Petco Love and BOBS® from Skechers® Announce 2024-2025 Petco Love Stories Campaign
Portland, Oregon (August 29, 2024) – National nonprofit Petco Love, in partnership with BOBS® from Skechers®, is thrilled to announce the launch of the 2024-2025 Petco Love Stories campaign. Beginning on August 26, 2024, pet adopters across the nation, including in the Portland metro area, are invited to share their inspiring stories of how their adopted pets have transformed their lives for the better.
The Petco Love Stories campaign is a celebration of the unique love adopted pets share with us and the profound ways their love changes our lives. By sharing these heartfelt stories, pet parents can not only highlight the joy and companionship their adopted pets bring but also support their local animal welfare organizations like Cat Adoption Team (CAT). Winning Love Stories will earn significant grants for the shelters and rescues where the pets were adopted, thanks to Petco Love and partner BOBS® from Skechers®. Earlier this year, Petco Love and BOBS® from Skechers® awarded over $500,000 to animal welfare partners across the country in celebration of the 2023-2024 Petco Love Stories winners.
Through this campaign, Petco Love and BOBS® from Skechers® are celebrating the unique ways adopted pets change our lives for the better, inspiring more pet adoptions and empowering animal welfare organizations to save more pet lives. This year’s campaign introduces new submission formats to engage even more pet lovers. Participants can submit their Love Story in written form and/or share a link to a public-facing social media video. This new format allows adopters to creatively express the unique ways their pets have impacted their lives.
“Every pet adoption story highlights the incredible impact of love and companionship,” said Susanne Kogut, President of Petco Love. “Through Petco Love Stories, we aim to honor these exceptional bonds and inspire more individuals to welcome shelter pets into their lives.”
“So many amazing love stories happen at Cat Adoption Team every day,” says Heather Miller, Communications and Development Manager at CAT. “We invite adopters to take part in this special opportunity to share with the world how their adopted kitty has changed their life.”
Petco Love invites you to share how your adopted pet’s unique love has changed your life for the better for a chance to earn up to $100,000 in lifesaving investments for your animal welfare organization, which gives more adopted pets a chance to share their love. Submissions for Petco Love Stories are open to individuals ages 18 and older, or those with parental consent. In 500 words or less, participants can share their Love Story along with photos or videos of their adopted pet. Submissions opened on August 26, 2024, and close at 11:59 p.m. (CST) on September 30, 2024. Your Love Story can be submitted as a written story or a public-facing social media video, or by using both formats. Every adopter is asked to submit their Love Story via the submission form you can find here, whether it’s written or a social media video.
Since 2013, more than 25,000 adopters have shared their stories through the Petco Love Stories campaign, with $8 million in grants awarded to animal welfare organizations across the country. These stories highlight the many ways shelter pets enrich our lives and underscore the importance of pet adoption.
