Nashville,
TN -- July
2, 2018 - PEDIGREE
Foundation will
commemorate
its 10-Year
Anniversary
with a
special
event
celebration
to honor a
decade of
giving back
to shelters
and rescues
in the
U.S. PEDIGREE
Foundation
Pawty: BBQ,
Boots, &
Bling will
be held on Thursday,
October 11th at Marathon
Music Works (1402
Clinton
Street,
Nashville,
TN) with
special
music by
Grammy
award-winning
artist
LeAnn Rimes. SiriusXM's
The Highway
host, Storme
Warren,
will serve
as the emcee
for the "Pawty."
The event
will raise
funds to
benefit
PEDIGREE
Foundation
grants
program that
supports
organizations
that help
dogs in need
find loving
homes.
The Pawty
will feature
a cocktail
reception,
delicious
BBQ buffet
dinner, a
silent and
LIVE auction
with a
chance to
win fabulous
trips and
autographed
celebrity
memorabilia.
After
dinner,
attendees
will enjoy
an exclusive
night of
music with
multi-platinum
selling
artist LeAnn
Rimes, who
skyrocketed
into stardom
with her
breakout
country hit
"Blue" in
1996. Rimes
just
released her
new Re-Imagined EP
on June 20
and will be
seen in a
new Hallmark
Original
movie, "It's
Christmas,
Eve" this
holiday
season.
"I'm a huge
animal lover
and I am
proud to be
a part of
PEDIGREE
Foundation
fundraising
event," said
LeAnn Rimes.
"I always
enjoy
performing
in Nashville
and I look
forward to
being able
to raise
much-needed
funds to
help rescue
dogs across
the country
through this
amazing
non-profit."
Top event
sponsors
include Dollar
General,
Hallmark
Channel and Transcontinental
Packaging.
PEDIGREE
Foundation
was
established
in 2008 by
dog lovers
with a
passionate
belief that
every dog
deserves a
loving home.
The
foundation
is a
501(c)(3)
private
foundation
of Mars
Petcare that
supports
shelters and
rescue
organizations,
as well as
encouraging
people to
ADOPT,
VOLUNTEER,
and DONATE.
Since 2008,
the
foundation
has
contributed
more than $6.7
million
through
5,000
grants to
shelters and
rescues
across the
country,
supporting
Mars
Petcare's
purpose: A
BETTER WORLD
FOR PETS™.
"PEDIGREE
Foundation,
through our
volunteers
and generous
donors have
been making
a difference
in the lives
of dogs in
need for the
last ten
years," said
Bo Segers,
President of
PEDIGREE
Foundation. "We're
excited to
be
celebrating
a decade of
finding
needy dogs
forever
homes and to
shine the
spotlight on
the
important
work our
shelter and
rescue
partners are
doing to get
more dogs
adopted. The
Pawty is
going to be
an
outstanding
event and
we're
thankful to
have fellow
dog lovers,
LeAnn Rimes
and Storme
Warren, as
part of the
evening
celebration."
Other event
sponsors
include Atlantic
Packaging,
DDB
Worldwide and Silgan.
Tickets to
the Pawty
event will
go on sale
to the
public later
this summer.
For more
information
about
sponsorship
opportunities,
updates and
how to
donate to
the cause,
please
visit
PEDIGREE
Foundation at
www.PedigreeFoundation.org.
About
PEDIGREE
Foundation
Formed in
2008 by the
makers of
PEDIGREE®
food for
dogs,
PEDIGREE
Foundation
is an
independent
501(c)3
non-profit
organization
dedicated to
helping dogs
in need find
loving homes
by
supporting
the good
work of
shelters and
dog rescue
organizations
throughout
the country.
Through no
fault of
their own,
more than
3.3 million
dogs end up
in shelters
and rescue
organizations
every year,
and nearly
half of them
never find a
place to
call home.
For more
information
on how you
can support
the
foundation
visit
www.PedigreeFoundation.org.
