05/16/2026
What’s the number one thing that goes best with dogs and puppies? 🐶❤️
Like ice cream and sprinkles. 🍦✨
Peanut butter and jelly. 🥜🍇
Biscuits and gravy. 🍽️
Bonfires and summer nights. 🔥🌙
Cowboys and boots. 🤠👢
Well, there’s one thing that just naturally goes together with dogs and puppies… and that’s KIDDOS. 🐾❤️👧👦
And y’all… we LOVE kiddos. We love children of all ages, and seeing young people with hearts this big absolutely melts us.
So this was beyond perfect. Beyond special. Beyond anything we can even put into words.
The fifth grade class at Parris South Elementary School in Savannah, Tennessee decided to do a popcorn 🍿 and lemonade 🍋 fundraiser for The Grit Factor… and BOY DID THEY EVER.
These sweet kids raised $673 and donated EVERY SINGLE DIME to The Grit Factor. 💛🐾
Our very own Nicole took the G-WAGGIN up today to thank everyone personally, snap some pictures, and let these amazing kiddos know just how much this meant to us.
And honestly? Looking at this picture right here… this is what hope looks like. ❤️🇺🇸🐾
A group of kids learning compassion.
Learning kindness.
Learning that helping animals matters.
Learning that even small acts can change lives.
We are overwhelmed.
Humbled.
Speechless.
Honored.
Grateful beyond words.
Completely blown away by the kindness and compassion these students showed.
What these kids may never fully realize is that their kindness is going to directly help dogs and puppies who needed somebody to care. 🐶❤️
From the deepest depths of our hearts… thank y’all. Truly. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU.
Hopefully one day soon we can swing by with some puppies and dogs y’all helped save so y’all can love on them yourselves. 🐾❤️
This was one of the sweetest things we’ve ever experienced, and we will never forget it.
— The Grit Factor