Operation Pets Alive!

Join Us Saturday, October 26, for a HOWL-O-WEEN Festival!
Hosted by the East Shore Community of The Woodlands to benefit our homeless pets!

It’s going to be a howlin’ good time Saturday, October 26, at Ellipse Park in The Woodlands, as our third-party supporters ~ The East Shore Community of The Woodlands comes together to host a HOWL-O-WEEN Festival ~ all to support OPA's life-saving work with homeless pets of Montgomery County TX!

Ellipse Park will be transformed into a PAWS-itively awesome, free-admission, HOWL-O-WEEN Fall Festival, open to all residents of East Shore and nearby communities.

Dozens of gouls and furry monsters (yes, our lovable adoptable pets) will be in attendance to scare you out of your senses with mega-sweetness and puppy kisses!

There will be live music and entertainment, a car show, pet vendors galore, food trucks, bake sale, family games, fun activities for kiddos, dog agility demos, pet costume parade/contest, silent auction, a mega-raffle, and so much more for families and pets to enjoy!

Mark your calendars and plan to join the East Shore Community for Howl-O-Ween!

Ellipse Park is located at:
2662 North Bay Place
The Woodlands, TX

Complete Event information:
https://operationpetsalive.salsalabs.org/eastshorehowloweenfest2019/
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This Event is being hosted and organized by longtime OPA supporter and animal advocate, Marci Glennon, and the residents of the East Shore Community.

If you are an individual or business in The Woodlands, Spring or Conroe community, and would like to get involved by participating in the event as a sponsor, pet-related vendor, a raffle or silent auction item donor, please visit the Event Website at:
https://operationpetsalive.salsalabs.org/eastshorehowloweenfest2019/

OR email the Event Chair, Marci Glennon, at:
marciglennon@hotmail.com

3rd Annual Bark in the Park Kicks Off November!

Mighty mutts and pure-bred pups can strut their stuff at the FREE Bark in the Park Dog Walk hosted by Grand Central Park by Johnson Development, on Saturday, Nov. 2.

The Bark in the Park event will have a 1.5 mile route to walk with your pups OR come along and cheer people on! Registration will begin at 10 am, with the walk kicking off at 11 am! All walk participants who register in advance, will also receive a free Bark in the Park T-Shirt upon completing the walk! Plus, look for tons of other give-a-ways from Grand Central Park!

Then, stick around for Pet Adoptions from Operation Pets Alive and the Montgomery Animal Shelter, Houston Disc Dogs Show, Doggie Lure Course, Food Trucks, Kid’s Activities, Pet Peddlers, a Doggy Costume Contest, and more!

All donations will benefit Operation Pets Alive! And, Westin Homes and Perry Homes will be sponsoring FREE pet adoptions, for the first 15 dogs or cats adopted, with approved application!

Find complete details, and register your pup to walk, at: www.gcpbarkinthepark.com
Be sure to click the DONATE button after you register at: www.gcpbarkinthepark.com and find out how YOU can ‘Walk for a Cause’ and make every step count for the homeless pets of OPA by creating a fundraiser and sharing it across your social media channels. OR, sign up as a virtual walker and garner support. Even sign up your business or group to participate as a Team! Check out our prizes for top fundraisers!

Direct link to create a fundraising page at: http://bit.ly/MakeEveryStepCount

Thanks to Bark in the Park's additional sponsors, Drees Homes, Coventry Homes and David Weekley Homes.
We hope you will join us for this family and fur-friendly FUN event!

Petco Foundation Invests In Lifesaving Work of Operation Pets Alive!
Grant of $90,000 over two years will extend efforts to save more animal lives in Montgomery County.

The Woodlands, 8/6/2018 – Operation Pets Alive is both thrilled and grateful to announce it has been awarded a $90,000 grant over the next two years, from the Petco Foundation, to support our life-saving programs. This grant will extend our efforts to minimize local shelter intakes through our spay/neuter program, and maximize live release rates through our adoption and transport programs.

We are an all-volunteer nonprofit organization dedicated to working with people and government to provide life-saving, no-kill programs to Montgomery County through innovations that:

            •           Raise community awareness;
            •           Reduce the number of dogs and cats that enter our shelters;
            •           Increase the number of dogs and cats that leave our shelters alive

Since our inception in 2011, Operation Pets Alive has helped over 15,300 homeless dogs and cats from Montgomery County find a safe place to land. From humble beginnings of only 107 dogs and cats adopted our first year, OPA adopted 1,401 dogs and cats last year. Our transport program moved 222 animals to our partners in 2011 and 950 last year alone. So far this year, we have altered, vaccinated and released over 540 community cats, and provided a low-cost spay and neuter for over 175 pets of Montgomery County residents. In our capacity as a partner to both local shelters, we have assisted with over 64 medical cases from the Conroe Animal Adoption Center and 243 medical cases from the Montgomery County Animal Shelter. Many of these cases involved surgeries in the range of $1500 each to mend substantial injuries that otherwise might have been cause for euthanasia.

The Petco Foundation investment will help our County continue to move forward to increase our live release rates at both shelters. A compassionate, forward thinking community does not limit their focus to education and health of their human citizens. We also care about our four-legged family members.

Marcia Piotter, our President shares, “As an all-volunteer organization that is funded solely by donations, we are so thankful for the support of the Petco Foundation. We look forward to putting this grant to work in furthering our life-saving goals in the most cost-effective way possible. Each day, lives truly hang in the balance and this will allow us to tip the scale in a positive direction.”

You can read more about the Petco Foundation, here: www.petcofoundation.org