© 2018 Mars
or
Affiliates.
About
Leann Rimes
LeAnn Rimes
is an
internationally
multi-platinum
selling
acclaimed
singer and
ASCAP
award-winning
songwriter. Rimes
released her
16th studio
RCA
UK/Thirty
Tigers
album, Remnants in
2017. The
album
debuted at #
4 on
Billboard's
Independent
Album Chart
and peaked
at #3 on
iTunes ®
overall
charts in
its first
week and
garnered two
#1 Billboard
Dance hits
with "Long
Live Love",
"LovE is
LovE is LovE"
and one Top
5 hit with
"Love Line".
She is set
to premiere
a new EP
titled Re-Imagined on
June 20 and
will
lighting up
the
television
screens this
holiday
season when
starring in
a new
original
Hallmark
Christmas
movie, "It's
Christmas,
Eve."
Globally,
she has sold
more than 44
million
units, won 2
Grammy®
Awards; 12
Billboard
Music
Awards; 2
World Music
Awards; 3
Academy of
Country
Music
Awards; one
Country
Music
Association
Award and
one Dove
Award. At
14, Rimes
won "Best
New Artist"
making her
the youngest
recipient of
a Grammy®
Award.
Last year,
the
powerhouse
vocalist was
honored with
the Ally of
Equality
Award by the
Human Rights
Campaign for
her 20 years
of support
of equal
rights. This
follows her
2009 honor
when she was
the
recipient of
the ACM
Humanitarian
Award. At
14, Rimes
won "Best
New Artist"
making her
the youngest
recipient of
a Grammy®
Award. Out
of the 42
singles she
has released
throughout
her
expansive
career,
LeAnn's song
"How Do I
Live,"
continues to
rank #4 on
Billboard's
"Greatest of
All Time:
Hot 100
Songs," and
it holds the
record for
being the
second
longest
charting
song ever on
the
Billboard
Hot 100
chart. 15 of
her
multi-genre
singles are
top-10 hits,
including
"Can't Fight
the
Moonlight"
which went
#1 in 11
countries.
About
Storme
Warren
Storme
Warren is a
writer,
producer and
media
personality.
He has
worked for
over two
decades in
television
and
entertainment
appearing on
networks
such as CNN,
TNN and GAC.
Storme
served as
the host of
GAC's
Headline
Country show
for over a
decade and
is currently
the host of
The Highway
on Sirius/XM
radio.
About Mars
Petcare
Mars Petcare
is a diverse
and growing
business
with 75,000
Associates
across 50+
countries
dedicated to
one purpose:
A BETTER
WORLD FOR
PETS™. With
75 years of
experience,
our
portfolio of
almost 50
brands
serves the
health and
nutrition
needs of
almost half
the world's
pets -
including
brands
PEDIGREE®,
WHISKAS®,
ROYAL CANIN ™ ,
NUTRO™,
GREENIES™,
SHEBA®,
CESAR®,
JAMS™ and
EUKANUBA™
Brands as
well as The
Waltham
Centre for
Pet
Nutrition,
which has
advanced
research in
the
nutrition
and health
of pets for
over 50
years. Mars
Petcare is
also the
world's
largest
veterinary
health
provider
through a
network of
over 2,000
pet
hospitals
including
BANFIELD™,
BLUEPEARL™,
PET
PARTNERS™,
and VCA™.
We're also
at the
forefront of
emerging
innovation
and
technology
for pets,
pet owners
and
veterinarians,
with WISDOM
PANEL™
genetic
health
screening
and DNA
testing for
dogs, the
WHISTLE™ GPS
dog tracker,
and LEAP
VENTURE
STUDIO
accelerator
and
COMPANION
FUND™
programs
that drive
innovation
and
disruption
in the pet
care
industry. As
a family
business and
guided by
our
principles
of mutuality
and freedom,
we are
privileged
with the
flexibility
to fight for
what we
believe in -
and we
choose to
fight for: A
BETTER WORLD
FOR PETS.