A litter of eight puppies brought the party to Rawlco Radio on Monday, as staff spent their lunch hour making new furry friends from New Hope Dog Rescue.
The Rawlco puppy party was the third one hosted by Britebox Storage Co. in Saskatoon. The company donates storage space to the non-profit dog fostering program.
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Recently, they started connecting businesses with New Hope for puppy play dates in workplaces.
“The best part for us is seeing everyone’s faces. You can’t go wrong when you bring a litter of eight puppies to businesses and everyone’s just super excited,” said Britebox site manager Ryan Martens.
With each party, the storage company donates $200 to the foster program that currently has more than 80 dogs, according to New Hope executive director Tami Vangool.
“When this litter gets adopted we have a couple other litters of puppies. It should bring our numbers down,” Vangool said, adding that new foster homes are always needed.
Though businesses receive parties free of charge, some like K+S Potash Canada, facilitate donations to New Hope.
A wellness committee of K+S employees decided to bring puppies to the workplace as part of its mandate to encourage healthy lifestyles.
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It also made a dog owner out of K+S employee Heather Richinski.
“It was a lot of peer pressure from my coworkers,” Richinski said with a laugh.
She adopted Rascal, a seven-month-old husky-collie cross. Since his appearance at the party, he’s learned to fetch and is enrolled in puppy school.
“Nobody loses here. It’s a win-win for everybody and our lives are forever better with Rascal in it.”
To request a puppy party, call Britebox Storage Co. at 306-668-3300.