Pet Camp Grabs Top Pet Boarding Honors by Readers of SFGate

With 32 nominees and 70,634 votes cast, Pet Camp was awarded Best Pet Boarding facility for 2010. Recapping our 2008 win is extremely gratifying, since the votes come directly from the parents of our Pet Campers. Our heartfelt thanks go out to our loyal community of supporters and SFGate.com.

The contest is conducted by SFGate.com and CityVoter. Visitors are invited to nominate and vote for their favorite businesses, with nominations drawn from SFGate visitors, business owners requesting consideration and the research team at SFGate. All nominees are reviewed for accuracy and merit.

Pet Camp Voted Best Pet Boarding Facility by Readers of SFGate.com

Readers of SFGate.com and Pet Camp fans recently voted Pet Camp the Best Pet Boarding Facility in the Bay Area. The contest, conducted by SFGate.com and CityVoter, regularly invites visitors to nominate and vote for their favorite businesses. Nominations are culled from multiple sources, including SFGate visitors, business owners who request a listing, as well as the research team at SFGate.com. All nominations are reviewed for accuracy and merit. Our nomination came from a pleased parent of a Pet Camper.

Readers were quite generous with their praise and ratings and we thank you and SFGate.com. It’s extremely gratifying to know how much Pet Camp’s services are valued by our community.

Readers of San Francisco Magazine Award Pet Camp “Best of the Bay”

San Francisco Magazine’s readers were asked to pick the people, places and things that make the Bay Area the best place to live, work and play. Votes were tallied and the kind folks at San Francisco Magazine let us know that Pet Camp was counted among the Bay Area’s bests for 2008. Thank you readers and thank you San Francisco Magazine!

On Thursday, November 1, Pet Camp received the first-ever Small Business Award given by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce at its annual Excellence in Business Awards. Presented by Travis Kiyota, Director of Government Relations, of Pacific Gas & Electric Co., this ongoing award is intended to honor small, San Francisco businesses that exemplify the diversity of products and services that give San Francisco’s neighborhoods their special flair, an example of the entrepreneurial spirit that demonstrates an investment in the City’s future.

Husband-and-wife team, Mark Klaiman and Virginia Donohue accepted the award. In her statement, Virginia said, “This is truly an amazing honor and we are grateful to our camp counselors, our campers and our campers’ parents who allow us the privilege of caring for their dogs and cats."

This year’s finalists, which also included the esteemed Beronio Lumber and Orchard Garden Hotel, were chosen, not only for their unique contributions to the vibrancy of life in San Francisco, but also for their strong commitment to green initiatives which has helped to make San Francisco one of the world’s leaders in the application of alternative energy sources. As one of the largest users of solar power and a model for what small businesses can do to make a difference, Pet Camp was honored as being among the City’s green pioneers.

Other winners of the Excellence in Business awards include Virgin America, One Rincon Hill, Method cleaning products, and Charles Schwab & Co.

Pet Camp’s Senior Counselor Mark Klaiman accepts the commendation from Mayor Gavin Newsom.