Meet Our September Pet Of The Week Sponsor!

Support for Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA’s mission comes in all different forms – whether it’s sharing content on social media, adopting a pet, becoming a foster, donating time and talent, making a monetary gift, posting the shelter’s monthly flier, or hosting an event. Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA is grateful for the support of the community. Earlier this year, Whitney from the Harrisonburg Dairy Queen asked for a tour and wanted to learn more about the shelter. Staff at Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA jumped at the opportunity to talk about all of the life saving and life changing programs that the shelter now offers to maintain an over 90% live release rate. Whitney was able to learn more about the Have a Heart Fund, Community Cat Program, Barn Cat Program, and Foster Program during her visit, and in exchange, she offered a really exciting opportunity! 

For the entire year, both Harrisonburg Dairy Queen locations would sell pup cups for $1 and would donate it to Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA to support the shelter’s efforts. They also offered coupons for one free Blizzard to each adopter! In the first 6 months, they raised over $3,000 in pup cup sales – absolutely incredible! Not only have they supported the shelter monetarily, but they’ve also helped spread the word about our Mutt-urity Matters campaign by posting yard signs at both locations. 

Whitney shared that the owner, Jane Blackburn, loves giving back to the community in various ways. The pup cups were just the tip of the iceberg! The Harrisonburg Dairy Queen locations also do change Round Ups throughout the year, participate in Miracle Treat Day to support CMN-UVA Children’s Health, and do spirit nights for local non-profit organizations.

Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA would like to thank Jane, Whitney, and all of the staff at the Carlton and Virginia Ave Dairy Queen locations for their generous support! We’re so proud to have you as our September Pet Of The Week Sponsor!

For inquiries related to non-profit fundraising opportunities, email Whitney at whitney@harrisonburgdq.com