Gina,
Would it be possible to make a sticky (until mid-December) with the following ? If not, I'll post it somewhere. Thanks.
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Here are two opportunities for you to help your favorite shelter/rescue organization. I hope you will consider voting for Marlania’s organization, for one of my local ones or for any other one you support. There are many good ones that need so much help so… click away and bring money where it is needed.
Opportunity 1 : The Animal Rescue Site Shelter Challenge (I think this replaces the Petfinder one that fizzled due to problems with the voting process) :
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com Grand Prize: One $25,000 grant!
Runner Up: One $10,000 grant!
State Winners: Fifty-four $1,000 state grants
Weekly Winners: Eleven $1,000 weekly grant
- Voting began on September 29, 2008 and ends on December 14th, 2008.
- Voting is allowed once a day (you need to click on the « Feed and care » linkie first. No extra information is asked from you but you will have to confirm your vote by naming an animal that appears randomly (security measure to avoid automated voting).
- To find Marlania’s organization (their shelter got pretty torn down during the hurricanes and needs rebuilding), select Louisiana, then type in « Thibodaux », then click on HOPE
- To find my local no-kill shelter (the only shelter alternative to our AC), select Louisiana, then type in « Shreveport », then click Pet Savers, Inc.
Opportunity 2 : Care2/Adopt-a-Pet America’s favorite shelter :
http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/
Winning shelter gets $10,000
Participation awards $5,000 (divided into 4 prizes)
Weekly winners : $1,000 (random selection)
- Voting began on September 22, 2008 and ends on November 1, 2008.
- Voting is allowed only once in all. They ask for a name, a reason and an e-mail address but you can appear as anonymous on the site without leaving a reason and if you do not want to share your regular e-mail with that site, just create a temporary one somewhere. You will be asked to confirm your vote by clicking on the picture of an animal (security measure to avoid automated voting).
- Marlania’s organization is not listed with that contest as of today.
- To find the local organization I volunteer with (we do not have a shelter but give out speuter vouchers, sponsor low cost rabies vaccination, foster, organize adoptions of the AC animals, etc), select Louisiana, then go down the list to Shreveport, then click on Humane Society of Northwest Louisiana.