--- title: "Petland Gives Back" id: "190796" type: "page" slug: "gives-back" published_at: "2022-06-22T02:13:28+00:00" modified_at: "2023-04-14T13:25:35+00:00" url: "https://www.petlandfairfield.com/gives-back/" markdown_url: "https://www.petlandfairfield.com/gives-back.md" excerpt: "\"Our store prides itself in giving back to the community where we work and reside.\" Safari Stan’s Children’s Charities by Petland was formalized in 1994. Petland has two children’s charities – Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America and St. Jude Children’s Research..." --- # Petland Gives Back *“Our store prides itself in giving back to the community where we work and reside.”* Safari Stan’s Children’s Charities by Petland was formalized in 1994. Petland has two children’s charities – Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Annually, Petland collects funds year-round for St. Jude, collecting more than $850,000 since 2009; and, since 1998 has fulfilled more than 500 pet-related wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, totaling more than $250,000. Pet therapy is a natural extension of Petland’s retail environment. At Petland, we commonly take our pets to visit school children and nursing home residents, as studies of the human-animal bond show that pets are good for people. Petland participates in the national Pets in the Classroom program coordinated by the Pet Care Trust. The program provides grants for teachers to purchase pets and pet supplies for the classroom, enhancing and promoting responsible pet ownership and the human-animal bond. Since 2014, Petland stores have provided more than 600 grants to teachers. ([https://www.petsintheclassroom.org](https://www.petsintheclassroom.org/) ) Petland opens some of its highly visible kennel windows to homeless pets from local animal shelters, pet rescue groups and others in the community, who may have unplanned litters. The goal is for Petland Pet Counselors to work with pet welfare groups and members of the community to find suitable families for homeless pets. Since 1998 Petland stores have found homes for over 350,000 abandoned or unwanted pets. Petland believes in the importance of the human-animal bond and is committed to providing local communities the resources behind strengthening that bond. [Learn More](https://petlandcharities.org) Stores across the country provide financial support and/or feeding programs for more than 200 therapy dogs and K9 units in police, sheriff and fire stations. In central Ohio alone, Petland feeds or has supported more than 57 K9 units and service dogs. Stores also support local veterans and facilities with service dogs. Here at Petland, we are passionate supporters of the human-animal bond and the communities we work in. To show our dedication, we are raising funds for shelters and K9 units right here in our local community through Petland Charities. We invite you to make a donation at our store to support your local animal shelters and K9 units. All money raised will stay within our community to ensure local animal shelters can provide loving care to animals, and K9 units have all they need to support our police officers and law enforcement personnel. Heartland Canines for Veterans provides therapy, companionship and service dogs for disabled veterans. Petland sponsors the full cost of one training dog per year ($7,200). ([https://heartlandk9s.org/](https://heartlandk9s.org/) ) Petland’s goal is to see that no Petland pets end up homeless or in an animal shelter. Occasionally, circumstances arise making it difficult for pet owners to keep their lifetime promises to Petland pets. In these cases, Petland will help find that pet a new home. Petland puppies also go home with the Petland Enhanced Protection Program (PEPP). This is a strategic partnership combining a national microchip database registry with an Amber Alert-type service, providing an enhanced layer of protection for pets and their families. ``` Petland Fairfield 926 Google reviews Write a review Posted on Google Kayln Johnson Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I had been looking for months for a english bulldog with no luck unfortunately. As I was online I found this place. I was browsing through their pictures of available animals and applied to meet a dachshund puppy The next morning David called me to set up an appointment to meet her, he was super friendly and helpful. My family and I decided to go to Fairfield Petland and meet the puppy. As we were there looking at all the animals we saw a 13 week old female bulldog. Lisa the manger saw us looking at her and asked if we would like to meet her, of course we said yes. Celeste another wonderful employee went and got her and set us up in a room and we fell inlove instantly!!! Celeste, Lisa, David were truly gems they explained everything that they offer explain everything about the puppy even showed us for generations of her family, all vet records, and so much more!! Needless to say Nova is the new addition to our family we absolutely love her much and couldn't be happier!!! Thank you so much Petland and thank you again to the three wonderful individuals( Lisa, Celeste, David) that made our family whole with our new fur baby!!! ❤️ 🐶❤️🐾 Posted on Google Kevin Mabrey Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I had visited shelter after shelter looking for a small dog to adopt. No luck. I visited Petland with no intention of purchasing. Youseff greeted me and at first, I was rather standoffish with him expecting a sales pitch, etc. He read me immediately and knew not to push it. He kept me interested and asked the right questions and told me the important aspects of adopting from Petland. Youseff is the diamond in the rough! He was very kind, understanding, patient, and all around a great person! If every retail location could have a young man like Youseff, they’d be dang LUCKY! Keep the great attitude, kid!!! You’re awesome at what you do!!! Cocoa and I thank you and commend you! Posted on Google Natalie Burlingham Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. A massive thank you to Lisa and David! After a terrible experience at a nearby bird store, I arrived at Pet Land in low spirits but by the end of our visit I couldn't have been happier. My grandmother was looking to purchase a new bird and had a few questions about what she should be taking home. Lisa was extremely helpful in the process of helping her not only pick a bird that would be good for the companionship she was looking for but also took the time to help her pick toys, bedding, food, and anything else she needed. While Lisa was helping my grandmother, David was so kind in helping get me the information I needed to help her get her new friend set up. We had a fairly large purchase that would not fit in my car and David not only went out of his way to help me attempt to get everything loaded but when it didn't work he took the time to walk me through how to rebuild our new bird cage and then took everything apart and loaded it up. One thing that stood out to me was that as I was outside loading the car Lisa had noticed my grandmother looking a little tired and went out of her way to go get her a chair so she could rest while waiting. Happy to say the bird is doing well in its new home and we all could not be thankful enough for the kind service provided by Lisa and David! Posted on Google Jarryd Stump Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. When we stopped in a week ago we had just lost 2 of our guinea pigs we had gotten from 2 other petlands in a couple of months. Celeste came over and asked if we had an questions and when I told her what happened she went and got Lisa. Lisa started asking us a bunch of questions and come to find out we weren't told everything or were mislead when we got our other 2. They have a program that if you do will guarantee your guinea pigs for up to 6 months instead of the normal 7 days. I think the other 2 petlands were trying to make a quick sale. Lisa gave us so much info that we ended up buying 2 male guinea pigs. Lisa and Celeste were so helpful! Plus they work with a local small animal vet that will give you your pets first visit free if you buy from this petland! Go in and see Lisa and Celeste for all your pet needs! Thank you again! Posted on Google Collie b Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I drove an hour and a half for their last two bunnies and they reserved them for me. Lisa and Ellen were amazing and super helpful about getting me not only the bunnies, but the supplies for them as well. My family feels complete with these two lovely bunnies. ```