Bobs from Skechers continues its lifesaving mission for pets in shelters through a renewed partnership with leading national non-profit Best Friends Animal Society. Together, the organizations share a common goal: to help every dog and cat experience total support and safety in a loving home. Launching this May in honor of National Pet Month and running through the end of the year, Bobs from Skechers will donate $500,000 to Best Friends to support its work to save every healthy and treatable pet in shelters.
“Best Friends Animal Society has a special place in Bobs history. When we launched our philanthropic movement to save shelter dogs and cats in 2015, it was with Best Friends,” said Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers. “To date, Bobs has donated more than $14 million that has helped save and support over 2 million animals across the country and internationally. We’ve hosted adoption events, raised lifesaving funds through register roundups at Skechers stores and launched the Paws for a Cause Design Scholarship to spotlight creative students and rescue animals. We are excited to reunite with Best Friends and work together to save them all.”
The partnership will be celebrated through pet adoption events hosted by Skechers and Best Friends at Skechers stores throughout the month in collaboration with local shelters. Each event will bring adoptable dogs and cats front and center in their communities, helping to give them a chance at a loving home. In addition, Skechers retail stores nationwide will host a month-long register roundup throughout May, inviting customers to support Best Friends and help raise critical funds for dogs and cats in shelters.
“Best Friends is incredibly excited to reunite with Bobs from Skechers, a partnership that we know will have a meaningful impact on pets in shelters,” said Julie Castle, CEO, Best Friends Animal Society. “Our newest data shows that more than two out of three shelters are now no-kill, and hundreds more are within reach of that milestone. With support from partners like Skechers and community members around the country, we can achieve a day when no dog or cat dies in a shelter simply because they don’t have a safe place to call home.”
Skechers will also spotlight the next generation of animal advocates in May through the launch of two new designs from winners of the company’s Paws for a Cause Design Scholarship. This year’s winners, Anelya Sapar from the School of Visual Arts and Elle Dalby from Penn State, created cat- and dog-themed patterns inspired by rescue pets and shared their personal stories with their furry family members. The annual program awards winners with $10,000 college scholarships, individual mentoring sessions and production of their prints on Bobs from Skechers shoes.
