The Arizona Pet Project

2022 HERO Awards
2022-03-05 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Phoenix) | Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia, 4949 E Lincoln Dr, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253, United States
It is our greatest hope that you will join us for our 19th Annual HERO Awards on March 5, 2022, at the Omni Montelucia Resort & Spa!
Take a life-saving leap with us and attend this magical evening celebrating animal and human heroes alike all in the name of improving (and saving) the lives of both people and pets in our community. We invite you to attend our dinner and cocktail event, and together we can share in the astounding resilience and heroism of this year’s human and pet honorees.
Date: March 5, 2022
5:30 – 7:00 PM – Registration, silent auction, and cocktails
7:00 – 9:30 PM – Dinner and program
Location: Omni Montelucia Resort & Spa
Attire: Formal

If you’ve ever loved a pet, you know the comfort, joy, and healing they provide. We believe those benefits should be available to all.
Your support and attendance of this fundraiser help our community’s most vulnerable residents—including veterans, the elderly, domestic violence victims, and the homeless—with basic care for them and their beloved pets.
Our revolutionary programs have impacted over 150,000 pets and the people who need them most. Together, we will help even more. Join us to make the 19th Annual HERO Awards our best yet!

Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor

Tail Wagger Sponsor

Pet Partner Sponsors

More event info soon!

Emcee: Ian Schwartz (CBS 5 This Morning Meteorologist)

GivingTuesday 2021
2021-11-30 | AZ
Click here to join us on GivingTuesday!

What is GivingTuesday?
GivingTuesday is a global day of generosity that will take place on November 30, 2021. This single day in November is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of radical generosity to transform communities around the world, including right here in our community in Arizona!
GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past nine years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity with their favorite organizations–organizations like The Arizona Pet Project!

How can I participate?
You can participate in GivingTuesday this year by making a donation to your favorite organization like The Arizona Pet Project. You can also participate in GivingTuesday by sharing your favorite causes with your friends and family on social media.
You could even go as far as starting your very own fundraising campaign on Facebook! Want to start a Facebook fundraiser and raise funding for The Arizona Pet Project community programs? Click here to start your very own Facebook fundraiser!

Does The Arizona Pet Project have a Donation Match for GivingTuesday this year?
Yes! We are THRILLED to announce that one of our generous donors has agreed to a match goal of up to $3,000 for this year’s GivingTuesday! One of our anonymous donors has agreed to match every donation dollar for dollar up to $3,000!
That means, if you donate $100 on GivingTuesday, our anonymous donor will match your donation and our organization will receive $200 instead of $100! This means if our community raises $3,000 on GivingTuesday, our donor will match that and we’ll receive $6,000! INCREDIBLE!!
You’ll have to act fast though if you want to double your impact! This match goal only applies for donations that are made starting at midnight on GivingTuesday through 11:59 pm that night! This year, GivingTuesday is taking place on November 30. Every single donation we receive on November 30, 2021, will count towards our match goal. We only have a 24 hours window to meet our $3,000 match goal! After you have made your donation, be sure to spread the news with your friends and family to help increase your impact even further!

Do I need to make a donation or start a fundraiser to get involved?
No! In fact, if you cannot make a donation, we encourage you to use this opportunity to share your support of your favorite organizations with your friends and family.
Share with the people you care about the reasons you like our organization, our mission, our shelter intervention program, and our free community clinics that provide families with free surgeries, medications, and pet vaccines! The more people who know about the important work that we do, the bigger our reach we have so we can help even MORE people and the pets they love!
You can also let them know that we have a match goal of $3,000 on GivingTuesday this year and that if they make a donation it will be matched by one of our anonymous donors so their donation will have DOUBLE the impact!

2021 Strut Your Mutt Day
2021-10-23 | AZ
Join us on October 23, 2021, for Strut Your Mutt Day!

Once again, we are lacing up our sneakers and heading out on October 23rd for a life-saving walk for Strut Your Mutt!
The Arizona Pet Project, along with hundreds of animal rescue groups across the country, is participating in the Best Friends Animal Society’s Strut Your Mutt Day! This virtual walk is a fundraising event that saves the lives of dogs and cats in communities across the country.
The virtual Strut Your Mutt Day this October is an important day for animal shelters and rescue groups to raise money toward saving the lives of homeless dogs and cats!

We at The Arizona Pet Project are proud to be part of the Best Friends Strut Your Mutt Day celebration happening across the country! We are working with Best Friends toward the goal of taking this nation no-kill by 2025.
Working together we can accomplish MANY great things for our dogs and cats here in Maricopa County. We love our community and we know you do too, so help us take action for the pets and people in our community.
Registration
Sign up at strutyourmutt.org and choose The Arizona Pet Project when you register today! The registration fee counts as a donation to our team and will help save lives!

