Family Promise of Greater Phoenix and PetSmart Celebrate Two Years of PetSmart Promise
October 01 2014 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
National program has kept more than 50 local
families together with their pets in the past two years
Today, a national program that helps temporarily homeless
families keep all members of their family together – including
their four-legged family members - is celebrating the two year
anniversary of the program’s launch in Phoenix. The PetSmart
Promise program builds pet kennel facilities at Family Promise day
centers for temporarily homeless families across the United States.
The concept initiated with Family Promise of Greater Phoenix in
2012, and since has expanded across the country with seven
additional facilities, including five opening this year.
“It’s been an honor to serve the families of Greater Phoenix,
along with our great partner PetSmart, over the last two years,”
said Ted Taylor, executive director of Family Promise. “Since the
inception of PetSmart Promise two years ago, the Phoenix location
has served 37 families including 36 dogs and 19 cats. This
translates to pets spending 1,546 nights with us – and not in a car
or on the street - since the program began.”
This partnership expands existing Family Promise day centers
throughout the country to include facilities for families who are
in transition or temporarily homeless to keep their dog or cat at
the shelter with them. The goal of the PetSmart Promise program is
to open new facilities each year until all 182 Family Promise
facilities have the opportunity to participate in the program at a
level that is appropriate for them.
“No family should ever have to make the heartbreaking decision
of giving up their pet during an already difficult time,” said
David Lenhardt, president and chief executive officer of PetSmart.
“We know the positive impact pets have on our everyday lives so
partnering with Family Promise was a natural fit for us. The
introduction of the PetSmart Promise on-site in Phoenix marked the
first homeless shelter in the area willing to accept pets - that’s
something we are incredibly proud to be a part of.”
The PetSmart Promise program offers a variety of options for
Family Promise facilities, based on individual needs and
limitations. These options include on-site pet housing facility for
cats and dogs; complimentary use of boarding space in existing
PetSmart stores via the PetsHotel program for families using nearby
Family Promise centers; installation of aquariums in Family Promise
day centers across the nation; and the creation of a foster network
of Family Promise employees and volunteers to house pets when a
Family Promise pet housing facility or PetSmart PetsHotel is not
available.
About Family Promise
Family Promise is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to
helping homeless and low-income families achieve sustainable
independence. The organization is based in Summit, New Jersey,
where they were founded in 1988 on the belief that Americans are
compassionate people who want to make a difference. Today Family
Promise comprises 182 Affiliates in 41 states, with more in
development. Family Promise programs involve more than 160,000
volunteers and they provide assistance to more than 50,000 family
members annually. Family Promise celebrated their 25th Anniversary
as a national organization in 2013. Since their founding, they have
served about 500,000 people, including tens of thousands of
homeless families who found temporary homes at Affiliates
nationwide. For more information on Family Promise of Greater
Phoenix, please visit http://www.familypromiseaz.org.
About PetSmart
PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) is the largest specialty pet
retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets.
The company employs approximately 53,000 associates and operates
approximately 1,352 pet stores in the United States, Canada and
Puerto Rico, 200 in-store PetSmart® PetsHotel® dog and cat boarding
facilities and is a leading online provider of pet supplies and pet
care information (http://www.petsmart.com). PetSmart provides a
broad range of competitively priced pet food and pet products; and
offers dog training, pet grooming, pet boarding, PetSmart Doggie
Day Camp SM day care services and pet adoption services. Through
its in-store pet adoption partnership with PetSmart Charities® and
PetSmart Charities® of Canada, PetSmart has helped save the lives
of more than 5.7 million pets since 1994. PetSmart Charities, Inc.
and PetSmart Charities of Canada (collectively “PetSmart
Charities”) are independent, nonprofit organizations that save the
lives of homeless pets and reduce shelter intake through spay and
neuter efforts. In 2013, nearly 440,000 dogs and cats found homes
through PetSmart Charities’ adoption centers in all PetSmart stores
and by sponsoring community adoption events. PetSmart Charities is
the leader in granting money to help pets in need, with more than
$34 million given in 2013 throughout North America.
Family PromiseChris Kaul, (908) 273-1100
x.43CKaul@familypromise.orgorWidmeyer CommunicationsChristina
Saull, 202-518-6480Christina.Saull@widmeyer.comorPetSmart, Inc.Erin
Gray, 623-516-3908EGray@ssg.petsmart.com
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