Pandora is one of the dogs that has been up for adoption at LifeLine Animal Project. Photo from www.facebook.com/LifeLineAnimalProject

Several Atlanta-area Whole Foods Markets will take part in Community Giving Day to benefit LifeLine Animal Project on Wednesday, Mar. 30.

A press release said, “All locations inside the perimeter (Sandy Springs, Briarcliff, Buckhead, and Ponce de Leon) will contribute five percent of net sales to LifeLine Animal Project. LifeLine will have dogs at the Briarcliff location from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and LifeLine representatives will be on hand at all locations to share information about their initiatives.”

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The press release went on to say, “LifeLine Animal Project, the nonprofit that took over management of both DeKalb and Fulton County Animal Services in 2013, is now achieving no-kill levels at their Fulton County shelter. They are also close to achieving no-kill at their DeKalb County shelter, and these shelters take in between 20 to 40 animals each daily.  Additionally, LifeLine has performed over 95,000 low cost or free spay/neuters at their two clinics.”

Earlier this month, LifeLine said in a press release that, “that March marks the fourth month that LifeLine at Fulton County Animal Services (FCAS) has achieved no-kill levels, defined as saving 90 percent or more of the animals.”

The shelter is offering $40 adoptions on all dogs over 25 lbs and $25 adoptions on all cats throughout March.

Here is the full press release:

SHOP AT WHOLE FOODS MARKET ON MARCH 30 TO HELP SAVE ANIMALS!

Whole Foods Market Donating 5% of Net Sales to LifeLine Animal Project

ATLANTA (March 28, 2016) – Whole Foods Market invites the community to its first metro-Community Giving Day on March 30, 2016 to support Lifeline Animal Project. All locations inside the perimeter (Sandy Springs, Briarcliff, Buckhead, and Ponce de Leon) will contribute five percent of net sales to Lifeline Animal Project. Lifeline will have dogs at the Briarcliff location from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and LifeLine representatives will be on hand at all locations to share information about their initiatives.

LifeLine Animal Project, the nonprofit that took over management of both DeKalb and Fulton County Animal Services in 2013, is now achieving no-kill levels at their Fulton County shelter.  They are also close to achieving no-kill at their DeKalb County shelter, and these shelters take in between 20 to 40 animals each daily.  Additionally, LifeLine has performed over 95,000 low cost or free spay/neuters at their two clinics.

To view animals available for adoption, for adoption rates, or for the shelters’ addresses and phone numbers, please visit www.dekalbanimalservices.com, www.fultonanimalservices.com or www.lifelineanimal.org.

ABOUT LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT

A nonprofit founded in 2002, LifeLine Animal Project provides lifesaving solutions to end the euthanasia of healthy and treatable animals in county shelters. LifeLine manages DeKalb and Fulton County Animal Services, as well as a private rehabilitative shelter and two LifeLine Spay & Neuter Clinics. LifeLine cares for over 27,000 animals annually and has performed over 95,000 free and low-cost spay/neuter surgeries to date, including 30,000 stray/feral cats through Catlanta, metro Atlanta’s first and largest trap-neuter-return program. Outreach programs focus on improving the standard of care for animals in the community and preventing pet overpopulation. For more information, please visit LifeLineAnimal.org or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

ABOUT WHOLE FOODS MARKET®

Founded in 1978 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com, NASDAQ: WFM), is the leading natural and organic food retailer. As America’s first national certified organic grocer, Whole Foods Market was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” by Health magazine. The company’s motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures its mission to ensure customer satisfaction and health, team member excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to the company’s more than 91,000 team members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine for 18 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2015, the company had sales of more than $15.4 billion and currently has more than 435 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. For more company news and information, please visit media.wfm.com.