National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in the Voorhees Animal Orphanage

The Voorhees Animal Orphanage is set to receive a $20,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love during a special celebration at Cross Keys Place Petco (141 Tuckahoe Rd. #130, Sewell, NJ 08080) on July 23 at 11:00 a.m. in support of their lifesaving work for animals in southern New Jersey.

Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And Petco Love helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations — like ours — across North America, with 6.5 million pets adopted and counting.

“Our investment in the Voorhees Animal Orphanage is part of more than $15M in investments recently announced by Petco Love to power local organizations across the country as part of our commitment to creating a future in which no pet is unnecessarily euthanized,” said Susanne Kogut, president of Petco Love. “Our local investments are only part of our strategy to empower animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us. We recently celebrated the one-year launch anniversary of Petco Love Lost, a national lost and found database that uses pet facial recognition technology to simplify the search for lost pets.”

“As an open-intake animal shelter, we rely very heavily upon the generosity of our supporters for our daily existence,” said David Gordon, President of VAO’s Board of Directors. “Petco Love’s investment in our shelter will help to ensure that we can continue on with our lifesaving mission!”

Voorhees Animal Orphanage is a nonprofit community animal shelter and adoption center dedicated to providing compassionate care to homeless cats and dogs until a permanent and loving home can be secured. Since its inception in 1988, the VAO has saved the lives of over 36,000 homeless cats and dogs – including over 2,200 in 2021.

For more information about the Voorhees Animal Orphanage, visit vaonj.org. Learn more about Petco Love at petcolove.org.

About the Voorhees Animal Orphanage

Founded in 1988, the Voorhees Animal Orphanage (VAO) is a no-kill nonprofit community animal shelter and 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to providing shelter, food and medical care to stray and unwanted animals, until permanent and loving homes can be found. VAO does not receive any local, state or federal funding. We rely on grants and generous contributions of individuals and corporations. Currently, VAO serves 29 towns in southern New Jersey, 19 of which are in Camden County. VAO works with rescue partners across the country to rescue animals from overcrowded and high-kill shelters. To learn more about VAO visit vaonj.org.

About Petco Love

Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since our founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, we’ve empowered animal welfare organizations by investing $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.5 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide. Our love for pets drives us to lead with innovation, creating tools animal lovers need to reunite lost pets, and lead with passion, inspiring and mobilizing communities and our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change alongside us. Join us. Visit petcolove.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.