2011 end of year shelter challenge

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  • wizardW

    If you really love basenjis you'll vote (frequently every day) for BRAT (main office TX) for this current shelter challenge. The major prize ($5000) is significant money for the shelters that win.
    Just for the heck I looked at past winners and some shelters have won several times over the past years. It's time to get BRAT into the top 10 and keep it there. Yes BRAT has won the state prize but it would be nice to give it the big prize!

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  • DebraDownSouthD

    I know– and I have pushed and begged, emailed til people hated me. I wish we could get in the top 10 but the numbers don't seem possible.

    I will say that you can make it easier by putting the link ON YOUR TOOLBAR so you see it when you sign on. Long before BRAT, I made voting daily a ritual.

    In 7 clicks you can do the following..
    http://tinyurl.com/2ay9z2
    1.1 cups of food to the hungry
    help provide a free mammogram
    .6 bowls of food for rescued animals
    help a homeless veteran get a free meal
    help provide therapy for autistic children
    help provide a child with lifesaving health care
    help give a child in need a book
    help protect 11.4 sq ft of rainforest habitat

    Debra

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  • P

    I am voting every day. I keep it on My favourites so I just have to click and straight through to the site.

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  • KipawaK

    I vote every day as well.

    Regarding voting, I hope it is all legitimate (the shelters who win consistently). Kipawa pulled out of a contest because we found out there was a 'work around' and people were voting numerous times/constantly during a 24 hour period.

    That said, all we can do is vote and try to push BRAT to the top!

    Fran Harder, BAB

    With Barney in my heart

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  • SyberSadeS
    First Basenji's

    I put a shortcut directly to the voting page on my desktop. Vote everyday because I SEE it everyday!

    Sadie

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    The rules did change this time and made it more fair: Under the rules of the 2012 Shelter+ Challenge: ? No group may win more than one Grand Prize in 2012. Winners of the Grand Prize are not eligible for state or regional grants during the same voting round, but are eligible for all other prizes. We congratulate Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc., our first Grand Prize winners of 2012! ? Regional prizes (State, Canadian, or International) may not be won during two consecutive voting rounds by a single organization; they are now limited to a maximum of two prizes during non-consecutive voting rounds per group per year. ? Weekly Winners are not eligible for Regional (State, Canadian, or International) awards during the same voting round. Weekly Winners are not excluded from Grand prizes and Special prizes.<<< But I agree. I think that they should limit Grand Prize to every OTHER year and state to once a year, not every other voting. It has become much like a steady supplemental income for a few groups. I think after so much money, the group should be eliminated completely for a while. As it is, many wonderful rescues have zero chance.
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    Happy to say we got at least the state one! It all helps! U.S. State Winners (& Washington D.C.): Each receive a $1,000 grant to help animals! State Abbr Shelter Name Location AK Homeward Bound Pet Rescue and Referral Fairbanks AL Humane Society of Elmore County Wetumpka AR Ozark Mountain Basset Rescue Inc. Fayetteville AZ Humane Society of Southern Arizona Tucson CA Westside German Shepherd Rescue of LA Los Angeles CO National Mill Dog Rescue Colorado Springs CT The Friends of the New Haven Animal Shelter New Haven DC Lucky Dog Animal Rescue Washington DE Forgotten Cats Inc. Claymont FL Seminole County Animal Services Sanford GA Angels Among Us Pet Rescue, Inc. Alpharetta HI 9th Life Hawaii Makawao IA Des Moines County Humane Society Burlington ID Conrad Strays Cat Rescue and Adoption Inc. Middleton IL Animal House Shelter Huntley IN Our Lil Bit of Heaven Animal Rescue and Sanctuary Poland KS Helping Hands Humane Society Topeka KY Golden Retriever Rescue and Adoption of Needy Dogs Louisville LA Hobo Hotel for Cats Lake Charles MA Bay State Equine Rescue, Inc. Oakham MD Days End Farm Horse Rescue Woodbine ME Animal Refuge League Westbrook MI CRASH's LANDING Cat Rescue and Placement Center Grand Rapids MN Retrieve a Golden of Minnesota, Inc. Hopkins MO Stray Rescue of St. Louis Saint Louis MS Community Animal Rescue and Adoption, Inc. (CARA) Jackson MT Rimrock Humane Society Roundup NC PAWS Animal Shelter Bryson City ND FM Humane Society Fargo NE Nebraska Humane Society Omaha NH NHSPCA Stratham NJ Pig Placement Network Sewell NM Watermelon Mountain Ranch Rio Rancho NV Wind and Willows Ferret Rescue Fallon NY SBU Cat Network Stony Brook OH Friends of Felines Rescue Center Defiance OK Oklahoma Airedale Terrier Rescue Oklahoma City OR Coos County Animal Shelter Coos Bay PA Mid-Atlantic English Springer Spaniel Rescue Newville RI Rhode Island SPCA Riverside SC Noah's Arks Rescue Okatie SD Luv-A-Chin Rescue Sioux Falls TN Heartland Golden Retriever Rescue Knoxville TX Basenji Rescue and Transport,Inc. Garland UT Best Friends Animal Society Kanab VA Oldies But Goodies (Northern VA) ****er Rescue Newington VT TARPS (The Animal Rescue and Protection Society) Chester WA Old Dog Haven Arlington WI IMPS - Internet Miniature Pinscher Service, Inc. - WI region Appleton WV Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary, Inc. Capon Bridge WY Cheyenne Animal Shelter Cheyenne
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