This Holiday Season, We’re Awarding Even More Love!This year, Petco Love is celebrating winning Love Stories by awarding $1 million in lifesaving funds with more than 100 opportunities for your organization to be recognized. 
Winning prizes for animal welfare organizations include:

• Grand Prize: $100,000 grant award 
• 2nd Prize Winners: $50,000 grant award
• 3rd Prize Winners: $25,000 grant award 
• 4th Prize Winners: $10,000 grant award 
• 5th Prize Winners: $5,000 grant award
• Honorable Mentions: $1,000 grant award

Plus, all winning adopters will receive a Petco shopping spree and a BOBS from Skechers prize pack!BONUS GRANT OPPORTUNITY: Petco Love is awarding additional grant awards,ranging from $5,000 to $25,000, to the top five animal welfare organizations with the greatest number of story submissions by Sept. 20.Use Your Love Stories Toolkit & Rally Your Adopters!Don’t forget to use the resources in your digital toolkit to encourage your adopters to submit a story!
You can:

• Highlight past winners with customizable social media graphics
• Encourage new adopters to share their stories with ready-made posts and email content
• Reach out to more adopters through the media using your template press release

DOWNLOAD TOOLKITThis Month’s Surprise Love Stories Award Winner is…

Congratulations to Home for Good Dog Rescue for being our August surprise grant award winner!
Petco Love selects surprise grant winners based on early submissions, and there’s only ONE left for September!
Encourage your adopters to make a submission today for a chance at an extra $1,000 grant award!Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat are the eligibility requirements for submissions?​Adopters must be 18+ (submissions received from adopters below the age of 18 will require a parent or legal guardian’s signature), the pet in the story must be currently living, and the pet must have been adopted from a U.S.-based animal welfare organization.​​How will we know if an adopter has submitted a story on our behalf? ​The submitting adopter will enter an email for your organization to receive an email notification and/or, you can see a notification in your Partner Portal.​
What if my adopter provides the wrong email for our organization?Adopters are asked to submit an email address for the organization to verify the adoption. This triggers an email notification to indicate that there is an adoption pending verification. If the adopter uses an email that is not in the Partner Portal, please know that the verification will still be there. The adoption verification is tied to your organization’s Tax Identification Number.
We work in partnership with another organization to facilitate adoptions — which organization would receive the grant award if one of our stories is selected as a winner?We’re so grateful to hear you have a positive relationship with other animal welfare organizations in your community! We know that when we work together to save lives, animals win! For the Love Stories grant cycle, the organization that completed and can verify the adoption is the organization that will receive the grant funding. So ultimately, if your organization completed the adoption, we would recognize your organization as the Love Stories honoree.Have More Questions?Check out the rest of our Love Stories FAQs and our webinar recording for additional details and tips from the Petco Love team!READ MORE FAQs ABOUT LOVE STORIESWATCH WEBINAR RECORDINGPlease note: To view the recording you’ll need to log in to the Partner Portal. Click here for login instructions. For login questions, please email partners@petcolove.org.Check Out Past Love Stories Winners

$10,000 Winner in 2020Coco’s Cupboard, Inc.
An adopted service dog named Harry helped Navy Veteran, Billy, gain confidence for a fresh start. With his best friend by his side, Billy was able to start on a new path to a happy, healthy life.
Read Story

$50,000 Winner in 2020​Front Street Animal Shelter
Radio Personality Megan became a voice for special needs animals after adopting her three-legged cat, Chuck. Then, when Megan’s career took an unexpected turn, Chuck’s love pushed her to start her “What the Chuck” podcast and get back on her feet.
Read StoryREAD MORE WINNING STORIESThank you for partnering with Petco Love to create a lifesaving nation!Learn more at petcolove.org.

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