Spay It Forward by WA Pet Project

07/10/2026

👏💛🐾 Celebrating Our Wonderful Vet Nurses! 🐾💛👏

It’s Veterinary Nurse & Technologist Awareness Week, 5–9 October, and we’re celebrating the incredible nurses and technologists at all our partnered practices! 🩺✨

Thank you for the skilled care you give our clients’ pets, the reassurance you offer worried owners, and the kindness you show families facing difficult times. 💛

Your work helps make desexing and microchipping possible, preventing unwanted litters and supporting pets and the people who love them.

Visiting one of our partnered practices this week? Please take a moment to let the nurses know how much you appreciate them! 🐾

From all of us at Spay It Forward, thank you for your tireless efforts to help people and pets across WA 🙌

04/10/2026

🐾✂️🌾 SEPTEMBER ACHIEVEMENT SPOTLIGHT! 🌾✂️🐾

As we move into the first week of October, we wanted to take a moment to recognise some BIG achievements from September!

A huge thank you to Heartlands Veterinary Hospitals for inviting Spay It Forward to participate in their 18th Outreach Program & Spey Day in York, WA!

We simply can't thank the incredibly skilled volunteer vets, veterinary nurses and veterinary support staff enough for their enormous and incredibly generous effort on the day 💛

Together, 35 animals were desexed and microchipped — and there were some complex surgeries along the way, including a pyometra (uterine infection), a couple of cats with undescended testicles, and, incredibly, EVERY female cat was in heat‼️

This work is especially important at this time of year as we head into kitten and puppy season. Just this ONE day of veterinary work helped prevent at least 183 unwanted puppies and kittens from being born across Perth and the Wheatbelt 🐈🐕🐾

On the day, SIF and Heartlands supported families from:

📍 York
📍 Northam
📍 Spencer's Brook
📍 Tammin
📍 Merredin
📍 Nungarin
📍 Quairading
📍 Wundowie
📍 Wyalkatchem
📍 Narembeen
📍 Perth

A heartfelt THANK YOU to the incredible veterinary teams who made this day possible 🙏

And thank you to all the families who travelled from across the Wheatbelt to get their pets to the vet and give them the opportunity to live longer, healthier lives.

If you, or someone you know, needs help getting their pet to the vet and has a valid concession card, please send them our application:
👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SIFAppMain2017

💛🐾 Together, we can make a difference — one desexed pet at a time.

24/09/2026

🎉🐾💛 WELCOME GEOvet! 💛🐾🎉

We’re absolutely thrilled to welcome GEOvet Vet Hospital as the newest veterinary partner of Spay It Forward🐾✨

This partnership is a really exciting step for SIF — it means we can now extend our support to Busselton, Capel and surrounding South West communities, including the Bunbury area 🌿🐶🐱

GEOvet is a locally-owned, mixed veterinary practice with clinics in West Busselton, Capel and Nannup, providing compassionate, high-quality veterinary care to companion animals, horses and livestock throughout the South West.

Their experienced team is passionate about building trusted, long-term relationships with the communities they serve and believe that caring for animals goes hand in hand with supporting the people and communities around them💛

That commitment to animals, people and community aligns beautifully with what we’re working to achieve through Spay It Forward🐾

We’re so excited to work alongside the GEOvet team and help make desexing more accessible for people doing it tough across the South West. 🙌

05/08/2026

📣🐾🧤 It’s Homelessness Week 🧤🐾📣

Homelessness Week raises awareness of the challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness and the importance of ensuring everyone has access to safe housing, support and essential services.

This week, Spay It Forward has partnered with No Limits Perth and The Hepburn Centre to help keep beloved pets fed, healthy and at home 🐕🐈💛

Thanks to the generous support of SavourLife, we’ve donated two pallets of SavourLife Essentials pet food to support these local community pet food pantries.

If you’re struggling to feed your pet, please reach out. Pet food will be available TODAY and TOMORROW.

📍 Where: The Hepburn Centre
46 Highclere Boulevard, Marangaroo
📅 When: Wednesday 5 August and Thursday 6 August 2026
🕚 Time: 11:00 am–12:00 pm

No one should have to choose between feeding themselves and feeding their pet. 🐾💛

29/07/2026

🙏🌟🎉A HUGE THANK YOU TO HEARTLANDS VETERINARY OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR HOSTING OUR 17th Spay Day🎉🌟🙏

In collaboration with the Heartlands Veterinary Hospitals' Veterinary Outreach Program, dedicated veterinary professionals volunteered their time, skills and expertise to desex and microchip as many pets as possible this past weekend.

