Newly Named Petco Love Invests in Lifesaving Work of Almost Home Foundation – Chicago Daily Herald

Grant of $10,000 will help save more pet lives in Schaumburg, IL area

Submitted by Dawn Takagi

Almost Home Foundation announced today a $10,000 grant investment from the newly named, Petco Love, to support their lifesaving work for animals in the Schaumburg, IL area.

Petco Love is a nonprofit leading change for pets nationally by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger and healthier. Since their founding in 1999, as the Petco Foundation, they've empowered organizations with nearly $300 million invested to date in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And, they've helped find loving homes for more than 6.5 million pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations, like ours, nationwide.

"Today Petco Love announces an investment in Almost Home Foundation and hundreds of other organizations as part of our commitment to create a future in which no pet is unnecessarily euthanized," said Susanne Kogut, President of Petco Love. "Our local investments are only one component. This month, we will also launch the first of our national tools to empower all animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us."

"This grant is tremendous for us. Thanks to Petco Love, we will be able to save more pets in need and have an even bigger impact by reducing both shelter intake and euthanasia," said Rosemary McNiff, president of Almost Home Foundation. "Our primary focus is to save those animals needing us most. We have helped some remote southern shelters decrease their euthanasia rate by 33 percent."

Almost Home Foundation is an all volunteer, registered, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, serving the Schaumburg, IL area, dedicated to rescuing adoptable cats and dogs. In 2020, it saved 1,106 cats and dogs; and notably, in 2018 rescued over 300 heartworm positive dogs. Almost Home Foundation acquired the Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency and Top-Rated Great Non-Profits Award in 2020 and 2021.

For more information about Almost Home Foundation, visit http://www.AlmostHomeFoundation.org, and to learn more about Petco Love, visit https://petcolove.org.

About Almost Home Foundation

Almost Home Foundation dog and cat rescue was founded in 2005. We are a non-profit, all volunteer, foster-based rescue funded solely by private donations. We have no paid employees. We rely on volunteers to dedicate their time, homes and hearts for our rescued animals until they find their loving forever homes. Thanks to our network of foster homes, and financial support from fundraising, weve been able to reach out to save animals not only throughout Illinois, but in many other states including Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. We have also driven many miles to save animals from other states including Mississippi and a South Dakota Indian reservation. Almost Home Foundation does not discriminate based on breed, age, or health of an animal. Visit AlmostHomeFoundation.org to learn more about fostering, adopting, or volunteering with us.

About Petco Love (Formerly Petco Foundation)

Petco Love is a nonprofit changing lives by making 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 nearly $300 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. Today, 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. Is love calling you? Join us. Visit petcolove.org to be part of the lifesaving work we're leading every day.

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