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My Week at the PETCO Foundation

More and more people are faced with a tough decision to give up their pet because they can no longer take care of them. How [...]

The Goodbye

By Paul Jolly, Executive Director the PETCO Foundation

July 7, 2009 9:36PM

I sit slumped on the brown leather couch in the family room. The pillows are pushed to the floor. Our other dogs lay close to me as I methodically twirl your dog collar that I have placed around my wrist. It’s red with reflective paw [...]

Leftover Love

By Paul Jolly, Executive Director the PETCO Foundation

“Love knows no season, has no bounds; in its presence miracles are found.”

Harold sitting under a table at home. Life is different for him since Josh passed away.

Josh was the first person who greeted us when we moved into our new house. This [...]

Remembering Victor, PETCO Associate No. 88465

“Manager to the front, please,” – the announcement came over the loud speaker and there was Victor, standing next to his job coach, so brave and so proud of the completed employment application he held to his chest. As soon as I was within three feet, he rushed out to shake my hand, at the [...]

PETCO Foundation, Royal Canin Help Animal Shelters Care for Animals in Tucson Hoarding Case

When more than 800 animals were rescued from a Tucson home in a hoarding case last week, local animal welfare groups sprung into action — and they got a helping hand from the PETCO Foundation and pet food company Royal Canin.

The rescued animals overwhelmed local shelter resources. And when the Humane Society of Southern Arizona [...]

Tree of Hope Raises Nearly $2.6 Million

PETCO‘s and the PETCO Foundation’s Tree of Hope fundraiser is now one for the history books. Over $2,575,000 was raised. That will definitely go a long way to helping a lot of animals across the country.

To our wonderful and generous customers, vendors and associates: may the New Year bring you health and joy and may [...]

Chica gets a second chance

When my cell phone rang that Sunday in the middle of my yard work, I left the lawn mower in the yard. It was the same call I often get — the call I usually dread. This time it was about “Chica,” and her time had run out.

“The shelter only has so much space,” they [...]