NBCUniversal Local Looks to Clear the Shelters for Eleventh Year

NBCUniversal Native is bringing again its nationwide pet adoption and donation initiative Clear the Shelters for the eleventh consecutive yr with an prolonged fundraising effort happening now by September 15.

Clear the Shelters has has helped almost 1.2 million pets discover new properties and raised greater than $5 million for animal shelters and rescues because it began in 2015.

As a part of the 2025 Clear The Shelters, NBC- and Telemundo-owned and affiliated stations throughout the nation are partnering with animal shelters and rescues of their communities to advertise pet adoption and lift funds for animal welfare, which could be directed to the shelter or rescue of the donor’s alternative or the overall fund. For data on shelters and rescues taking part within the fundraising, go to ClearTheSheltersFund.org.

The 2024 Clear The Shelters marketing campaign set a single-year adoption report by serving to almost 170,000 pets discover new properties, and raised greater than $500,000 for taking part animal shelters. Greater than 1,600 shelters and rescues representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam, together with 139 NBC and Telemundo stations, participated within the tenth annual marketing campaign, which was held Aug. 10 to Sept. 10, 2024.

“We’re grateful for a way communities throughout the nation have embraced Clear The Shelters, which has expanded the marketing campaign’s impression on susceptible animals and the shelters who look after them yr after yr,” stated Meredith McGinn, NBCUniversal Native’s govt vice chairman of Diginets & Unique Manufacturing. “We’re proud and honored by the help Clear The Shelters receives from taking part shelters, affiliate stations, our longtime companion Hill’s Pet Diet, and our devoted workers who’re very important to its success.”

Fundraising for the 2025 Clear The Shelters will as soon as once more be led by Larger Good Charities, a world nonprofit and longtime marketing campaign companion. Donations to the overall fund could be made now by September 15, and donations on to particular person shelters could be constructed from August 1 to 31 at ClearTheSheltersFund.org.

Digital pet adoptions are additionally returning for the seventh consecutive marketing campaign by WeRescue. The WeRescue web site and app allow customers to browse adoptable pets of their space by breed, gender, dimension, and extra, apply to undertake, and ask questions on to shelters.

Particulars on 2025 Clear The Shelters highlights, activations and initiatives, together with tv specials on taking part NBC and Telemundo stations, will probably be introduced main as much as and through the marketing campaign. Fundraising totals and the variety of pet adoptions will probably be introduced after the conclusion of the marketing campaign.