NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In celebration of World Spay Day today, Feb. 25, country music icon Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation has announced the It Takes Balls campaign will focus specifically on Central, South and West Texas this year. In 2024, It Takes Balls provided grants to East Texas, North Texas and the Texas Panhandle. The initiative, which kicked off in 2023, raises awareness for the importance of spay & neuter and offers grants to qualifying low-cost programs.
“Since we launched the program in 2023, we’ve been able to help over 80 clinics with their spay & neuter programs. We started in Tennessee, then supported programs in North Texas, the Texas Panhandle and East Texas, where I was raised,” shares Lambert. “Now we want to assist spay & neuter initiatives in other parts of my home state. It’s so rewarding to know we’re helping alleviate overcrowded shelters while creating a lasting and measurable change in the quality of life for thousands of shelter pets.”
As great as most animal shelters are, they will never replace a loving home and are not equipped to handle the high number of incoming animals each year. Per the World Animal Foundation, over 6.5 million animals entered shelters in 2023 and 690,000 were euthanized, often due to lack of space. The most impactful way to reduce those numbers is through spay & neuter.
MuttNation is inviting low cost spay & neuter programs in Central Texas, South Texas and West Texas to complete and submit a grant application to help combat this ongoing issue. The application is open through March 28 and can be found HERE.
ABOUT MUTTNATION FOUNDATION
Founded by Miranda Lambert and her mom, Bev, in 2009, MuttNation is a donation-supported 501c(3) nonprofit organization that has raised over $11 million to date in support of its mission to promote the adoption of shelter pets, advance spay & neuter and educate the public about the benefits of these actions. MuttNation provides financial support and works with transport partners to assist and relocate animals during times of natural disaster. MuttNation Fueled by Miranda Lambert, a pet line of toys and supplies that benefits the Foundation, is available exclusively at Tractor Supply Company stores throughout the U.S. To learn more, visit www.muttnation.com.
ABOUT MIRANDA LAMBERT
Critically acclaimed groundbreaker/songwriter/superstar Miranda Lambert has defined her multi-faceted career as an artist, entertainer, entrepreneur, advocate and businesswoman with an unflinching quest for excellence, honesty and conviction. Her 10th solo studio album, Postcards from Texas, available everywhere now via Republic Records, continued her unbroken streak of 10 consecutive Top 10s on the Top Country Albums chart. The most-awarded artist in Academy of Country Music history, including their top honor for Entertainer of the Year, she has also won three GRAMMYs and 14 Country Music Association Awards. A TIME100 honoree and perennial best-of-the-year list maker at the New York Times, TIME, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Stereogum, People and more, NPR has called her “the most riveting country star of her generation.”
A multi-dimensional superstar, she’s earned seven No. 1 solo albums, 10 No. 1 hit radio singles, more than 80 prestigious awards and countless RIAA certifications; conquered Las Vegas with her twice-extended Velvet Rodeo residency; blurred genres with Leon Bridges, the B-52s, Loretta Lynn, Enrique Iglesias, Sheryl Crow and Elle King; and delivered her LGBTQ+ inclusive anthem “Y’all Means All” for Netflix’s “Queer Eye.” She’s taken those standards to become a New York Times bestselling author and the first female restaurateur on Lower Broadway with her Tex-Mex cantina Casa Rosa, while also expanding her creative reach with her Wanda June Home collection exclusive to Walmart and her Idyllwind clothing and boot line at Boot Barn. Her passion for rescue animals inspired the creation of her MuttNation Foundation, which has raised over $10 million since inception to promote adoption, support shelters across the country, advance spay & neuter and assist with the transport of animals during times of natural disaster.
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