Sold-out puppy and kitten yoga event supports Palm Beach shelter pets

A sold-out puppy and kitten yoga session at Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League will turn the shelter’s Pavilion Lobby in West Palm Beach into a one-day animal-wellness fundraiser on July 18. The lineup pairs kitten yoga at 11:30 a.m. with puppy yoga at 1:30 p.m., each lasting 60 minutes and followed by a 15-minute sound bath designed to settle the room after playtime with adoptable animals.

TulaBala and Peggy Adams have built the event as more than a novelty class. Throughout July, 20 percent of all TulaBala sales will go to Peggy Adams, and the brand is also offering a sitewide 20 percent discount for the month. Event attendees, donors and adopters will receive a separate code for 30 percent off everything on TulaBala’s website, extending the campaign beyond the sold-out gathering itself.

For Peggy Adams, the timing fits a long-running fundraising model that leans on community programming to make shelter pets visible. The rescue says it is an independent 501(c)(3) organization serving Palm Beach County and receives no city, state or federal funding. It says it has provided care for 1.5 million animals since 1925, when its history began after eight prominent women met in 1924 to address animals abandoned by winter visitors. Public-facing materials also say the shelter serves more than 40,000 cats, dogs, puppies and kittens each year through sheltering, medical care, adoption and spay-neuter services.

The July campaign also includes a practical donation drive: TulaBala is asking supporters to send in gently used yoga mats, which it says can be repurposed to add comfort in dog kennels. That keeps the effort tied to both wellness and day-to-day shelter operations, rather than stopping at the mat line.

Peggy Adams has used animal-first programming before. In 2018, the shelter’s Pup-Up Adoption Shop paired adoptable animals with kitten yoga, a template that makes this month’s sold-out class feel like an extension of an established Palm Beach County outreach playbook. With the Pavilion Lobby already full, the sharper test now is whether the mix of puppy yoga, kitten yoga and a sound bath can keep attention on the animals long after the final pose.