Updates from Petey's Promise

Petey’s Promise announced today its first annual “Petey’s Promise Pet Awareness” Commercial Contest sponsored by Wiley X Eyewear®.
The contest is open to all University of North Carolina at Charlotte students, and will consist of one 30-second commercial promoting Petey’s Promise and responsible pet ownership and awareness.
“We are really excited about this opportunity to see [...]

Those who received the food said they were grateful and expressed a desire to either donate what they could on Saturday to Petey’s Promise or promised to help in the future. “I’ve never heard of anybody giving away food for pets,” said Bernetta Wright, of Kannapolis. “As soon as I’m able, I’m going to give back to these people.” …

Petey’s Promise will be holding their 1st Annual Mobile Pet Food Bank for those members of the community in financial distress that need assistance supplying food and supplies for their pets.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Foster’s Grille
8520 Pit Stop Ct.
Concord, NC
Click here for a map to Foster’s Grille.
Those in need of pet supplies can come [...]

Organizers of a drive to provide pet food for owners who can’t afford to feed their dogs and cats have announced four sites where the food can be picked up.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control Services are teaming in this effort, which also includes an effort to get pet food and financial contributions from the public.

In addition, Harrisburg-based Petey’s Promise offers help to pet owners who are facing the same problem.

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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 [...]

National Speed Sport News staffer Liz Mellott saw a need and started a new charity, “Petey’s Promise,” a pet-food pantry that is intent on helping pet owners who are struggling financially care for their pets…

Standing in the lobby of National Speed Sport News on Hudspeth Road, Liz Mellott can’t help but smile as her dog Petey nestles at her side.

Mellott loves Petey, and considers him a part of her family.

In October 2004, when her son’s gymnastics team was returning from a competition, a driver noticed five dogs on the side of Interstate 85. The driver loaded the dogs into the van and continued home, where he asked parents if they would be willing to foster the dogs until permanent homes could be found.

“I got down on my knees and he came and laid right across my lap,” Mellott recalled. “Of course I took him home. He’s actually a foster dog that I’ve never given back.”

Mellott, who admits to involving herself in a number of different charities, recently started pondering the idea of creating her own nonprofit to help animals.