The goal of the contest is for the competing shelters to get at least 300 more cats and dogs adopted this August, September, and October than were adopted in the same time-frame in 2011. The grand prize of $100,000 will go to the shelter who is able to increase their adoption numbers the most from last year to this year.
In addition, the shelter who does the best job engaging the people in its community and the second place shelter will also receive $25,000 each from the ASPCA. CatChannel also reports that shelters who do the best in each category will be eligible to receive grants worth $5.000 to $40,000.
Bert Troughton, vice president of community outreach for the ASPCA stated, "In this competition, everybody wins - especially the animals!"
Many of the participating organizations are holding events during the competition. A few of the events taking place include:
- City of Bloomington Animal Shelter: ASPCA $100K Kickoff Adopt-A-Thon. This event will take place from August 1-5 at the City of Bloomington Animal Shelter located at 3410 S. Walnut, Bloomington, IN 47401. The shelter will be open extended hours and reducing adoption fees during this time. The shelter will be open from noon to 7pm from Wednesday to Saturday and from 1 to 4pm on Sunday. All dog adoption fees will be reduced to $40 per dog and all cat adoption fees will be waived!
- Rainy Days at PHS: Located at 4022 Seaboard Court, Portsmouth, Virginia 23701, PHS will offer FREE adoptions from August 1 through October 31 on ANY DAY IT RAINS!! As long as rain is falling when you begin your adoption process, you will have your cat or dog adoption fee waived.
- Name Your Own Adoption Fee: Located at 171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd., Novato, California 94949, the Marin Humane Society wants to adopt out 1,200 cats and dogs during the months of August, September, and October. During the entire month of August, the Marin Humane Society is allowing pet adopters to name their own adoption fees for cats and dogs!
- "Priceless" Cat Adoption Special: HALO Animal Rescue, a no-kill shelter, is offering waived adoption fees for all adult cats from August 1 through October 31, 2012. Any cat one year old or older is eligible for waived adoption fees during this time. HALO Animal Rescue is located at 5231 N 35th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85017. You can also take advantage of the waived adoption fees on HALO Animal Rescue adult cats in Petco and PetSmart stores in the area.
- Halloween Spooktacular: Halloween Spooktacular will be held by the Bay Area Humane Society, located at 1830 Radisson St., Green Bay, Wisconsin 54302. From October 24 through October 31, 2012, the adoption fee on any cat or dog containing orange and/or black fur will be reduced by half. This reduction will apply to any cat or dog of any age at the main shelter and to any cat or dog of any age at the PetSmart adoption center located on Pilgrim Way.
You can see a full list of the events shelters are using during the ASPCA Rachel Ray $100K Challenge by going here. You can help homeless cats and dogs find good and loving forever homes by helping promote your local shelter's events. :)
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These events are so wonderful and they are all such winners!
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