2021 HEROes Unleashed
2021-10-22 17:30 - 21:00 | Ocotillo Restaurant, 3243 N. 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ, 85012, United States
You’re Invited!

We’re Giving our 2021 HERO(es) a Second Chance to Take Center Stage!

Please join us for this exclusive, outdoor HERO dinner & cocktail event as we honor our 2021 pet & human HERO award winners, in-person!

Funds raised support our lifesaving programs.

Due to COVID, we feel our HEROes didn’t get the recognition they deserve at our virtual event in March. So, we’re taking them for another lap around the stage to tell their incredible stories and invite you to celebrate with us!

DATE: Friday, October 22, 2021
TIME: 5:30pm-9:00pm
LOCATION: Ocotillo Restaurant (3243 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85012)

Seats are limited, and as of October 11, less than 50 tickets remain!
Purchase your tickets to this exclusive event:
Meet our 2021 HERO honorees:

Take a life-saving leap with us for a replay of our 18th Annual HERO Awards- a magical evening celebrating animal and human heroes alike all in the name of improving (and saving) the lives of both people and pets in our community.
On October 22nd, we invite you to attend our in-person celebration and together we can share in the astounding resilience and heroism of this year’s honorees
If you’ve ever loved a pet, you know the comfort, joy, and healing they provide. We believe those benefits should be available to all. Your support helps our community’s most vulnerable residents – including veterans, the elderly, domestic violence victims, and the homeless – with basic care for them and their beloved pets.
Our revolutionary programs have impacted over 145,000 pets and the people who need them most. With your help, we will save even more. Join us to make the 18th year our best yet!
Purchase your tickets to this exclusive event:

Presented by
Tail Wagger Sponsor
Pet Partners
Special Recognition

See what the HERO Awards are all about:

2021 Desert Duck Derby
2021-05-15 | AZ
Desert Duck Derby – May 15, 2021
Save the date!
As it turns out, rubber duckies can do a lot when they’re part of the Desert Duck Derby, presented by The Arizona Pet Project!
When you adopt a duck, you help saves the lives of pets (and their families) in crisis. But that’s not all. Watch as a shelter dog (or two) plucks the winners from a tub of 10,000 rubber ducks so YOU can win incredible prizes like a 4-Nights Ocean View Getaway in Cabo San Lucas with airline vouchers, a Phleet Scooter valued at $3,495, 6 months of car washes at Quick Quack Car Wash, a $500 Bashas’ Gift Card, a $150 Gift Card to My Pet Market, or a $100 Doggy Daze Gift Card!
Adopt your Duck today, and you’ll be entered to win amazing prizes!

Click here to adopt your ducks!
The more ducks you adopt, the better your chances of winning!

What a Duck Can Do

1 Duck for $5

A Single Duck provides food for one day for the pet of a domestic abuse survivor.

6 Ducks for $25

A Six Quack provides vaccines for the pet of a homeless veteran allowing them access to transitional housing.

15 Ducks for $60

A Quacker’s Dozen of 15 Ducks provides the rabies vaccine and required rabies license for a senior citizen allowing their pet to stay in their home.

25 Ducks for $100

A Family Flock of 25 Ducks provides a spay or neuter surgery and vaccines for a pet belonging to a family in neighborhoods with the highest need.

To keep our community safe, the event will be live-streamed on May 15, 2021. Time is still to be determined.

Thank you to this year’s sponsors!

2021 Arizona Gives Day
2021-04-06 | AZ
The Arizona Pet Project is one of the more than 700 nonprofits expected to participate in Arizona Gives Day on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.
https://www.azgives.org/azpetproject
Arizona Gives Day is an online fundraising initiative that unites residents across our state to support organizations making a difference in our communities! When you make your Arizona Gives Day donation to The Arizona Pet Project, you are improving (and saving) the lives of pets and the people who love them!
This year, our fundraising goal for Arizona Gives Day is $5,000.
$5,000 will fund an entire month of services at the brand new – and first of its kind in the Valley – resource center.
The Arizona Pet Project Community Resource Center, staffed by The Arizona Pet Project’s veterinary social workers and volunteers, will connect pet-owning families with human and animal services. The center will help answer questions and distribute supplies and assistance – all in an inclusive, welcoming, and bilingual space.

Click here to donate and help us reach our $5,0000 fundraising goal!

Want to get involved in another way?
You can even start your very own Arizona Gives Day fundraiser for The Arizona Pet Project to share with your friends and family. Follow the steps below:

Visit https://www.azgives.org/azpetproject
Click “Create a Fundraiser”
Personalize your Fundraising Page (through NeonRaise)
Save and Publish
Check your email–you should receive your personal fundraiser link. Share this with your friends and family to raise money for The Arizona Pet Project on Arizona Gives Day!

You have an incredible impact on our community when you support The Arizona Pet Project and our new resource center! Thank you for your commitment to supporting Arizona families and their pets–families like Michelle and Kashi!
