Shelter’s Edge

Applications for the 2013 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge will open on January 3. Have you thought about entering this three-month contest? Not only could you save more lives via increased adoptions, returning strays to their owners and utilizing transfer partners, but how’s this for extra incentive: We’ve made it easier to enter and more lucrative – with over $600,000 in prizes. We’ve also got photographic evidence of what could happen if you decide you’re up for the Challenge…

Team Spirit Could Soar
…just like at Humane Society of Southern Arizona, where they held a pre-kick-off pep rally before this year’s Challenge…

Adopters Could Be Lining Up Outside Your Doors
…like they were this past July for Animal Rescue League Shelter & Wildlife Center’s Free For All event, featuring fee-waived adoptions and free microchips. “We’ve never seen anything like this before,” said the Pittsburgh agency, after adopting out 122 animals and microchipping 105 in one day.

You Could Empty Your Kennels

Why is the staff at Toledo Area Humane Society hanging out in the kennels? Because they adopted out all the dogs who were in them during their mega adoptions event this past August…

You Could Break Your Own Records
…like the staff at Kent County Animal Shelter, who tripled adoptions during the first month of the $100K Challenge this year.

You Could Have More Paperwork…

Wait, this is a GOOD thing! “Each file in this huge stack is a family that has adopted a cat or a kitten,” explained Butte Humane Society upon sharing this photo taken during last year’s $100K Challenge kick-off adoption event.

And You Could Have More Happy Photos, Too

…like this one recently taken at Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society of Kent and his new family – another match made during this year’s ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge!

And You Could Be Toasting Your Success

… Austin Pets Alive!, last year’s grand prize winner, and more than a dozen other private and public shelters have won thousands of dollars through the $100K Challenge – money they used to keep saving more lives.

Applications for the 2013 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge will open on January 3.

Got questions? Leave a comment or email challenge@aspca.org.

Related links:
Save The Date: Applications for $100K Challenge Open January 3, 2013
$100K Challenge Blog
Watch the video: Last year’s winners

Tags: $100K Challenge, Saving Lives

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