Written by swedishbee
Saturday, September 20 | 10am – 2pm
Petco
8070 Concord Mills Blvd.
Concord, NC 28027
704.979.1952
Bring your leashed pets to participate in the pet costume contest and parade from 12pm – 1pm.
Gourmet cat & dog treats | Contests | Give-aways | Prizes
We will be accepting all types of food and pet supplies including kitty litter, de-wormer, leashes, collars, brushes and anything else that you can think of that a pet might need.
Written by swedishbee
Petey’s Promise’s first fundraiser “Lunch has Gone to the Dogs” is presented by Angie’s List. This premier magazine will help you find thousands of unbiased reports and reviews about service companies in your area. Their members share their experiences with each other so that you can choose the service company that’s right for your job the first time around. Angie’s List will be donating a year’s subscription, valued at $74.00 to one lucky person.
To be eligible, all you have to do is become a part of Lunch has Gone to the Dogs by brown bragging your lunch on Wednesday, August 20th and donating your lunch money saved to Petey’s Promise. One random winner will be chosen on Friday, August 22nd. The winner will be contacted on or about Monday, August 25th.
Many of you have been asking how you can help Petey’s Promise. We still need many items on our wishlist, we will soon need volunteers and we can always use a monetary contribution. Physical items, as well as checks and money orders, can be sent to us at:
Petey’s Promise
PO Box 91
Harrisburg, NC 28075
or you can click here to donate via PayPal.
UPDATE: There is an item that we forgot to put on our wishlist – stamps. We need both 42¢ and 27¢ postcard stamps. Don’t have time to run out to the post office to purchase and mail them yourself? Just visit our secure PayPal page and donate the money instead!
For more information, please visit us at www.peteyspromise.org.
Madison is an 11-year-old American Short Haired cat that was rescued by Sara at just a few days old.
We know not everyone can donate a lot but we will accept your time or services as well as any penny you can spare.
Thank you!
Sara & Madison
If you are in need of assistance, please download our application and apply for temporary relief today.
Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege. -John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Written by swedishbee
The recently founded pet food bank Petey’s Promise announced today the official launching of its first fundraiser, Lunch has Gone to the Dogs. On August 20th, everyone in the Charlotte/Concord area is urged to bring brown bag lunches to work, and donate the money they saved to Petey’s Promise to help provide provisions for pets and their families in need.
“When people find it in their heart to donate $5 or $10 of their lunch money on August 20th, just one person’s donation will be enough to feed a 5 to 9 pound cat for two weeks, or one 50 pound dog for 16 days,” said Liz Mellott, president and founder of Petey’s Promise. “Hopefully, some offices will pool their money and buy larger items to donate like bulk bags of dog food or kitty litter,” agrees Sara Barkman, who serves on the board.
Petey’s Promise – Provisions for Pets in Need, was founded by animal lover Mellott when she learned of individuals struggling to make ends meet and having to give up their beloved pets.
Involved in several other charities, and having two rescued pets of her own, this problem touched her heart. Mellott immediately started researching how she could help pet food pantries in N.C.
When she realized the lack of pet food assistance in the Concord/Charlotte area she decided to take matters into her own hands and start her own pet food bank. With the help of good friends and family Petey’s Promise was born. The pet food pantry is named in honor of Mellott’s rescued lab-spaniel mix Petey. Realizing that no one is able to rescue all the abandoned animals, she decided to start by helping feed them one pet at a time.
A recent article in the Independent Tribunes’ Harrisburg Horizons began to spread the message about Petey’s Promise and has already helped bring in numerous food and supply donations. To read the article online log onto click here.
For more information on Lunch has Gone to the Dogs or how to donate your lunch money, please log ontowww.peteyspromise.org or contact Liz Mellott atPeteysPromise@gmail.com or (704) 654-9231.
Here We Grow!
Well, it has finally happened! We are up and running! Actually, we are more like toddlers who weeble wobble and are still very unsure on our feet, but we are getting there.
For those of you who do not know what it takes to start a non-profit organization from scratch, let me tell you. It takes friends, family, people who believe in you and your cause, and a lot of aspirin. I am very fortunate to have all of those. On that note, I wanted to mention a few of our behind-the-scenes board members.
First, due to the fundraising efforts of our senior board member, Corinne Economaki, or as I like to call her “fairy godmother to all animals”, we actually already have received several financial contributions. She was even able to secure a storage facility for us as well. This was a big relief to me because my garage is jam packed without adding hundreds of bags of animal food.
Also, a big thanks goes out to another one of my partners in crime, Sara Barkman. Without Sara you would not be able to read this blog, view our Web site, or see anything that would require a computer. I can get all fired up and fund raise, pitch media, lift 50 pound bags of dog food and kitty litter, but I can barely work email without Sara.
Although we are already receiving many pledges for pet food and supplies, our first actual bag of cat food came in from our friend Cindy Blackwelder. We were so excited, and it was truly a moment for us all. You know how businesses frame their first dollar? Well, I was thinking about how I could possibly frame the bag but the girls talked me out of it.
In case you missed the press release, our first big fundraising effort, “Lunch has Gone to the Dogs” is kicking off on August 20th. We are encouraging everyone in the Charlotte/Concord work force to brown bag their lunch that day and donate the money saved to Petey’s Promise. Just imagine how many animals we could feed with lunch money from just a few hundred people.
Well, that’s it for now but keep checking back for more updates. Oh, I almost forgot, Petey said to tell you all hello and thank you for helping his friends!
Best Wishes,
Liz and Petey
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