June 9, 2025 3:20 a.m.

Saving Grace Humane Society in Roseburg is set to receive a $50,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for Pets in Douglas County.

A release said Petco Love is leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested nearly $410 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts.

Petco Love President Susanne Kogut said, “Our investment in Saving Grace Humane Society is part of more than $12 million in investments recently announced by Petco Love to power local organizations across the country as part of our commitment to create a future in which no pet is unnecessarily euthanized”. Kogut said, “Our local investments are only part of our strategy to empower animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us”.

Saving Grace Humane Society Executive Director Jennifer Barta said, “This investment is critical to our lifesaving efforts in Douglas County. We are grateful to Petco Love for recognizing our work to date and allowing us to continue to increase resources for pets and their pet parents”. Barta said, “With this investment, we are able to offer more community assistance, subsidized programs, and pet food for those in need, providing more post-adoption resources and support as well as keeping pets and their pet parents together”.

The release said Saving Grace Humane Society is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to building a humane community in Douglas County through animal sheltering and protection, community services and advocacy in order to strengthen the human-animal bond serving Douglas County. In 2024, Saving Grace helped 9,937 pets via community outreach and shelter programs.

For more information about the organization, go to: www.savinggracehumanesociety.org