Special ‘Good Flight’ to Transport Approximately 250 Shelter Dogs & Cats from Florida to New Jersey & New Hampshire
Flight Mission Celebrates NBCUniversal Local’s Ninth Annual Nationwide Pet Adoption & Donation Campaign, Which Begins Aug. 1
Visit ClearTheShelters.com to Find a Participating Animal Shelter or Rescue in Your Community
NEW YORK – (July 27, 2023) – NBCUniversal Local, Greater Good Charities, Hill’s Pet Nutrition and The Animal Rescue Site are partnering on another special Clear The Shelters life-saving pet airlift mission expected to transport approximately 250 shelter cats and dogs on Wednesday, Aug. 2, to celebrate the return of NBC and Telemundo stations’ annual pet adoption and donation campaign, which begins Tuesday, Aug. 1.
The Clear The Shelters airlift – part of Greater Good Charities’ ‘Good Flights’ program and funded by Hill’s Pet Nutrition and The Animal Rescue Site – will feature cats and dogs from overpopulated shelters in Alabama, Florida and Louisiana, including harder-to-place or vulnerable pets, like dogs with asymptomatic heartworm, homeless cats and large dogs. The pets will be flown from Florida to New Jersey and New Hampshire and received by several shelters, which will provide any needed medical care and place the pets for adoption.
On Aug. 2, a chartered plane is scheduled to depart Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport at approximately 5 a.m. ET and arrive at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey between 10:30 and 11 a.m. ET, where a portion of the pets will be received by participating shelters from the region. The plane will then travel to Boston-Manchester Regional Airport in New Hampshire to deliver the remaining pets to the receiving shelters in New England between 12 to 1 p.m. ET. Departure and arrival times are tentative and subject to change.
Clear The Shelters Pet Airlift Flight Plan – Aug. 2
Departure:
- Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE)
- Atlantic Aviation, 6020 NW 28 Way Fort Lauderdale, FL. 33309
- Takeoff Time: 5 a.m. ET
Arrival No. 1 (New Jersey):
- Teterboro Airport (TEB)
- Jet Aviation, 113 Charles A Lindbergh Drive (Hanger 109), Teterboro, NJ 07608
- Landing Time: 10:30 to 11 a.m. ET
Arrival No 2 (New Hampshire):
- Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT)
- Signature/Wiggins Aviation, 1 Garside Way Manchester, NH 03103
- Landing Time: 12 to 1 p.m. ET
Please note all times are tentative and subject to change.
Media interested in covering the departure or arrival events should contact Brian Potter at brian.potter@nbcuni.com by 5 p.m. ET on Monday, July 31
The shelters sending pets on the airlift departing Florida are: Alabama’s Save a Pet Adoption Rescue & Transport (Dothan); Florida’s Humane Society of Broward County (Fort Lauderdale), Saving Sage Animal Rescue (Lauderhill) and Good Karma Pet Rescue (Pompano Beach); and Louisiana’s Cara’s House (Sorrento), Iberville Parish Animal Control & Shelter (Plaquemine), Lafayette Animal Shelter & Care Center (Lafayette), Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter (Thibodaux), St. Charles Parish Animal Shelter (Luling), St. Martin Parish Animal Shelter (St. Martinville), and Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter (Gray).
Shelters receiving pets from the Teterboro, N.J., arrival are: Humane Animal Partners in Delaware (Wilmington); New Jersey’s Father John’s Animal House (Lafayette) and St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center (Madison); New York’s Bideawee (New York); Pennsylvania’s Animal Care Sanctuary (East Smithfield) and Char Wills German Shepherd Rescue (New Ringgold); and Virginia’s Lucky Dog Animal Rescue (Arlington).
Receiving from the Manchester, N.H., arrival are: New Hampshire SPCA (Stratham), Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire (New Bedford), Conway Area Humane Society (Conway), Monadnock Humane Society (Swanzey), Pope Memorial Humane Society Cocheco Valley (Dover), Pope Memorial SPCA (Concord), Upper Valley Humane Society (Enfield), Lakes Region Humane Society (Ossipee). Also receiving is the Robert Potter League for Animals in Rhode Island (Middletown).
Greater Good Charities, a global nonprofit organization that works to help people, pets, and the planet, is the fundraising partner for Clear The Shelters. Since 2007, Greater Good Charities has provided more than $575 million in cash grants, in-kind supplies, and programmatic support worldwide. Through Good Flights, Greater Good Charities conducts life-saving airlifts and supports ground transport for at-risk pets, with a heavy focus on asymptomatic heartworm positive dogs, homeless cats, harder-to-place large dogs, and disaster-relief pets.
Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive and a global leader in science-led pet nutrition, is a national sponsor of Clear The Shelters for the sixth straight year. Hill’s also supports shelter pets year-round through its Food, Shelter & Love program, providing science-led nutrition to feed pets in more than 800 shelters across North America. Since 2002, the Hill’s Food, Shelter & Love Program has provided more than $300 million in food to support pets in need and has helped more than 13 million shelter pets find new homes.
