Miranda Lambert (Photograph Courtesy: Miranda Lambert)
NASHVILLE (CelebrityAccess) – Forward of returning to Texas for the Academy of Nation Music (ACM) awards tonight (Could 16), the most-awarded artist in ACM historical past and passionate animal advocate Miranda Lambert has some excellent news for her house state, saying almost $130,000 in “It Takes Balls” spay and neuter grants awarded by her MuttNation Basis to 34 organizations all through Texas, with plans to broaden to further areas sooner or later. The “It Takes Balls” marketing campaign was launched in Tennessee in 2023 to boost consciousness for the significance of spaying and neutering and provides grants to qualifying low-cost applications.
“I’m so comfortable to announce that our ‘It Takes Balls’ program has simply awarded the primary grants in my house state of Texas to 34 organizations within the East, North and Panhandle areas, and we anticipate to open the applying course of as much as different elements of Texas quickly, too,” shared Lambert. “Please bear in mind to spay or neuter your pets – it’s the easiest way to assist cut back pet homelessness and maintain animals out of the overcrowded shelters.”
Day-after-day, 70,000 puppies and kittens are born in the USA, and whereas beloved for his or her cuteness, there may be nothing cute about seeing them in overcrowded shelters. Greater than 6.5 million cats and canine entered shelters in 2023, and over 900,000 have been euthanized, primarily attributable to a scarcity of house.
The MuttNation Basis additionally helps shelters in occasions of emergency. This previous week, flooding, large storms and tornados have brought on super harm that impacted animals and animal shelters in Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Georgia and past. The MuttNation-Tractor Provide “Aid For Rescues” Fund, supported by pet-loving Tractor Provide customers who generously donated at checkout earlier this yr, has donated a number of to shelters within the affected areas. In partnership with Better Good Charities, the MuttNation-Tractor Provide “Aid For Rescues” Fund has additionally offered households with pets in Texas and Oklahoma with pet meals and wellness vaccines.
To proceed elevating funds and permitting the MuttNation Basis to help extra animals yearly, Lambert just lately introduced the “Music for Mutts” profit live performance to rejoice the nonprofit’s fifteenth anniversary. Set for October 5 at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater, the live performance will function a efficiency by Lambert herself, with further artists to be introduced quickly. Tickets can be found now by way of Reside Nation.