In an effort to bring people and pets together throughout the summer, Urban Chestnut and Purina will host a series Dog Day Friday events offering pooch-friendly fun on the east lawn of the Urban Chestnut Grove Brewery & Bierhall at 4465 Manchester Ave. in St. Louis. From 4:30 p.m. to dusk on select Fridays, the public is invited to these gatherings featuring cold beer, hot food, games, live music and pet-adoption activities. Twenty percent of beer and food sales from Dog Day Fridays will benefit featured animal organizations.
“As someone who has two rescue dogs and co-owns pet-friendly breweries, I consider this partnership to be a no-brainer,” said David Wolfe co-owner and co-founder of Urban Chestnut Brewing Company. “Working with Purina to find homes for more shelter pets is a win for the pets, their owners and our community – and we are proud to do our part.”
The summer program is an extension of Purina’s annual #ConsiderAShelterPet campaign, which urges residents of the St. Louis area to get to know shelter pets as they really are – happy, healthy, lifelong companions looking for loving homes. This is the second consecutive year that Purina and Urban Chestnut have teamed up for a philanthropic effort. When the two companies first worked together in 2017, they helped provide nearly $50,000 in adoption-fee subsidies to area shelters and rescues.
In addition, the two pet-loving companies are teaming up to promote summer pet adoptions through the sale of Urban Underdog American Lager. For every specially marked summer eight-pack of Urban Underdog sold to area retailers through the end of July, Purina will donate $5 to the Petfinder Foundation. The donations will help offset pet-adoption fees between June 1 and August 31, 2018 at participating area shelters and rescues.
The specially marked summer eight-packs of Urban Underdog feature the Urban Underdog character, along with sidekick pet hero, Undercat. The eight-packs are sold at grocery stores and beer retailers in St. Louis city, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and the Metro East area.
“Our partnership with Urban Chestnut is based on our mutual passion for pets and our shared desire to bring people and pets together,” said Libby Davidson from the Purina Pet Welfare Team. “By working together through Purina’s #ConsiderAShelterPet Summer program, we can give pet lovers and beer lovers alike a simple way to help local adoptable pets find forever homes.”
For more information about Purina’s #ConsiderAShelterPet Summer campaign, Urban Chestnut Dog Day Friday events, a list of participating shelters or help finding adoptable pets in your area, visit www.considerashelterpet.com.
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