{"id":229331,"date":"2026-03-21T00:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/229331\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T00:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:14:07","slug":"petsmart-charities-20000-grant-to-fund-kern-adoption-events-boost-shelter-pet-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/229331\/","title":{"rendered":"PetSmart Charities $20,000 grant to fund Kern adoption events, boost shelter pet health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A $20,000 grant from <a href=\"https:\/\/petsmartcharities.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PetSmart Charities<\/a> will help Kern County Animal Services provide more medical and behavioral support to help pets become healthy, adoption-ready, and into homes, with National Adoption Week events scheduled later this month at two Bakersfield PetSmart locations.<\/p>\n<p>The grant will support adoption events on Thursday, March 26, at the PetSmart on Calloway Drive and Saturday, March 28, through Sunday, March 29, at the PetSmart on Oswell Street. <a href=\"https:\/\/petsmartcharities.org\/adopt-a-pet\/adoption-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Adoption Week<\/a> is March 23\u201329, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>PetSmart Charities said shelters across the country face ongoing strain as millions of pets enter U.S. shelters each year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of this funding, more pets will receive the essential care and preparation they need to find loving homes faster,\u201d stated Nicholas Cullen, director of Kern County Animal Services. \u201cThis grant is vital for our region because it allows us to expand adoption-readiness services\u2014everything from medical exams and vaccinations to behavioral support\u2014so pets can transition smoothly into their new families. Thanks to previous adoption prep funding, we\u2019ve already seen a measurable increase in placement rates and a significant reduction in shelter stays. This new support will help us deepen that impact and continue transforming outcomes for animals in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur animal welfare partners in local communities are determined to keep pace with the need, and deserve support,\u201d stated Aimee Gilbreath, president of PetSmart Charities. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to work alongside Kern County Animal Services and appreciate the critical steps they take to advocate for the animals that come through their doors in need of love, safety, care and nutrition. Please consider supporting their lifesaving work through volunteering, fostering, and adopting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adoptable pets will be available from noon to 3 p.m. on March 26 at the PetSmart Calloway Drive location.<\/p>\n<p>Additional events are scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. on March 28 and from noon to 3 p.m. on March 29 at the PetSmart Oswell Street location.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerncountyanimalservices.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> kerncountyanimalservices.org<\/a> or follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PetSmartCharities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PetSmart Charities on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A $20,000 grant from PetSmart Charities will help Kern County Animal Services provide more medical&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-229331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}