Held at the brand-new, state-of-the-art Heartlands Veterinary Hospital York, three veterinary teams desexed 35 animals, including 30 Spay It Forward pets🐈🐕

This work will help prevent at least 135 unwanted kittens and 18 unwanted puppies from being born—reducing future animal suffering and giving pets a better chance at a safe, loved life.

Pets travelled from across Perth and the Wheatbelt, including Bruce Rock, Merredin, Nungarin, Northam, Spencer’s Brook and Kellerberrin.

💛 A huge thank you to:

🐾 Dr Olivia, who dedicated countless hours to organising the day, and Dr Tracey, who generously opened her hospital.

🐾 The amazing veterinary professionals who travelled from Perth and across the Wheatbelt to donate their skills.

🐾 Mary, our newest volunteer, who coordinated many Wheatbelt families, and Corry, who drove hundreds of kilometres to get their pets safely to York and home again.

🐾 Michele, who helped Perth families access the program—and bravely drove a very stinky car full of male cats to be desexed and safely returned them home! 😹🚗

We couldn’t do this without our incredible volunteers, veterinary teams and community supporters.
🚨 WE URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP🚨

We currently have more than 1,000 applications at various stages of processing, and demand continues to grow for our program.

Please support Spay It Forward with a one-off or regular donation through GiveNow:

👉 www.givenow.com.au/wappsif

***Donations are tax-deductible, and you’ll receive an instant receipt.

Together, we can prevent unwanted litters and reduce animal suffering—one Spay Day at a time 💛

05/07/2026

🎉🐕🐾Together, we made it happen – Feed It Forward Campaign Results 🐾🐕🎉

We are absolutely blown away by the incredible support of our community throughout this campaign! 🙏✨ No one plans to struggle, and rising living costs have put real pressure on pet families right here in WA who are doing their best to keep their dogs healthy, fed, and at home.

You showed up to make sure these families have the breathing room and food support they need most! Thanks to your collective effort of buying SavourLife dry food at Petstock throughout June, we’ve reached (and surpassed) our target! 🚀💯

Across Australia, SavourLife is donating:

✨6,250 bags donated
✨Equivalent to 125,000 meals donated

Right here at home, that incredible collective effort means we’ve achieved:

✨1,250 x 3 kg bags donated to WA Pet Project
✨3,750 kg of dog food in total
✨Equivalent to 25,000 meals donated to families in WA.

A simple shop over the last month is now helping keep vulnerable pets healthy and exactly where they belong—at home with the people who love them. 🥰🐕 Thank you to everyone who bought a bag, spread the word, and helped keep people and pets together! 🙌💛

30/06/2026

🐾📣North of the River Pet Food Assistance Available - TOMORROW, July 1, 2026📣🐾

Our friends at No Limits Perth are hosting their monthly hub to help pets and people. Please plan a visit if you and your family are experiencing hardship.

Details for the hub:
📅 Wednesday, 1 July
🕚 11:00am – 12:00pm
📍 Hepburn Centre: 46 Highclere Boulevard, Marangaroo

💙 THIS WEDNESDAY | FREE WANNEROO COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES 💙

If you’re experiencing homelessness or simply doing it tough, our complete wrap-around support services are available free of charge and without judgement.

📅 Wednesday, 1 July
🕚 11:00am – 12:00pm
📍 Hepburn Centre
46 Highclere Boulevard, Marangaroo

This month, we’re pleased to welcome Legal Aid WA, who will be available to assist people with court fines and provide guidance on accessing the Work and Development Permit (WDP) Program, helping eligible people reduce or clear fines through approved activities and support.

Alongside Legal Aid, you’ll be able to access a wide range of free services, including food assistance, advocacy, practical support, referrals and more, all delivered by our incredible community partners.

A heartfelt thank you to the amazing The Hepburn Centre for once again hosting this important community hub.

