

25, PetSmart will donate 10 percent of the initial value placed on a special Chance and Lucky branded PetSmart gift card to PetSmart Charities. Chance and Lucky Gift Cards: According to the National Retail Federation, gift cards are still one of the most sought-after gifts this holiday season, with 61 percent of shoppers reporting that the item is high on their gift shopping list.XL-Plush Toys: Extra-large and extra cuddly plush toys come in four different characters: a brown dog, grey dog, holiday moose and penguin.One of the designs, featuring the slogan, “I just want to drink wine and pet my dog,” is already a top-selling holiday item. Holiday Throws/Blankets: A selection of super-soft 50 x 60 inch blankets available in 12 different colors and designs to ensure your loved ones and their four-legged friends stay warm and cozy this winter.Holiday shoppers can purchase toys to take home or choose to donate them to a toy drive at their local PetSmart store for children in need. Chance, Lucky and Stanley Plush Toys: A trio of kid- and pet-friendly plush toys that squeak when squeezed.“Through our Holiday Philanthropic Collection, our stores, associates and customers are able to help make the holidays a little more merry for the pets we support through our work with PetSmart Charities of Canada, and for children in need in the local communities where our 120 PetSmart stores operate.”ĭetails on PetSmart’s Holiday Philanthropic Collection: “Giving back is a holiday tradition at PetSmart and it is essential to the passion and purpose of our company,” said John DeFranco, president of PetSmart Canada. The donated toys support toy drives organized by local children’s hospitals and police and fire departments to deliver a holiday gift to a child in need. Through these toy drives, PetSmart shoppers are invited to purchase a plush toy and donate it at an in-store collection bin. For the third year in a row, PetSmart stores will conduct toy drives with Chance, Lucky and Stanley for children in need by teaming up with community partners. These commemorative toys first launched during the 2012-13 holiday season and are updated and refreshed every year. Last year, sales from the philanthropic line raised almost $100,000 and this year with the addition of new products to the line, PetSmart hopes to raise event more for the charity.Īt the core of the Holiday Philanthropic Collection is PetSmart’s collectible line of adorable plush toys: Chance, Lucky and Stanley. 25, PetSmart will donate 10 percent of the sales from its Holiday Philanthropic Collection to PetSmart Charities™ of Canada, one of the nation’s largest funders of animal welfare. Best of all, these gifts have the power to do a lot of good. 24, 2016 – For the people on your gift list who seem to have it all, PetSmart presents an exclusive collection of holiday gifts for people and pets alike. 11-13 for PetSmart Charities’ National Adoption Weekend.BURLINGTON, ON – Nov. By adopting one from PetSmart, The Adopt Spot, you’ll be giving the ultimate gift of saving a life! Visit your nearest PetSmart store from Nov. Thousands of healthy, loving, adoptable pets are currently in shelters across the country. Because thousands of pets need a forever home right now.Playing hide and seek with a new kitten around the house or taking a new dog for a walk can help pet parents – and kids – develop healthy habits ahead of New Year’s while bonding with your new pet. You can get a head start on your New Year’s resolutions! The over-abundance of baked goods, lavish family meals and dinner parties during the holidays makes us all worry about our increased calorie intake.Pets enrich our lives.Including a pet in special family events and holiday traditions like enjoying treats, opening stockings, sniffing and shaking gifts under the tree, caroling or going for snowy walks after dinner can bring even more joy to your family, not to mention increase the cuteness factor of holiday photos. You can involve your new four-legged family member in all the cherished holiday traditions.By adopting prior to the holidays, your pet will get focused attention and will already be feeling right at home before the busy holiday season begins. It’s important when transitioning a new pet into your home to spend as much time with them as possible. You’ll have more time to transition your new pet.


Now that you’ve knocked off one of the most wanted items on your family’s holiday gift list by adopting a new pet, the rest of your holiday shopping will be a breeze. You’ll be a holiday hero before you’ve even started shopping.
