HOLIDAY KIBBLE DROP 2012

Halo and Freekibble.com Deliver 500,000 Healthy Holiday Dinners to Shelter Pets Nationwide, Including Disaster Areas

What a way to celebrate the holidays and begin a new year! In December, Freekibble.com and Halo, Purely for Pets delivered 500,000 meals to 69 shelters and rescues across the United States, many still reeling from Hurricane Sandy.

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The donations were part of the second annual Holiday Kibble Drop by Freekibble.com, founded by 16-year-old Mimi Ausland, and Halo, Purely for Pets, the all-natural pet food company co-owned by Ellen DeGeneres.

Semi trucks full of food made their way across the nation, stopping in 14 cities and bringing healthy, nutritious meals to shelter pets.

At many of the stops, Halo retail partners like Pet Supplies Plus, PETCO, Phydeaux, Doggie Style and Bone Marche generously provided a place where area shelters and rescues met the truck to pick up their food donation.

Delivering these meals during the holidays was an effort to help homeless pets get their biggest holiday wish of all – to find their forever home. A recent survey of 85 shelter professionals revealed that 71% of these professionals believe that feeding the pets in their care a high quality food like Halo “definitely helps” dogs and cats get adopted.

Here’s to helping more pets in need find their forever homes in 2013!

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Raleigh, NC
Kibble Drop Site: Phydeaux
Wednesday, 12/05 - 10ma - 2pm

SPCA of Wake County (Raleigh) 2,000 lbs dog
Outer Banks SPCA (Manteo) 2,000 lbs dog
Happy Hills Animal Foundation (Staley) 1,400 lbs dog
Pawfect Match (Holly Springs) 1,200 lbs dog
Second Chance Pet Adoption (Raleigh) 1,200 lbs dog
Fayetteville Animal Protection Agency 1,000 lbs dog
Orange Cty Animal Services (Chapel Hill) 1,200 lbs dog / 300 lbs cat
Guilford County Animal Shelter (Greensboro) 1,500 lbs cat
Goathouse Refuge (Pittsboro) 1,500 lbs cat

St. Clair Shores, MI (Detroit)
Kibble Drop Site: Pet Supplies Plus
Wednesday, 12/05 - 12 Noon - 4pm

Michigan Humane Society (Detroit) 2,000 lbs dog / 1,000 lbs cat
Michigan Animal Adoption Network (Roseville) 1,500 lbs dog / 500 lbs cat
Animal Rescue Fund (Centreville) 1,500 lbs dog / 500 lbs cat
Homeward Bound Rescue League (Canton) 1,400 lbs dog / 300 lbs cat
Last Chance Rescue (Howell) 1,400 lbs dog / 300 lbs cat
Hopeful Heart Rescue (Roseville) 1,000 lbs dog / 300 lbs cat
Guardians for Animals (Troy) 1,200 lbs dog / 400 lbs cat

St. Louis Park, MN (Minneapolis)
Kibble Drop Site: Bone Marche
Friday, 12/7 - 8am - 2pm

Animal Ark Shelter (Hastings) 2,500 lbs dog / 500 lbs cat
Midwest Animal Rescue (Minneapolis) 2,500 lbs dog
Homeward Bound (Twin Cities) 1,500 lbs dog / 300 lbs cat
Morrison County H.S. (Little Falls) 1,000 lbs dog / 500 lbs cat
A Rotta Love (Golden Valley) 1,500 lbs dog
The Pet Project (Minneapolis) 800 lbs dog / 1,200 lbs cat
Steele County H.S. (Owatonna) 200 lbs dog / 800 lbs cat

Chattanooga, TN
Kibble Drop Site: McCartney Animal Center

McCartney Animal Center

Nashville, TN
Kibble Drop Site: Nashville Humane

Nashville Humane

Portland, TN
Kibble Drop Site: A Place to Bark

A Place to Bark

Bend, OR
Kibble Drop Site: Humane Society of Central Oregon

Humane Society of Central Oregon

Philadelphia, PA
Kibble Drop Site: DoggieStyle (organized by DoggieStyle & Operation Ava)
Thursday, 12/06

Naperville, IL (Chicago)
Kibble Drop Site: Pet Supplies Plus
Wednesday, 12/05 - 11am - 3pm

Animal Welfare League (Chicago) 2,000 lbs dog / 1,000 lbs cat
Chicago Animal Care & Control 2,000 lbs dog / 500 lbs cat
Naperville Humane Society 1,500 lbs dog / 500 lbs cat
Spay Illinois (Momence) 1,000 lbs dog / 400 lbs cat
Animal Education and Rescue (Libertyville) 1,000 lbs dog / 300 lbs cat
Tails Humane Society (DeKalb) 1,000 lbs dog / 300 lbs cat
Adopt Pet Shelter (Naperville) 1,000 lbs dog
Red Door Animal Shelter (Chicago) 500 lbs dog / 300 lbs cat

Oceanside, NY (Long Island)
Kibble Drop Site: Pet Supplies Plus
Friday, 12/7 - 12 Noon - 4pm

Bobbi and the Strays 1,500 lbs dog
Almost Home 1,000 lbs dog / 500 lbs cat
Rescue Ink 1,250 lbs dog / 1,000 lbs cat (1 pallet of each dog and cat)
Bideawee Waiting final confirmation
*Shelter / Rescue Partnership 4,000 - 7,000 lbs dog - depending on Bideawee / 300 lbs cat

* Shelter/Rescue Partnership will be distributing the food to 6-10 rescues and shelters they work with in the area.