Please share this post so it reaches someone who may need a helping hand. 💙

29/06/2026

🐾🐕📣BUY A BAG. FEED A DOG IN NEED.📣🐕🐾

No one plans to struggle - and no one wants to choose between caring for their dog and keeping up with essential expenses💛🐾

For pet parents facing sudden financial pressure, access to food support can help relieve stress and give families breathing room when they need it most.

That’s why this June, every SavourLife dry food purchase at Petstock triggers a 3kg SavourLife Essentials donation to community partners like us supporting vulnerable pet parents.

Today is your very last day to shop and help vulnerable families right here in WA! Petstock is open until 6 PM tonight, so there is still time to make a massive difference with a simple shop today!

***Total donations capped at $250,000 retail value.

28/06/2026

🐾🐕🙏🏻Help keep people and pets together🙏🏻🐕🐾

Pets are part of the family - but when life takes an unexpected turn, even the basics can become hard to manage. Rising living costs can put real pressure on pet parents who are doing their best to keep their dogs healthy, fed and at home. Sometimes, something as simple as food support can make all the difference💛🐾

That’s why this June, every SavourLife dry food purchase at Petstock triggers a 3kg SavourLife Essentials donation to community partners like us at WA Pet Project supporting vulnerable pet parents.

Together, we’re helping keep pets and people together.

A simple shop this weekend that helps keep pets where they belong - at home.

***Total donations capped at $250,000 retail value.***

27/06/2026

🐾🐕🏡COLLABORATION IN ACTION: Keeping Country Families & Pets Together!🏡🐕🐾

​We are incredibly excited to share how Spay It Forward and SavourLife's Feed It Forward Campaign run through Petstock are teaming up with some amazing local legends to support the heart of our regional communities! 🌾✨

​Through our community contacts, we crossed paths with the incredible Pingelly Youth Centre (PYC)—and we knew right away that our goals aligned perfectly. 🤝 Owned by the Shire of Pingelly and run by the Moorditj Youth Foundation Aboriginal Corporation (MYFAC) in a fantastic joint partnership, this centre is a vital lifeline. From their morning breakfast club for kids on school buses 🚌, to midday community outreach for 17-25 year-olds (including mental health, counselling, and WA Country Health Service) 🩺, to afternoon safe spaces with food assistance and the Parent Pathways program—they do it all! 🌟

​"The Youth Centre sees a range of community members and they try to meet the needs of those people at the time, or they will refer services for the benefit of the youth—which includes families and their pets, because pets are family too. They provide consistent, regular support so families don't reach crisis level." 💛

​This philosophy is exactly why this connection is so vital. Out here in the country, pets are an integral part of the family—just about everyone has a dog! 🐕 That's why we look at community well-being with the understanding that truly healthy communities can only stem from healthy people, healthy pets, and a healthy environment working in harmony. 🌏✨

​While extending our rural pet food help keeps families together at the dinner table 🍽️, Spay It Forward works tirelessly beyond food support. We are on the ground in Pingelly and Brookton bringing vital veterinary care and resources directly to the community, including desexing, microchipping, vaccinations, parasite treatments, and access to essential supplies.

​🤝 The Village Making This Possible: ​This incredible web of support is powered by a dedicated regional network: a wonderful PYC volunteer collects food prepared by Divine You Inc from Narrogin for Pingelly’s youth, while The Honourable Florist delivers non-perishables from PYC to the BOTT Brookton Giving Pantry to secure food for local families and dogs. These vital food logistics and Spay It Forward’s essential veterinary services are made possible through the medical dedication of Heartlands Veterinary Hospitals, crucial grant funding from Community Bank Pingelly and Brookton, our foundational local government partnership with the Shire of Brookton, and the valued support of the Shire of Pingelly.

​By providing consistent, proactive support, we can keep pets healthy, families together, and prevent crises before they happen. Thank you to everyone involved in making the Feed It Forward campaign such a tremendous success so far this June! 🐶🎉

📸 by PYC volunteer, and from left to right: Bri (PYC supporter) and Rex the tripod, Michael (PYC supporter and parent) and Larry, Danielle (PYC volunteer, supporter, and Shire of Pingelly councillor) and Pippi, Janette (PYC supporter and Oingelly Primary School employee) and Stitch, Melanie (PYC volunteer and supervisor under MYFAC), and Jenn (Spay It Forward Program Coordinator)

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