As part of NBCUniversal Local’s Clear The Shelters, NBC and Telemundo owned and affiliated stations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico are partnering with animal shelters and rescue services in their communities to promote pet adoption and raise needed funds. This year’s campaign will again feature online donations to participating shelters or rescues during the campaign at ClearTheSheltersFund.org.
Since its 2015 inception, NBCUniversal Local’s Clear The Shelters has helped more than 860,000 pets find new homes. The 2022 campaign established a new single-year record with more than 161,000 adoptions, while also raising more than $540,000. Nearly 1,400 animal shelters and rescues covering all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam participated in last year’s campaign.
During the 2022 Clear The Shelters campaign, two special pet airlifts were conducted, rescuing more than 200 cats and dogs from Florida and Louisiana shelters on Aug. 2 and Aug. 30. The first Clear The Shelters pet airlift mission transported more than 150 pets on Aug. 23, 2021, to New Jersey and Massachusetts.
For more information on Clear The Shelters, including participating shelters and rescues and details on local events, visit ClearTheShelters.com and the Spanish-language DesocuparlosAlbergues.com.
Follow Clear The Shelters and Hill’s on social media:
- Twitter @ClearTheShelter
- Instagram: cleartheshelters and hillspet
- Hashtags: #ClearTheShelters & #DesocuparLosAlbergues
About NBCUniversal Local
NBCUniversal Local is NBCUniversal’s local media division that delivers English and Spanish-speakers and bilingual audiences in 31 U.S. markets and Puerto Rico, the very best in local sports, news, weather, consumer and investigative reporting, and lifestyle entertainment across any platform and screen. NBCUniversal Local is comprised of three individual media groups including the NBC Owned Television Stations, the NBC Sports Regional Networks and the Telemundo Station Group. The division is also home to multicast networks LX News, COZI TV and TeleXitos, the regional cable news network NECN, a MeTV station, as well as NBC Spot On, an advanced video advertising business designed for local/regional CTV and OTT advertisers and several in-house companies including production company LXTV, marketing and promotions company Skycastle, its out-of-home business NBC Everywhere, and the Arthouse, a graphics design group. With five regional sports networks and 43 NBC and Telemundo stations serving 38 percent of U.S. homes, NBCUniversal Local is the only network-owned local media division that is home to the largest bilingual local newsrooms within the country’s top 10 TV markets. NBCUniversal Local’s stations and networks serve diverse audiences and communities across linear, streaming, OTT, digital web, mobile and audio, and cable platforms and work together to keep local audiences informed anytime and anywhere. For more information, visit NBCUniversal.com.
About Greater Good Charities
Greater Good Charities is a 501(c)(3) global nonprofit organization that works to help people, pets, and the planet by mobilizing in response to need and amplifying the good. Greater Good Charities, with a 100/100 rating on Charity Navigator, has invested more than $575 million in impact, including cash grants, in-kind supplies, and programmatic support, to charitable partners in 121 countries since 2007. To learn more about how Greater Good Charities is amplifying the good across the globe, please visit greatergood.org or follow Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok.
About Hill’s Pet Nutrition
Founded 75 years ago with an unwavering commitment to science-led pet nutrition, Hill’s Pet Nutrition is on a mission to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets. Hill’s is dedicated to pioneering research for dogs and cats using a scientific understanding of their specific needs. As a leading veterinarian recommended pet food brand, knowledge is our first ingredient with 220+ veterinarians, PhD nutritionists and food scientists working to develop breakthrough innovations in pet health. Hill’s Prescription Diet therapeutic nutrition plus our everyday wellness product line, Hill’s Science Diet, are sold at vet clinics and pet specialty retailers worldwide. For more information about our products and nutritional philosophy, visit HillsPet.com. To learn more about Hill’s Food, Shelter & Love program, visit hillspet.com/shelter.
About The Animal Rescue Site by GreaterGood
The Animal Rescue Site is one of a suite of charitable sites launched by GreaterGood® beginning with The Hunger Site in 1999. The family of sites empowers people to affect positive change by making ordinary online actions extraordinary. GreaterGood is a powerful fund-raising vehicle for worthy causes in the U.S. and around the world and has proudly raised more than $75 million for charitable causes that help people, pets, and the planet. To learn more please visit GreaterGood.com.
About Clear The Shelters
Clear The Shelters™ / Desocupar Los Albergues® is an annual, nationwide pet adoption campaign that is spearheaded by NBCUniversal Local, a division of NBCUniversal. Every year, NBCUniversal Local’s NBC and Telemundo owned stations and affiliated stations partner with animal shelters and rescues in their communities to promote pet adoption and raise funds. NBCUniversal Local’s Clear The Shelters campaign was inspired by a 2014 North Texas pet adoption event hosted by NBC 5 / KXAS and Telemundo 39 / KXTX and dozens of area shelters that resulted in the most adopted pets in one day for North Texas. Since 2015, Clear The Shelters pet adoption campaign has resulted in more than 860,000 pet adoptions. Visit ClearTheShelters.com and DesocuparLosAlbergues.com for more information.
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