Help Out East Ridge Animal Shelter by Shopping at Petco

People can help raise money for the East Ridge Animal Shelter by shopping at the Petco store in Fort Oglethorpe.

City officials said that East Ridge was selected as a recipient of the All for Holiday Homes program.

Here’s how it works: from now until Dec. 24, a portion of proceeds from sales at the Petco store at 234 Parkway Drive will go to the East Ridge Animal Shelter.

Customers can donate to the Petco Foundation and help animals in communities all across the country find loving homes. Or, customers can purchase a Petco Foundation calendar in stores and help give pets the greatest gift of all – a home. 100% of the proceeds benefit adoptable pets. And, purchase any bag of Instinct Raw Boost Mixers between Nov. 19 and Dec. 24, and Nature’s Varity Instinct will donate $1 to the Petco Foundation, up to $100,000.

For a $9.95 donation to the Petco Foundation, guests can have their pet’s photos taken with Santa, along with a holiday keepsake picture frame, and all proceeds count toward the All For Holiday Homes fundraiser.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.