box to your petco.

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  3. That is pawesome Oz! I bet you made a lot of doggies at the rescue very happy :)

    xoxo,
    Ginger, Matt & Matilda

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  4. We don't have a Petco but we do have a locally owned store that accepts donations for our local humane society. If we don't have time to run them directly to the humane society , we drop them off there.

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  5. PAWsome! We are going to check. We got lots of goodies to donate too. Golden Woofs

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  6. That's good to know. We'll check our Petco to see if they accept donations.

    Abby Lab

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  7. What an awesome collection of things to donate! Sadly, there isn't a Petco near where I and Wesley live, but there are a few smaller private-owned pet shops. Almost all of them collect donations and will hold events to benefit the local shelter(s).

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  8. Yes, we've donated. Our Pet Barn works closely with the RSPCA and helps by having an Adoption Centre for dogs and cats who need new homes. Our local grocery store also has donation bins. It's great that we can help.

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  9. That is a great idea. Our Tractor Supply Co. takes donations for our local shelter. ♥ We are saving our chicken food and treat samples for our Humane Society too.

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  10. We are HUGE fans of Petco (they are our preferred choice of large pet store as opposed to Petsmart. Cody was adopted from a Petco adoption drive in 2007. Our local Petco is also taking donations and I thank you for this reminder......I am going to head over there myself xoxo DakotasDen

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  11. We don't have a local Petco unfortunately! But one of the local grocery stores collects for our local humane society. That makes it easier for me because the Humane Society is quite a bit out of the way for me to go to, which means I only go once or twice a year. But I can make more frequent donations when it's easier at the grocery store.
    Jan, Wag 'n Woof Pets

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  12. Yep! Our Petco charity alternates between the 2 local rescues! We actually live closer to the shelter than to PEtco, so we usually take our donations straight to the shelter :-).

    Smileys!
    Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo

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  13. We don't have a Petco near us but the Pet Supplies Plus that is real close hosts our rescue every week for their meet and greets. We're sure your rescue will be very grateful for your donation.

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  14. That's so nice of you to donate! :) Didn't know we can donate at Petco! Thank you for letting us know! <3

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  15. Oh what a fantastic idea!
    ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!

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  16. You mum is very kind! So many dogs are going to be very happy! :)

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  17. We have a real nice Petco not too far from us too. We love that they have a big bin right in front to collect stuff. It's the first place we go after BlogPaws or when we get a lot of stuff in the mail. Love Dolly

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  18. Our PetCo, and our Chuck and Don's both collect donations.

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  19. That was so very nice of you oz!

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  20. That was so nice of you guys. Our local petco always has a donation bin up front. I save up goodies as well, and donate most of them to the shelter I adopted Faolan from.

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