Thursday, February 19, 2015

Oscar® Stars "Feed it Forward" to Shelter Pets

You have to love Ellen DeGeneres!  For the second year in a row, Ellen's natural pet food company, Halo, Purely for Pets, in partnership with Freekibble.com, is bringing pet philanthropy to the Oscars® swag bags with their "Feed it Forward" campaign.


The 20 non-winning nominees in the 5 top categories each receive a $160,000 "Everybody Wins at the Oscars" bag that usually includes luxury goodies like "glamping" trips and spa treatments.  And again this year, the bag will include a certificate for 10,000 meals - the equivalent to $6,200 worth of Halo pet food - to donate to the shelter or rescue of the celebrity's choice!

Last year, top celebrities like Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Barkhad Abdi and June Squibb took advantage of the donation for their favorite shelters.  In total, Halo and Freekibble.com donated 200,000 meals on behalf of Oscar nominees!

This year, if the non-winning nominees choose to use their donation certificate, shelters and rescues will receive a donation of Halo Spot's Stew and their new line, Vigor, a gluten-free, easily digestible kibble for active dogs.


I don't know about you...but this is a great reason to hope your favorite celebrity doesn't win the Oscar this year!  Even if they lose, they win BIG in our hearts if they choose to redeem the certificate to help feed shelter pets!


Will you be watching the Oscars?  Will you be hoping the non-winning celebrities will "Feed it Forward" with Halo, Purely for Pets and Freekibble.com?

23 comments:

  1. That is so VERY generous.

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  2. I wish everyone who had lots of money would feed and take care of all the shelter pets.
    stella rose

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  3. Pawfect, a great idea
    Loves and licky kisses
    Princess Leah xxx

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  4. I hope so much that our furfriends are the winners of this oscar night and that a lot of green papers and good things land at th shelters :o)
    easy rider

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  5. This is so awesome
    Snorts,
    Lily & Edward

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  6. YES Ellen is VERY much generous about helping ... we just WISH that our furend Goose's Homeless Shelter that will be taking in PETS fur the night, also.... Could be one of the places chosen to receive some of that food... it would really be super to help the PETS of the HOMELESS. Being Homeless doesn't mean they are Heartless.... they would rather stay OUTSIDE with their pets if they are not pawmitted IN with their pawson.

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  7. Pee S..... Oz Buddy we have you Down fur the EAT FEST... Foodables for GuyZ day/night out.... and Casey will be adding some BBQ to what you have fur us.... you KNOW how we Manley Men can CHOW DOWN... THANKS

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  8. I sure hope they do! What a waste not to use that certificate!

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  9. It is nice to hear that the bags for the already rich and famous have at least one thing that helps others. I hope they all use their coupon!

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  10. Great idea! We don't watch the Oscars, Mom isn't into it, but we love it feeding homeless pets.

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  11. That is pawsome. Have a tremendous Thursday.
    Best wishes Molly

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  12. This is grrrrreat!

    Aroo to you,
    Sully

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  13. This is so winning! Love Dolly

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  14. We don't watch the Oscars, but we're happy some family-less dogs will benefit!

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  15. We don't usually watch award shows. But we love Ellen and what she does!

    Your Pals,

    Murphy & Stanley

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  16. This is pretty awesome and everyone really is a winner it looks like. I am going to have to google glamping now though Oz... bol.

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  17. We love that she does that and we love her heart.

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  18. We also just love everything Ellen does for the pet community!!!
    Smileys!
    Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo

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  19. I am a HUGE fan of the Oscars and I usually even make the girls "dress up"!! Special snacks are the norm here...I even watch the Pre Red Carpet Show and the After Parties! It is something I look very forward to each and every year!! Now...as for Ellen...I LOVE that she helps with animals SO much!! It is really terrific how much she helps the homeless...people and animals! Awesome stuff!!

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  20. Lucky shelters that get the food.

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  21. That is just awesome! Love ellen and free kibble

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  22. Oh wow that is definitely paw-some!
    ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!

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