For more information, visit NBCBoston.com/cleartheshelters or Telemundonuevainglaterra.com/desocuparlosalbergues
Needham – (September 20, 2023) – NBC10 Boston, Telemundo Boston, NECN and NBC Sports Boston today announced that more than 3,600 pets were adopted from area animal shelters and rescues during its 2023 Clear The Shelters pet adoption and donation initiative from Aug. 1 to 30.
Nationwide, NBCUniversal Local’s ninth annual Clear The Shelters helped more than 157,000 find new homes. Since its 2015 inception, Clear The Shelters has led to more than one million adoptions nationwide. Additionally, the campaign has already raised more than $575,000 for local shelters and rescues as part of this year’s efforts as fundraising continues through the month.
“Year-round, but especially during August, we are committed to helping find forever homes for as many vulnerable dogs, cats, and other pets as possible,” said Chris Wayland, President and General Manager of NBC10 Boston, NECN, Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra and NBC Sports Boston. ”We are proud to support the dedicated staff and volunteers from the dozens of local partner shelters in our area.”
During this year’s campaign, 193 cats and 76 dogs were rescued after a life-saving mission airlifted them from South Florida to New Jersey and New Hampshire. The airlift was funded by Greater Good Charities’ “Good Flights” program, Hill’s Pet Nutrition and The Animal Rescue Site.
For more information about Clear The Shelters, visit ClearTheShelters.com and the Spanish-language site DesocuparlosAlbergues.com.
Follow Clear The Shelters on social media:
- Twitter @ClearTheShelter
- Instagram: cleartheshelters
- Hashtags: #ClearTheShelters & #DesocuparLosAlbergues
About NBC10 Boston
Owned by NBCUniversal, NBC10 Boston delivers viewers in the Greater Boston area, Southern New Hampshire and Northeastern Massachusetts NBC’s award-winning daytime, primetime and late-night signature programs and local breaking news and information. The station features the most accurate weather in the region with
“First Alert Weather” and an exclusive 10-day forecast. Additionally, NBC10 Boston features the market’s only daily live lifestyle program, “The Hub Today.” The station’s investigative units, “NBC10 Boston Responds” and “The Investigators” answer local consumer inquiries and shines a light on questionable practices. NBC10Boston’s news coverage and content is also delivered to viewers on-the-go through its dedicated website NBC10Boston.com, a customized mobile app and via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. The station has been awarded eleven Edward R. Murrow awards since its launch, including for “Overall Excellence” and “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.”
About NECN
Owned by NBCUniversal, NECN serves as the largest 24-hour regional news network in the U.S. Since its launch in 1992, NECN has grown to include 3.6 million subscribers in more than 1,050 cities and towns throughout all six New England states. NECN has established itself as an industry leader as the only cable television news station to earn a George Foster Peabody Award and the Alfred I Dupont- Columbia University Broadcast Journalism Award, among many other accolades. On January 19, 2020, NECN relaunched its entire network targeting a new audience – millennial Women 25-54. As a digital-first network, NECN has changed the way it delivers news, entertainment, and lifestyle content across all platforms.
About Telemundo Boston
Owned by NBCUniversal, Telemundo Boston, WNEU, is a local Telemundo owned station that serves viewers in the Greater Boston area. Telemundo Boston produces 10 hours of local news programming each week. The station’s newscast, “Noticiero Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra” (Telemundo New England News) is the #1 Spanish- language newscast in New England airing every weeknight at 5:00 PM, 5:30 PM, 6:00 PM and 11:00 PM and delivers live, local breaking news, weather forecasts and special reports, as well as sports and entertainment information to Spanish-speaking audiences in Boston and in Hartford, Connecticut through a simulcast via WRDM. Audiences can also receive the most-up-to-date news and information across the station’s digital and mobile platforms at TelemundoNuevaInglaterra.com, via the “Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra” mobile app, and its social media channels @TelemundoNI.
About NBC Sports Boston
NBC Sports Boston reaches more than 4 million households in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Programming includes the Boston Celtics, Arbella Early Edition, Boston Sports Tonight, Celtics Post Up, Monday Night Patriots, Quick Slants, Football Day in New England including pre and post-game programs surrounding all Patriots games, CAA football, basketball and more. NBCSportsBoston.com and all of the networks social media channels (@NBCSBoston) provide continuous news, video and in-depth, up-to-the-minute coverage of New England sports. Visit NBCSportsBoston.com for more information. Check local listings for the specific channel location for your area.
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, plus affiliated stations, partner with animal shelters and rescues in their communities promote pet adoption and raise needed 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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