Maddie’s® Pet Adoption Days

ARF is participating in a gigantic weekend adoption event to place all of our dogs and cats in qualified homes. Free adoptions will be offered throughout the weekend at the following locations and times:

ARF - 2890 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek

Saturday May 31 & Sunday June 1, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

More than 200 shelters and rescue groups in nine states are participating in the fifth Maddie’s® Pet Adoption Days sponsored by the Alameda, CA based Maddie’s Fund®. Maddie’s Fund has set aside $10 million to provide shelters and rescues with an adoption stipend per pet adopted during the event, and is hoping to find homes for 10,000 animals. Since the first event in 2010, Maddie’s Fund has awarded $11.4 million to the participating groups which have adopted a total of 15,154 dogs and cats.

Maddie’s® Adoption Days is being held to increase awareness of shelter animals, boost adoptions, and support the shelters and rescue organizations in the eight participating communities. The event honors the memory of the foundation’s namesake, a miniature schnauzer named Maddie who made a big impact on her family; now they want every homeless dog and cat to have what she had – a loving home.

Please visit the Maddie’s® Pet Adoption days website and Facebook Page for more information about additional locations and participating shelters.

* Maddie’s Fund will pay organizations $500 for each young and healthy animal, $1,000 for each adoption involving a dog or cat who is 7 years of age or older or who has been treated for one or more treatable medical conditions, and $2,000 for each adoption involving a dog or cat who is 7 years of age or older and who has been treated with one or more treatable medical conditions (list is available at http://adopt.maddiesfund.org).

ABOUT MADDIE’S FUND®

Maddie’s Fund® is a family foundation endowed by the founder of Workday® and PeopleSoft, Dave Duffield and his wife, Cheryl. Maddie’s Fund is helping to achieve and sustain a no-kill nation by providing solutions to the most challenging issues facing the animal welfare community through Maddie’s® Grant Giving and Maddie’s Institute SM.

Maddie’s Fund is named after the family’s beloved Miniature Schnauzer who passed away in 1997.