Cleveland Pride

PETCO and Cleveland Pride are pleased to announce they will be working together as partners for this year’s Cleveland Pride celebration in Voinovich Park on June 20. PETCO becomes another of Cleveland Pride’s national sponsors this year.

By partnering, Cleveland Pride and PETCO will promote a worthy cause—to bring awareness and acceptance of the LGBT community to the Northeast Ohio region, as well as putting Cleveland Pride’s “Equality through Unity” theme into practice.

“Cleveland Pride is pleased to announce PETCO as one of our chief sponsors for 2009. This alignment will help to reinforce the message to the straight community that the LGBT population is a real, viable and vital segment of the overall Cleveland community,” observed Todd Saporito, 2009 Cleveland Pride Board President/CEO.

“The gay and lesbian community has the ultimate pet-pampering parents, and PETCO plans to celebrate that bond with Pet Pride,” said Karen Werthwein, PETCO Regional Marketing Coordinator.

According to Werthwein, PETCO will distribute a rainbow-themed key tag as well as dog and cat food samples at its booth at Cleveland’s event in June. Those who visit PETCO’s booth can play “Spin to Win” for a $1 donation to be made in the name of Cleveland Pride to a local animal rescue charity. Prizes will include dog and cat toys, as well as gift cards and bags of food.

A national pet supply and pet services chain of stores, PETCO operates eight stores in the Cleveland market. In addition to selling pet supplies, PETCO provides grooming and training courses. Most stores also showcase rescued dogs and cats who can be adopted through their animal rescue partners.

To locate the most convenient store for you, visit www.petco.com and click on Store Locator, or call (858)453-7845.

Founded in 1989, Cleveland Pride has been an integral part of the Northeastern Ohio region for the past 21 years. Cleveland’s Pride celebration is among the first half-dozen such events launched in the U.S., making our Parade and Festival among the longest continuing Pride events in the country.

On an ongoing basis, Cleveland Pride brings awareness, education and knowledge of the queer community to the general public to discourage/eliminate prejudice and discrimination on the basis of a person’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Cleveland Pride openly recognizes and embraces all individuals of the queer community who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer questioning, intersex and straight allies, while understanding that each group identified exists in all ages, races, national origins and physical abilities.

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