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Bill and Ginger Winder Family Foundation Grant to Fund Low-cost Spay/Neuter Surgeries
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, CA - October 21, 2025 The Bill and Ginger Winder Family Foundation has granted $15,000 to Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP). The grant funding will provide 155 affordable spay/neuter surgeries for pets of low-income San Diego County residents. The surgeries will be done on SNAP’s mobile surgical suite, which travels around the county to areas where services are most needed, and in the SNAP East Spay [...]
Pet Lover’s Spay and Neuter Grant Program Awards 4th Grant to SNAP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, CA - September 4, 2025 Funding will help SNAP continue to reduce the number of animals entering local shelters from rural and urban communities in North San Diego County. Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) has received a new grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Pet Lover’s Spay and Neuter Grant Program. This $49,620 grant is the 4th awarded to SNAP from this important [...]
Please Help Us Launch the Next Generation Neuter Scooter!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, CA - June 2025 We hope you will join SNAP in expanding our mobile spay/neuter services to prevent the birth of many additional thousands of unwanted pets across San Diego County through our 2025 Capital Campaign. We have exciting news to share! We're building a brand-new Neuter Scooter, this time, it’s the NEUTER CRUISER!! At Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP), we believe that every pet deserves [...]
Mission Mondays Launch at SNAP East Spay Center in August 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, CA - July 18, 2025 Spay Your Pet. Support Your Community. Strengthen SNAP’s Mission. Beginning in August 2025, SNAP East Spay Center invites pet owners to take part in a new initiative called Mission Mondays, a special opportunity to spay or neuter your pet while giving back to the community. By booking your appointment on a Mission Monday, you’re doing more than helping your own pet—you’re [...]
David C. Copley Foundation Grant to SNAP Will Benefit “Project Homeless Connect”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, CA - April 28, 2025 Grant will spay or neuter 30 dogs and cats of unhoused pet owners to help reduce pet overpopulation. Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) has received a $3,500 grant from The David C. Copley Foundation to cover the costs of medical and surgical supplies for SNAP to spay or neuter 30 pet dogs and cats of unhoused San Diego County residents. Project [...]
SNAP Receives a Food for Thought Policy Grant
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 [...]
SNAP Dedicates Mobile Unit to Maggie and Ian
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Encinitas, CA - March 21, 2025 Honoring a Legacy of Compassion: SNAP Dedicates Mobile Unit to Maggie and Ian Two of Encinitas’ most beloved residents, Maggie Houlihan and Ian Thompson, left an indelible mark on the community through their unwavering dedication to animals, people, and the environment. Cherished for their kindness, activism, and vibrant spirit, this surfboard-riding, Western line-dancing, vegetarian couple was loved across political lines. Maggie [...]
SNAP Receives Grant to Help Spay and Neuter Large Dogs from Ethel Frends Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, CA - February 25, 2025 Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) has received a $5,000 grant from Ethel Frends Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee to help San Diego County low-income pet owners have their large dogs spayed and neutered. Two unaltered dogs and their offspring can be responsible for more than 65,000 puppies being born within 6 years. Our local animal shelters are over capacity, and [...]
David C. Copley Foundation Grant to SNAP Will Help “Beat the Heat”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, CA - January 5, 2025 Grant will spay 112 female cats to reduce “Mt. Kitten” at local shelters. The David C. Copley Foundation has awarded Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) a $7,000 grant to help reduce the “Mt. Kitten” annual May peak of unwanted litters arriving at local animal shelters. The grant will enable SNAP to spay 112 cats for clients who want to be responsible [...]
ACES Foundation Awards Grant to SNAP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, December 30, 2024 Grant will pay for medical and surgical supplies to spay/neuter East San Diego County pets ACES Foundation has awarded Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) a $25,000 grant to cover the cost of medical and surgical supplies to spay and neuter 630 pet dogs, cats, and rabbits of low-income East San Diego County residents. With a mission to help shelter animals of El Cajon, [...]
Anonymous Donor Awards Grant to SNAP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, December 19, 2024 Pets of low-income seniors will receive $25 spay/neuter surgeries Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) is grateful to an anonymous donor for a $6,000 grant to support $25 spay/neuter surgeries for pets of low-income San Diego County senior citizens. The surgeries will be done on SNAP’s mobile “Neuter Scooter” surgical bus and at the SNAP East Spay Center at 702 Broadway, El Cajon. SNAP’s [...]
SNAP Receives Tribal-SNAP Grant from the Roy & Marian Holleman Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, December 16, 2024 Dogs and cats of low-income Tribal members will receive no-cost spay/neuter surgeries, to help prevent additional pet overpopulation. The Roy and Marian Holleman Foundation has generously granted $10,000 to Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) to support no-cost spay/neuter surgeries for pet dogs and cats of Native American Tribal members. The surgeries will be done on SNAP’s mobile “Neuter Scooter” surgical bus and at [...]
Las Patronas Awards Grant for SNAP Truck
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, December 16, 2024 Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) is excited to receive a generous grant award of $20,000 from Las Patronas, towards the purchase of a SNAP truck which will transport supplies, staff, volunteers, and more to our spay/neuter clinics and other events. This vehicle has been critically needed by SNAP in order to continue our mission to save lives by reducing pet overpopulation. Spay/neuter helps [...]
Banfield Foundation® Awards Grant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, December 11, 2024 Funding will provide free microchips to pet dogs and cats of low-income rural, military, and unhoused San Diego County residents and members of Native Nations Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) announced that it has received a $6,835.66 Community Care Grant from Banfield Foundation® to provide free microchips to 1,220 pet dogs and cats of low-income rural, military, and unhoused San Diego County residents [...]
Free Spay & Neuter Services on #GivingTuesday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 9, 2024 Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) Partners with Project Street Vet and Dreams for Change to Provide Free Spay and Neuter Services for Pets at San Diego's “O’” Safe Lot on December 3rd. San Diego, CA – December 3, 2024 – The Spay Neuter Action Project (SNAP) is excited to announce a partnership with Project Street Vet and Dreams for Change to bring the Neuter Scooter [...]
Temporary suspension of surgeries at SNAP East during building repairs; Surgeries continue on SNAP North Neuter Scooter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2024 The Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) announces a temporary suspension of spay and neuter services at the East County Spay Center, due to an upcoming major construction project on the main building. While this may be a temporary inconvenience, it comes with the exciting news that the facility, generously donated by local veterinarian is about to undergo a complete transformation. The new vision will bring [...]
Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) Announces New Tier 2 Pricing, Expanding Affordable Services to Mid-Income Pet Owners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9, 2024 The Spay Neuter Action Project (SNAP) is pleased to announce the launch of its new Tier 2 pricing, designed to help mid-income pet owners access affordable spay and neuter services. While SNAP’s Tier 1 program continues to provide low-cost sterilization for low-income families, Tier 2 offers an equally comprehensive, low-cost option for those who don’t qualify for low-income assistance but struggle to afford the [...]

