Help Homeless Pets Stay Warm This Winter

The Petfinder Foundation is now offering Winter Warming Grants to help pets in need survive severe cold and snow. Help shelters keep their pets safe from extreme weather. [View this email in your browser]( Dear friend, During last month's polar vortex, temperatures in some parts of the country hit minus-30 degrees. In such extreme temperatures, shelters pets are incredibly vulnerable. That's why the Petfinder Foundation is introducing Winter Warming Grants (and, later, Summer Cooling Grants) as part of our longstanding Disaster Preparedness and Relief Program. Our grant kept Cody warm all winter. Our Disaster Grant helped the dogs at Oklahoma's Perkins Animal Control. "Our shelter is partially open-air," said Animal Welfare Supervisor Colleen Crummy. "In the worst of winter, our aging heating system could not even keep the shelter above freezing, and the dogs’ water would be frozen." With our grant, the shelter purchased infrared heaters and had outlets installed to power them. This was a blessing to dogs like Cody (pictured above), who was found roaming a field, skinny, cold, and scratched-up. "Despite his rough appearance, he was one of the sweetest dogs we have ever had," Crummy says. "He enjoyed the warmth of the shelter, which was provided by our new heaters. Cody now lives nearby and is enjoying a very spoiled life." Diddy was abandoned during a polar vortex Another dog who benefited from a Petfinder Foundation grant was Diddy (pictured above). The 11-month-old boxer mix was abandoned in Illinois during a polar vortex and left in the cold to fend for himself until a good Samaritan took him to Hope Animal Rescues. Unfortunately, the shelter's pipes were damaged by the extreme cold, and it lost heat and running water. Our grant paid for repairs and insulation so the pipes will never freeze again, and the shelter was again livable for pets like Diddy, who's since been adopted. [Donate Now]( We don't expect to see the end of extreme heat and cold any time soon, so these severe-weather grants are now a permanent part of our Disaster program. [Your donation to our Disaster Fund will help us save lives.]( Thank you so much, from all of us at the Petfinder Foundation, Emily Fromm Chief Development Officer The Petfinder Foundation [Follow us on Facebook]( [Petfinderfoundation.com]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2019 The Petfinder Foundation, All rights reserved. You're receiving this email because you opted in at petfinder.com or petfinderfoundation.com, or because you donated to the Petfinder Foundation (thank you!). Our mailing address is: The Petfinder Foundation 4729 East Sunrise Drive #119Tucson, AZ 85718 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list]( [Mailchimp Email Marketing](