Camille Battelle (left), GM of Petco in Lake Elsinore presents a $500,000 check from the Petco Love nonprofit to Animal Friends of the Valleys to help fund a new spay/neuter facility. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo
A $500,000 grant from Petco Love will go a long way to help Animal Friends of the Valleys’ Capital Campaign to build its low cost spay and neuter clinic, according to the Wildomar nonprofit.Petco Love is a national nonprofit that 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 $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. Petco Love also helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations, such as AFV, across North America, with pet adoptions of 6.5 million and counting.“Our investment in Animal Friends of the Valleys is part of more than $15 million in investments recently announced by Petco Love t
