Copper County Humane Society Wins The Animal Rescue Site’s First Shelter+ Challenge in 2010
Seattle, WA, April 23, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The Copper County Humane Society is the Grand Prize winner of The Animal Rescue Site's first $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge of 2010 with Petfinder.com. This Humane Society located in Houghton, Michigan, will receive a $10,000 grant to help care for animals. Another 84 grants ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 will go to organizations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica. In all, eighty-five grants totaling $100,000 were awarded to rescue groups and shelters in this Challenge.
The first $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge of 2010 ran from January 18 to April 18. Over the course of thirteen weeks, more than 5.2 million votes were cast at The Animal Rescue Site for rescue groups of all sizes currently active in the Petfinder.com Network. The twenty-six weekly winners in the Challenge ranged from small town shelters like Denison City Pound of Iowa (which also received an honorable mention in this Challenge) to largely volunteer rescue groups, including one devoted to pot-bellied pigs.
“This program sponsored by The Animal Rescue Site has been a wonderful opportunity for Petfinder.com members,” said Liz Neuschatz, director of the Petfinder.com Foundation. “The winners have something to really celebrate, but even those who don’t win have benefited from their communities coming together to act on behalf of homeless pets.”
The Animal Rescue Site will hold two more $100,000 Shelter+ Challenges in 2010: the next Challenge begins on May 17. Active members of the Petfinder.com Network of shelters and animal rescue organizations are eligible to win grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. The Animal Rescue Site has committed a total of $300,000 to the three Challenges.
A special additional grant of $10,000 has been added for the organization that receives the most votes over the course of the entire year.
“We have been impressed by the groups who keep coming back and trying harder. We have seen so many small, rural, largely volunteer organizations use these campaigns to create greater awareness about their work and the good that they do in their community,” said Tim Kunin, CEO of The Animal Rescue Site.
Members of Petfinder.com Network can participate in the Shelter+ Challenges absolutely free, helping animal rescue organizations through North America receive extra funding. Members and the public are encouraged to click and vote daily during the Challenge -- there is no registration requirement and no charge; it only takes a minute of their time.
A complete list of all winners in the current and past Challenges can be found at www.TheAnimalRescueSite.com (click on the tab that says “Shelter+ Challenge”). Details of the upcoming Shelter+ Challenge are also available on the site.
More On The Animal Rescue Site and Petfinder.com
The Animal Rescue Site is part of the GreaterGood Network of websites. Each click on the purple “Click Here to Give - it’s FREE” button at The Animal Rescue Site (www.TheAnimalRescueSite.com) provides food and care for a rescued animal living in a shelter or sanctuary. Funding for food and care is paid for by site sponsors and distributed to animals in need at pet shelters supported by the Petfinder Foundation, the Fund for Animals’ animal sanctuaries, North Shore Animal League America, and other worthy animal care facilities supported by GreaterGood.org.
Petfinder.com is the virtual home of 321,952 adoptable pets from nearly 13,000 adoption groups. The site has facilitated more than 13 million adoptions since it launched. Thanks to its sponsors, Petfinder.com is free to both visitors and to its animal placement organization members. Current sponsors include The Animal Rescue Site, BISSELL Homecare, Inc., a manufacturer of home cleaning and floor care products, PETCO, a national pet supply retailer that sponsors in-store adoptions and provides coupon books for new adopters, and Merial, maker of the number one veterinary-recommended flea and tick preventative FRONTLINE(r), and heartworm preventative HEARTGARD(r).
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The first $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge of 2010 ran from January 18 to April 18. Over the course of thirteen weeks, more than 5.2 million votes were cast at The Animal Rescue Site for rescue groups of all sizes currently active in the Petfinder.com Network. The twenty-six weekly winners in the Challenge ranged from small town shelters like Denison City Pound of Iowa (which also received an honorable mention in this Challenge) to largely volunteer rescue groups, including one devoted to pot-bellied pigs.
“This program sponsored by The Animal Rescue Site has been a wonderful opportunity for Petfinder.com members,” said Liz Neuschatz, director of the Petfinder.com Foundation. “The winners have something to really celebrate, but even those who don’t win have benefited from their communities coming together to act on behalf of homeless pets.”
The Animal Rescue Site will hold two more $100,000 Shelter+ Challenges in 2010: the next Challenge begins on May 17. Active members of the Petfinder.com Network of shelters and animal rescue organizations are eligible to win grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. The Animal Rescue Site has committed a total of $300,000 to the three Challenges.
A special additional grant of $10,000 has been added for the organization that receives the most votes over the course of the entire year.
“We have been impressed by the groups who keep coming back and trying harder. We have seen so many small, rural, largely volunteer organizations use these campaigns to create greater awareness about their work and the good that they do in their community,” said Tim Kunin, CEO of The Animal Rescue Site.
Members of Petfinder.com Network can participate in the Shelter+ Challenges absolutely free, helping animal rescue organizations through North America receive extra funding. Members and the public are encouraged to click and vote daily during the Challenge -- there is no registration requirement and no charge; it only takes a minute of their time.
A complete list of all winners in the current and past Challenges can be found at www.TheAnimalRescueSite.com (click on the tab that says “Shelter+ Challenge”). Details of the upcoming Shelter+ Challenge are also available on the site.
More On The Animal Rescue Site and Petfinder.com
The Animal Rescue Site is part of the GreaterGood Network of websites. Each click on the purple “Click Here to Give - it’s FREE” button at The Animal Rescue Site (www.TheAnimalRescueSite.com) provides food and care for a rescued animal living in a shelter or sanctuary. Funding for food and care is paid for by site sponsors and distributed to animals in need at pet shelters supported by the Petfinder Foundation, the Fund for Animals’ animal sanctuaries, North Shore Animal League America, and other worthy animal care facilities supported by GreaterGood.org.
Petfinder.com is the virtual home of 321,952 adoptable pets from nearly 13,000 adoption groups. The site has facilitated more than 13 million adoptions since it launched. Thanks to its sponsors, Petfinder.com is free to both visitors and to its animal placement organization members. Current sponsors include The Animal Rescue Site, BISSELL Homecare, Inc., a manufacturer of home cleaning and floor care products, PETCO, a national pet supply retailer that sponsors in-store adoptions and provides coupon books for new adopters, and Merial, maker of the number one veterinary-recommended flea and tick preventative FRONTLINE(r), and heartworm preventative HEARTGARD(r).
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www.theanimalrescuesite.com
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