Here’s how you can help the Whitley County Humane Shelter & Adoption Center of Whitley County win a $20,000 grant.
The Animal Rescue Site is hosting a special challenge for eligible Petfinder.com member shelter and rescue groups. The grand prize is a $20,000 grant, and they will be awarding many other grants to rescue groups with the most votes – a total of $100,000 in grants for animal welfare organizations.
“Think how many animals we could help for $20,000!” said Dessie Arnold, a volunteer at the Whitley County shelter.
She urges everyone to vote today and everyday.
“Help us win,”" Arnold said. “All you have to do is click to help rescued animals, and then vote in The Animal Rescue Site $100,000 Shelter Challenge.”
On the site, find the graphical representation of purple tabs along the right side of the page. Click on the tab that says Shelter Challenge, and it will take you to the appropriate page to vote for the shelter. Enter the name, Whitley County Animal Shelter, and then just follow the instructions.
The rescue organizations with the most votes will win. Participants can vote once a day, every day, through December 20, 2009.
“Every time you vote, or tell a friend to vote, you are making a huge difference for us,” Arnold said.
The Humane Shelter & Adoption Center of Whitley County is the official shelter name, although the Challenge uses Petfinder’s name as well – Whitley County Animal Shelter. the shelter is the community’s facility for homeless and abandoned pets. They provide abandoned animals with food and a warm place to sleep, give them basic veterinary care, and try to find good homes for the animals. The shelter also sponsors low-cost cat spay and neuter days.
Petfinder is an online, searchable database of animals that need homes, and a directory of almost 12,000 animal shelters and adoption organizations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
You can’t tell it from the picture, but that cat grew up to be crazy.