Kayla McBride's season generated 319,750 meals for pets
Through Humane World for Animals' Points for Pets, Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride's 775 regular-season points and 126 three-pointers funded 319,750 meals for pets in underserved communities.
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Humane World for Animals said Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride's regular season funded 319,750 pet meals through Points for Pets. Her line was 775 points and 126 three-pointers.
Those baskets were converted into meals for pets in underserved communities nationwide. The meal total is what this points program produced from her season, not a count of animals adopted.
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Kayla McBride, a guard for the Minnesota Lynx basketball team in Minneapolis, had her scoring turned into pet food. Through a program called Points for Pets, from Humane World for Animals, her 775 points in the regular season and her 126 three-point shots paid for 319,750 meals for pets whose families have a hard time affording food. The meals go to underserved communities around the country, not only in Minnesota. The 319,750 meals are what her season's points funded, and the point totals are her regular-season line.
- How can a basketball point turn into a meal for a pet?
- Why would a pet need a donated meal?
- What is the difference between points scored and meals funded?
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