National Partnership Allows Homeless Families to Keep Their Pets in CincinnatiPetSmart and Interfait...

1. National Partnership Allows Homeless Families to Keep
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National Partnership Allows Homeless Families to Keep Their Pets in Cincinnati
PetSmart and Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati Team Up On PetSmart Promise
Program
A national program that helps temporarily homeless families keep all members of their family
together - including their four-legged family members - celebrated its grand opening in Cincinnati
today. PetSmart Promise, a collaboration between PetSmart and Family Promise, has provided a new
dog and cat kennel facility at the Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati emergency
shelter for temporarily homeless families. These on-site kennels will provide pets in transition a safe,
comforting place to call home while their families get back on the road to independent housing.
"At PetSmart, we believe in enriching people's lives through the power of pets, and this is centered
on giving back to the communities where we live and work," said Jim Morris, regional vice president
for PetSmart. "We're proud to work with the Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati to
open the second PetSmart Promise pet-facility in Ohio in an effort to help more homeless families
and their pets stay together."
Morris was joined by Karen Olson,
President of Family Promise, and David
Mann, Vice Mayor of Cincinnati, at a
ribbon cutting ceremony today. Family
Promise's facility is equipped with
commercial grade kennels, which can
house up to 4 dogs, and cat condos,
which can house up to 4 cats at one
time. A local PetSmart store provides
the dogs with food and all the
necessary accessories, while the
families staying at the day center care
for their pets on a daily basis.
"Interfaith Hospitality Network of
Greater Cincinnati is a unique facility
because we're so intertwined with our local community of Walnut Hills," said Olson. "By working
together with PetSmart, we're able to give these families hope in their time of transition. It's a great
example of members of the community working together to find a solution to a problem many may
not even know exists."
Cincinnati is one of five PetSmart Promise on-site kennel facilities opening this year. Facilities
opened earlier this year in Montgomery, Alabama and Akron, Ohio, with the program opening in
Mat-Su, Alaska; and Morristown, New Jersey later in the year. PetSmart first established a pilot

2. program with Family Promise of Greater Phoenix in 2012 and will continue to expand for years to
come until all 182 Family Promise day centers around the nation are able to participate.
In addition to the on-site facilities, PetSmart Promise will offer a menu of options for Family Promise
facilities, based on individual needs and limitations. These options include:
PetSmart PetsHotels®: complimentary use of boarding space in existing PetSmart stores, for
families utilizing nearby Family Promise centers. Six PetSmart PetsHotels are currently being tested
as part of the PetSmart Promise program: Houston, Texas; Charlotte, N.C.; Atlanta, Ga.; Boston,
Mass.; Albuquerque, N.M.; and Colorado Springs, Colo.;
Installation of aquariums in Family Promise centers across the nation, teaching children and families
utilizing the center about the care and responsibility required when owning a pet. 80 aquariums
have been installed as part of the program over the past year; and
Creation of a foster network of Family Promise employees and volunteers to house pets when a
Family Promise pet housing facility or PetSmart PetsHotel is not available
To learn more about the PetSmart Promise options for Family Promise facilities, please visit:
http://www.petsmartgivesback.com.
About PetSmart
PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) is the largest specialty pet retailer of services and solutions for the
lifetime needs of pets. The company employs approximately 53,000 associates and operates
approximately 1,352 pet stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, 200 in-store
PetSmart®PetsHotel® dog and cat boarding facilities and is a leading online provider of pet
supplies and pet care information (http://www.petsmart.com). PetSmart provides a broad range of
competitively priced pet food and pet products; and offers dog training, pet grooming, pet boarding,
PetSmart Doggie Day Camp SMday care services and pet adoption services. Through its in-store pet
adoption partnership with PetSmart Charities® and PetSmart Charities® of Canada, PetSmart has
helped save the lives of more than 5.7 million pets since 1994. PetSmart Charities, Inc. and
PetSmart Charities of Canada (collectively "PetSmart Charities") are independent, nonprofit
organizations that save the lives of homeless pets and reduce shelter intake through spay and neuter
efforts. In 2013, nearly 440,000 dogs and cats found homes through PetSmart Charities' adoption
centers in all PetSmart stores and by sponsoring community adoption events. PetSmart Charities is
the leader in granting money to help pets in need, with more than $34 million given in 2013
throughout North America.
About Family Promise
Family Promise is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless and low-income
families achieve sustainable independence. The organization is based in Summit, New Jersey, where
they were founded in 1988 on the belief that Americans are compassionate people who want to make
a difference. Today Family Promise comprises 182 Affiliates in 41 states, with more in development.
Family Promise programs involve more than 160,000 volunteers and they provide assistance to more
than 50,000 family members annually. Family Promise celebrated their 25thAnniversary as a
national organization in 2013. Since their founding, they have served about 500,000 people,
including tens of thousands of homeless families who found temporary homes at Affiliates

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or
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