Shelter’s Edge

Announcing the 2012 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge Contestants

Hands in the air for these 50 rockin’ agencies that were voted into the ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge by their communities. Congratulations to them on making it through the Qualifying Heat; we can’t wait to see what they have in store for this competition, in which agencies around the country push and stretch and innovate in order to save more lives than they did during the same three-month period the year before. Meet you at the starting gate on August 1!

CHALLENGERS* DIVISION
Animal Friends of the Valleys – Wildomar, CA WEST
Animal Friends Rescue Project – Pacific Grove, CA WEST
Animal Friends, Inc. – Pittsburgh, PA NORTHEAST
Animal Outreach of the Mother Lode – Diamond Springs, CA WEST
Animal Rescue League Shelter and Wildlife Center – Pittsburgh, PA NORTHEAST
Arizona Animal Welfare League & SPCA – Phoenix, AZ SOUTH CENTRAL
Ashtabula County Animal Protective League – Ashtabula, OH NORTH CENTRAL
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) – Baltimore, MD NORTHEAST
Bangor Humane Society – Bangor, ME NORTHEAST
BARC Animal Shelter & Adoptions – Houston, TX SOUTH CENTRAL
Bay Area Humane Society – Green Bay, WI NORTH CENTRAL
Beaumont Animal Services – Beaumont, TX SOUTH CENTRAL
Big Dog Ranch Rescue – Wellington, FL SOUTHEAST
Broward County Animal Care and Adoption Center – Ft. Lauderdale, FL SOUTHEAST
Canyon County Animal Shelter – Caldwell, ID WEST
Central Brevard Humane Society – Cocoa, FL SOUTHEAST
City of Bloomington Animal Care and Control – Bloomington, IN NORTH CENTRAL
City of San Antonio Animal Care Services – San Antonio, TX SOUTH CENTRAL
Denton Animal Shelter Foundation – Denton, TX SOUTH CENTRAL
Eleventh Hour Rescue – Randolph, NJ NORTHEAST
Escondido Humane Society – Escondido, CA WEST
Flagler Humane Society – Palm Coast, FL SOUTHEAST
Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter – Dearborn, MI NORTH CENTRAL
Greenhill Humane Society – Eugene, OR WEST
HALO Animal Rescue – Phoenix, AZ SOUTH CENTRAL
Heartland SPCA – Merriam, KS NORTH CENTRAL
Humane League of Lancaster County – Lancaster, PA NORTHEAST
Humane Society of Central Washington – Yakima, WA WEST
Humane Society of Greater Dayton – Dayton, OH NORTH CENTRAL
Humane Society of Southern Arizona – Tucson, AZ SOUTH CENTRAL
Kent County Animal Shelter – Grand Rapids, MI NORTH CENTRAL
Kern County Animal Control – Bakersfield, CA WEST
Last Chance Ranch, Inc. – Quakertown, PA NORTHEAST
Marin Humane Society – Novato, CA WEST
Medina County SPCA – Medina, OH NORTH CENTRAL
Montgomery County Humane Society – Rockville, MD NORTHEAST
Nevada Humane Society – Reno, NV WEST
Oconee County Humane Society Inc – Seneca, SC SOUTHEAST
Portsmouth Humane Society – Portsmouth, VA SOUTHEAST
San Bernardino County Animal Care and Control – San Bernardino, CA WEST
Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society – Santa Fe, NM SOUTH CENTRAL
Seminole County Animal Services – Sanford, FL SOUTHEAST
SICSA – Kettering, OH NORTH CENTRAL
Talbot Humane – Easton, MD NORTHEAST
The Humane Society of Charlotte – Charlotte, NC SOUTHEAST
The Pennsylvania SPCA – Philadelphia, PA NORTHEAST
Toledo Area Humane Society – Maumee, OH NORTH CENTRAL
Tulsa Animal Welfare – Tulsa, OK SOUTH CENTRAL
Winnebago County Animal Services – Rockford, IL NORTH CENTRAL
Young Williams Animal Center – Knoxville, TN SOUTHEAST

* A separate announcement will be made as soon as we confirm the 5 agencies to be wait-listed

Related Links:
ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge
Contestant List


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