Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals Announces Partnership with TD Bank to Celebrate 4th Annual "I Love NYC Pets" Month with City-Wide Pet Adoption Events

About TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank^®

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, is one of the 15 largest commercial banks in the United States with $142 billion in assets, and provides customers with a full range of financial products and services at more than 1,000 convenient locations from Maine to Florida. TD Bank, N.A., is headquartered in Cherry Hill, NJ, and Portland, ME. TD Bank is a trade name of TD Bank, N.A. TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, is a member of TD Bank Financial Group of Toronto, Canada, a top 10 financial services company in North America and one of the few banks in the world rated AAA by Moody's.

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About the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals

The Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, Inc., founded in 2002 and powered by Maddie's Fund, The Pet Rescue Foundation, with support from the ASPCA, is a coalition of more than 150 animal rescue groups and shelters working with Animal Care & Control of New York City (AC&C) to end the killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs at AC&C shelters. To achieve that goal, the Alliance, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, helps its Alliance Participating Organizations (APOs) work to their highest potential to increase pet adoptions and spay/neuter rates, with the goal of transforming New York City into a no-kill community by 2015.

www.AnimalAllianceNYC.org

About Maddie's Fund

Maddie's Fund, The Pet Rescue Foundation, is a family foundation funded by Workday and PeopleSoft Founder Dave Duffield and his wife, Cheryl. Maddie's Fund is helping to create a no-kill nation where all healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats are guaranteed a loving home. To achieve this goal, Maddie's Fund is investing its resources in building community collaborations where animal welfare organizations come together to develop successful models of lifesaving; in veterinary colleges to help shelter medicine become part of the veterinary curriculum; and in the implementation of a national strategy to promote accountability and transparency in animal shelter operations. Maddie's Fund is named after the family's beloved Miniature Schnauzer who passed away in 1997.

www.MaddiesFund.org

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals Announces Partnership with TD Bank to Celebrate 4th Annual "I Love NYC Pets" Month with City-Wide Pet Adoption Events

New York, NY – Wednesday, January 27, 2010 – In February, the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, a coalition of more than 160 animal rescue groups and shelters working to transform New York City into a no-kill community, will once again shine a spotlight on New York City's homeless pets with its annual month-long pet adoption campaign, "I Love NYC Pets" Month. This year, the Mayor's Alliance is delighted to welcome TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, as the campaign's official sponsor. TD Bank, with more than 75 locations in all five NYC boroughs, will host eight pet adoption events throughout the month of February, featuring dogs and cats for adoption from some of the rescue organizations that comprise the Mayor's Alliance.

To kick-off "I Love NYC Pets" Month and this important partnership, TD Bank will host a morning celebration at its bank location at 42nd Street and Madison Avenue on February 3, 2010. Plus, pet owners are invited to open an account with TD Bank and receive a $25 bonus with the account.

"We're excited that TD Bank is joining us in our efforts to promote pet adoption, and are confident that this partnership will result in an increased number of successful pet adoptions through visible community events," says Jane Hoffman, President of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals.

TD Bank is one of the 15 largest banks in the U.S., with approximately 23,000 Employees and deep roots in the community dating back more than 150 years. "TD Bank is proud to sponsor 'I Love NYC Pets' Month and help the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals raise awareness about pet adoption," says Brandon C. Williams, Senior Vice President, Retail Banking, New York. "When we do business in an area we truly become part of the community and try to help as much as we can when need arises."

To encourage more pet adoptions during "I Love NYC Pets" Month, Animal Care & Control of New York City (AC&C), an Alliance Participating Organization, will offer extended adoption hours (until 7:30 p.m. every day) at its three locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, and will waive adoption fees for cats older than one year.

Not ready to adopt? The Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals encourages you to contact an animal shelter or rescue group in your area and find out how you can volunteer, foster a pet, or donate funds or supplies to support their valuable work.

A list of upcoming "I Love NYC Pets" Month special adoption events and regular adoption hours at each animal shelter can be found at www.ILoveNYCPets.org.