SPIN AND CLEAR THE SHELTERS
Clear The Shelters, NBCUniversal Local’s nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign, is kicking off its 10th annual adoption initiative on Saturday, August 10th. The adoption campaign will run for one month until September 10th.
The donation initiative, which began August 1, is on an extended run until September 30 in celebration of Clear The Shelters’ 10th anniversary. But starting Saturday, donations can now be made to a participating shelter or rescue of your choice.
Here’s what to know as Clear The Shelters’ adoption initiative gets underway:
What is Clear The Shelters?
Clear The Shelters sees NBC and Telemundo stations nationwide partner with animal shelters and rescues in their local communities to promote pet adoptions and to fundraise.
Last year, over 150 NBC and Telemundo stations teamed up with 1,400-plus shelters and rescues located across 49 states and territories, including Puerto Rico and Guam.
How many Clear The Shelters pets have been adopted?
Clear The Shelters surpassed a landmark of 1 million all-time adoptions last year. The total currently sits at over 1.02 million.
Clear The Shelters helped over 150,000 pets find homes in 2023 while also raising more than $575,000. The campaign has raised millions of dollars for participating animal shelters and rescues.
Clear The Shelters has hundreds of participating shelters and rescues across the nation and to support and make your donation to Stray Pets In Need (SPIN) go to https://donate.clearthesheltersfund.org/page/StrayPetsInNeedofMA
Also, starting Tuesday, August 13 at 1 p.m. ET, Hill’s Pet Nutrition will be matching donations dollar for dollar up to $10,000. That’s right, the first $10,000 donated to organizations participating in Clear The Shelters will be matched dollar for dollar!
For more information go to https://www.cleartheshelters.com/