During December, Support Adoption For Pets held their annual Christmas fundraising appeal with Pets at Home stores where customers were asked to donate 50p to buy a Christmas dinner for a rescue pet in need. The kind-hearted Customers of the Irvine store donated over 10,000 dinners and in doing so raised over £5000, half of which was presented to Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care.
David Bell, the charity’s co-founder says “We are delighted to be working in partnership with Pets at Home in Irvine and are overwhelmed at the dedication of the staff and the generosity of the customers in the local area. Our volunteers were also in-store during December, including Christmas Eve, to raise vital funds and to answer rabbit related questions. Donations like this are a welcome boost at what is traditionally a difficult time of year for fundraising.”
Lynsey Kermack, Pets at Home Assistant Manager says “The team here in Irvine are very proud of the work we do for Support Adoption and the amazing opportunities it provides to help local rehoming partners such as Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care. The charity do fantastic work raising awareness for rabbits and educating the public; but equally, the relationship that has developed between the store team and the charity is amazing. Everyone is keen to help out and get behind the work they do and this really showed during the Santa Paws appeal where we managed to raise over 10,000 dinners to help rescue pets. We look forward to the team at FBRC being back in store again soon and we at Pets at Home Irvine are happy to be supporting such a buntastic charity!”
Rabbits are the UK’s third most popular furry friend, but continues to be the most abandoned, neglected and misunderstood. As a result Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care experience a very high demand for their services, which include rabbit rescue, adoption, bonding and care advice.