The team leaders of our Pet Supplies
Plus stores are always looking for ways to be more neighborly. To us that
means being a fun place to visit as well as bringing value and convenience to
our neighbors when they shop. But it can also mean joining with other
community organizations to make an impact on the lives of their neighborhoods'
furry creatures.
Team Leaders Roxanne and Dale in our
two San Antonio, Texas, stores do exactly that. They go out of their way
to bring extra support to the area's animal shelters. And they're so creative about it! They're opening up their stores for fosters, creating holiday giving trees so our neighbors can join us in donating much needed items...and much more! Do those
organizations appreciate it? You bet! Just recently, we've heard from
several volunteers at San Antonio Pets Alive:
I run a group called the Bottle Baby
Crusaders of San Antonio Pets Alive. This group is dedicated to helping the
over 600 orphan puppies that need help each season and the fosters that take
care of them. We create a kit for those that take these orphan puppies that
include Esbilac formula, blankets, bottles, syringes, rice packet for heat
source, Karo syrup and other items that a foster might need. We hold a bake
sale each month to raise the funds to complete these kits and to purchase puppy
food for fosters that are taking care of these puppies and if they have a mom.
I met Roxanne in October of this
year, when we were invited to hold our bake sale during an adoption event at
her store. I was very impressed with her and her staff and the help and warm
welcome that they gave all of us during the event. At that time, I found out
that Roxanne personally maintains a cattery for our foster kittens that helps
to get them adopted!
Roxanne asked how she could help the
Crusaders and her and some of her staff are helping us by making the rice
packets and blankets for our kits. This selfless act means a great deal to us
as we can redirect some of our funds to other needs!
Roxanne then asked me if I would be
interested in doing an angel tree and both stores to help our mission. To date,
we have received a lot of supplies that are helping the fosters who have lost
their jobs recently to keep their animals in their home instead of having to go
back to our onsite facilities. We have also received supplies for our kits as
well. We know that all this would not be possible without the support of
Roxanne and Dale and their supportive staff to promote our cause or the fact
that their customers are as generous as they are.
Roxanne and Dale are wonderful and
compassionate people who have shown a commitment to helping the animals in the
San Antonio community and the fosters of San Antonio Pets Alive. Their stores
are a wonderful place with warm , friendly and helpful staff, that I do not
find in other national chains. Although I live out of town, I shop there as
often as I am in town. These people are a credit to your company and its
mission and I hope the corporation recognizes this.
Sincerely, Neighbor Diane
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| Roxanne at a San Antonio Pets Alive event |
I am a foster for San Antonio Pets
Alive. I attend adoption events at store #7006 on a regular basis.
The manager of this store, Roxanne, is amazing! She goes out of her way to make
sure all of our fosters are comfortable, have all they need to set up, and
plenty of space to do so. Plus she advertises to the public for us when we will
be there and is always so happy to see any of us. She has also extended an open
invitation to all of us, for those who may not be able to bring their foster
pets to weekend events, to come and set up whenever we want to at her store!
She helps promote all that can be promoted to help so many animals! She is an
astounding person and a super plus for this company! Her employees are
absolutely wonderful also. I have never been there that they are not helpful, smiling
and respectful! We all love going there for our adoption events and some of us
drop by just to say hi and shop for our own animals! It is definitely a
pleasure to shop in this store and to be treated so wonderfully! We also love
the wide range of products Roxanne has in her store! Rarely do any of us have
to go anywhere else when looking for something. It is truly an amazing
experience. Especially in this day and age, when usually customers are treated
rudely and ignored. NOT HERE! Roxanne and her staff are helpful and also
very knowledgeable on all their products!
Sincerely, Neighbor Jan
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I wanted to share with you the very
positive experience I have working with your stores 7006 and 7009, and their
managers: Roxanne and Dale. I lead the Canine Baby Foster Team for San Antonio
Pets Alive! (SAPA!) I have recently worked closely with the local PSP team to
collect donations for our team. SAPA saves hundreds of orphaned puppies (and a
thousand kittens) each year and the costs associated with raising them are
prohibitive! I am confident that our next season will be substantially improved
working in partnership with the PSP team. They are generous to a fault,
extremely helpful and also creative problem solvers. They truly want to help us
solve our challenges. It's obvious they truly love animals and people. Their
stores are always very clean and well organized and their staff are always
helpful and seem happy. No one ever told me that volunteering with animal
rescue would involve carrying so many heavy things around! I am truly grateful to
your team for being willing to help on every level. Even when that means
helping move a pallet of cat litter! Roxanne and Dale are a credit to your
organization.
Best Regards, Neighbor Lisa
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