FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Diego, CA – March 26, 2025
Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) has received a $1,000 Policy Grant from the Animal Place Food for Thought program, in recognition of SNAP’s new vegan menu policy. Grant funds will be used to provide vegan food at SNAP’s 4th annual Pickleball for the Pets to be held on August 23, 2025. All funds raised at this event will go towards SNAP’s mission of saving lives by reducing pet overpopulation.
In alignment with SNAP’s values towards the humane and compassionate treatment of all animals and to reflect this commitment, SNAP’s board members amended our bylaws to adopt a vegan menu policy on January 13, 2025. Going forward, SNAP will ensure that only plant-based (vegan) food and beverages are provided at organization-hosted events. Vegan options will be available at events that are held by others to benefit SNAP.
SNAP provides no- and low-cost spay and neuter surgeries for pet dogs, cats, and rabbits of financially challenged clients in underserved San Diego County communities. We help to prevent the birth of unwanted litters and the suffering that often follows. Licensed veterinarians deliver these services on a 40-foot mobile unit (the “Neuter Scooter”) that travels across San Diego County to meet clients where they are needed most, and in the SNAP East Spay Center in El Cajon, California. SNAP serves urban areas as well as rural communities and Native Nations, where low-income and underserved residents have the additional burdens of limited veterinary care and few transportation options.
“Enacting a vegan menu policy is a great step that companion animal rescue and welfare organizations can take towards helping people recognize the connection between compassion for animals and their food choices” said Dorell Sackett, SNAP’s Executive Director.
About the Animal Place Food for Thought Policy Grant Program
Food for Thought is a program of Animal Place, one of the oldest and largest U.S. farmed animal sanctuaries. The Food for Thought Policy Grant Program helps companion animal rescue organizations extend their compassion to all animals by adopting a board-approved vegan or vegetarian menu policy for events. Animal Place’s Mission is to provide refuge for unwanted farmed animals, to further their welfare through education of the public, and to foster ethics of compassion and responsibility towards nonhuman animals by advocating a vegan lifestyle. A variety of tours are offered at their 600-acre sanctuary in Grass Valley, California.
About Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP)
The Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing pet overpopulation by providing affordable and free spay/neuter services to low-income pet owners. Through mobile clinics and community outreach, SNAP has helped prevent the suffering of countless animals and contributed to a more humane San Diego County.