Puppies and yoga event offers discounted adoptions in Greenwood
Puppies & Yoga gave Greenwood attendees a one-hour class, adoptable animals and a 50 percent adoption discount, turning a workout into a rescue pipeline.
A one-hour yoga class at 2820 Airport Road gave Greenwood residents a chance to stretch, meet adoptable puppies and cut the cost of bringing one home the same day. The Humane Society of Greenwood used Puppies & Yoga on Saturday, June 13, to turn a gentle wellness session into a direct adoption and fundraising event.
The class ran from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and cost $12, with proceeds benefiting the Humane Society of Greenwood. Gentle Roots Yoga described the format as lighthearted, grounding and community-focused, and said it was designed for all levels. That mattered because the real draw was not the flow sequence but the animals, with adoptable puppies and other shelter pets making special appearances throughout practice.
The practical incentive was hard to miss: every participant that day received a 50 percent discount on adoptions. Space was limited to 20 participants per class, and registration was required, a setup that kept the room intimate while giving people enough room to focus on the animals as much as the poses.
For the shelter, the event fit a broader playbook. The Humane Society of Greenwood says it operates the Greenwood County Animal Shelter under contract with Greenwood County, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supported by donations and county funding, and promotes adoptions at its Adoption Center and at off-site events. It also offers low-cost spay and neuter services and coordinates outreach through school and civic presentations, media and fundraising events, which makes a class like Puppies & Yoga a natural extension of its day-to-day work.
The shelter’s 2025 lifesaving statistics show the scale of that work. In calendar year 2025, it recorded 1,012 canine live intakes and 586 feline live intakes, along with 703 canine adoptions and 642 feline adoptions. The organization also posts yearly shelter data from 2020 through 2025, underscoring how closely it tracks intake and outcome numbers as it pushes more animals into homes.
That same adoption push extends beyond the mat. The Humane Society of Greenwood lists regular hours Tuesday through Saturday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at 2820 Airport Road in Greenwood, South Carolina 29649, and says pets adopted from the Greenwood County Animal Shelter can include one free wellness exam from participating local veterinary hospitals. The listing also pointed to a second class later in June featuring cats and kittens, a sign that Greenwood’s rescue scene is building a repeatable path from playful social outing to adoption paperwork.
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