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National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in The Mitzvah Fund to Help
Increase Access to Veterinary Care for Pets in Vermont
Montpelier, Vermont – The Mitzvah Fund has received a $5,000 grant from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for pets in Central Vermont.
Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested nearly $410 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And Petco Love helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations — like ours — across North America, with nearly 7 million pets adopted and counting.
The investment in The Mitzvah Fund is part of $1.5M in grants recently announced by Petco Love for more than 170 spay/neuter clinics and other low-cost veterinary care providers to help increase access to veterinary care for pets in their communities. The lifesaving investments are also being granted to reduce economic euthanasia, and the surrender of pets to shelters when families are not able to afford needed veterinary treatment.
“Petco Love knows pets are family and we strive to take care of them the best we can, though the reality is not everyone has equal access to veterinary care as many pet parents face difficult financial times,” said Susanne Kogut, President of Petco Love. “That’s why we are proud to support our partner animal welfare organizations in providing helpful services in their communities, so we can keep pets and their families together.”
“The Mitzvah Fund is proud to put Petco Love’s investment to work for some of Vermont’s most vulnerable families and their pets,” said Deb Glottmann, President of the Mitzvah Fund. “These resources strengthen our ability to host more local clinics, expand access to life-saving veterinary care, and keep pets with the people who love them.”
As part of Petco Love’s mission to make pet families healthier and increase access to veterinary care, through its Vaccinated and Loved campaign, Petco Love reached its goal of distributing three million free pet vaccines for family pets in November 2024! The campaign was launched in August 2021, encouraging Petco Love animal welfare partners to host free vaccine clinics.
The Mitzvah Fund provides veterinary care to the animal companions of low-income seniors, low-income Vermont veterans, our unhoused neighbors, and low-income disabled first responders who may struggle to afford essential services for their pets.
For more information about The Mitzvah Fund, visit themitzvahfundvt.org. Learn more about Petco Love here: petcolove.org.
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About The Mitzvah Fund
Since 2012, the Mitzvah Fund has ensured that pets of Central Vermont’s most vulnerable residents receive the care they deserve. Through our state-of-the-art mobile veterinary hospital and partnerships with social service organizations, we provide free, high-quality veterinary care to the animal companions of low-income seniors, veterans, unhoused neighbors, and disabled first responders, preserving the human–animal bond with dignity and compassion. For more information about The Mitzvah Fund, visit themitzvahfundvt.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, we’ve empowered animal welfare organizations by investing nearly $410 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for nearly 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. Is love calling you? Join us. Visit PetcoLove.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.