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This photo shows a retired military working dog who attended a Petco Foundation Helping Heroes fundraising event.

The Petco Foundation is investing $5,000 in MWDTSA’s care package program! This grant will help purchase supplies that can be hard to find in a combat environment. We send items such as thermometers, paw protection, grooming products, and collapsible water bowls to enhance safety and comfort for our four-legged troops. Many of the teams we support serve in remote areas and harsh climates. They regularly tell us they value the supplies we send each quarter.

Since its founding in 2006, MWDTSA has sent over a million dollars of care packages to deployed MWD teams. “These packages are the only piece of mail that some MWD teams will receive during a combat deployment. This grant from the Petco Foundation is an integral part of our quarterly care package program. We are grateful for the steadfast generosity of the Petco Foundation and their supporters,” said Nikki Rohrig, MWDTSA’s President.

The Petco Foundation’s annual Helping Heroes campaign funded the MWDTSA grant. The campaign, which takes place each October in Petco locations nationwide, supports the life-changing work of service, therapy and working animals.

For more information about MWDTSA, visit https://www.mwdtsa.org/. For more on the Petco Foundation, visit petcofoundation.org and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by using the hashtag #HelpingHeroes.

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About Military Working Dog Team Support Association, Inc.

A national, all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit, MWDTSA supports Military Working Dog teams in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. Each team consists of a dog and a handler, and their mission is force protection—explosives detection, tracking, patrolling, specialized search, and drug detection. They put their own lives at risk to save the lives of other soldiers and civilians every day. To learn more about how you can help MWDTSA support both ends of the leash, contact president@mwdtsa.org or visit https://www.mwdtsa.org/.

About the Petco Foundation

At the Petco Foundation, we believe that every animal deserves to live its best life. Since 1999, we’ve invested more than $260 million in lifesaving animal welfare work to make that happen. With our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners, we inspire and empower communities to make a difference by investing in adoption and medical care programs, spay and neuter services, pet cancer research, service and therapy animals, and numerous other lifesaving initiatives. Through our Think Adoption First program, we partner with Petco stores and animal welfare organizations across the country to increase pet adoptions. So far, we’ve helped more than 6 million pets find their new loving families, and we’re just getting started. Visit petcofoundation.org to learn more about how you can get involved.

 

This photo shows RMWD Elmer with a U.S. flag in the background. Elmer will be one of the dogs visiting Petco on October 12 to say thank you for Petco Foundation's generous support.

From October 5 to October 27, 2019, Petco Foundation is raising money to support thousands of therapy, service, and working animals. These intrepid partners improve lives across the nation and around the world—and the honorees include military working dogs. During this Helping Heroes campaign, customers can donate online and in Petco stores across the country. As part of this effort, Petco is hosting MWDTSA at 16 stores on October 12, 2019, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. local time.

You can meet retired military working dogs at the locations marked in blue:
State Store Address
Arizona #2142 MARANA 8050 N. Cortaro Rd., Tuscon, AZ 85743
California #1117 PORT HUENEME W. Channel Islands Blvd, Port Hueneme, CA 93041-2179
Colorado #2451 LOVELAND 261 East 29th Street, Loveland, CO 80538
Florida #1515 W MELBOURNE-FL 205 Palm Bay Road NE Suite 155, West Melbourne, FL 32904-8602
Florida #1577 TARPON SPRINGS 40962 US Hwy 19 North, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689-5446
Florida #1755 W PLM BCH 1951 N Military Trail Unit C, West Palm Beach, FL 33409
Georgia #1879 MILTON-GA 13089 Highway 9 North, Milton, GA 30004
Hawaii #1197 EWA BEACH 91-1065 Keaunui Dr., Ewa, HI 96706
Maryland #2808 CROFTON MD 1412 South Main Chapel Way, Gambrills, MD 21054
Missouri #1634 KANSAS CITY 1210 West 136th St, Kansas City, MO 64145
North Carolina #2737 CNCRD-NC 8070 Concord Mills Blvd, Concord, NC 28027
Oklahoma #2433 LAWTON 223 NW 2nd St, Lawton, OK 73507
Virginia #2810 VA BEACH SO VA 4540 Princess Anne Rd. Suite #128, Virginia Beach, VA 23462-7962
Virginia #5811 WOODBRIDGE 14900 Potomac Town Place, Suite 110, Woodbridge, VA 22191-4095
West Virginia #2880 S CHARLSTN 2714 Mountaineer Blvd, Charleston, WV 25309-9442
Petco Foundation’s Helping Heroes fundraising campaign benefits MWDTSA

Over the past few years, Petco Foundation has generously supplied MWDTSA with $5,000 annual grants to support our quarterly care packages.

These Petco Foundation investments help MWDTSA purchase items like thermometers, grooming wipes, water bowls and undercoat rakes, as well as helping to fund postage to ship these supplies to deployed teams.

Military working dogs protect our troops through explosives detection, tracking, patrolling, specialized search, and drug detection. They put their own lives at risk to save the lives of other soldiers and civilians every day. We have supported over 6,000 deployed MWD teams with care packages since 2006.

Please join us to learn more about MWDTSA and how Petco Foundation has made a difference for our organization.