To show her continuing support, pet-lover Rachael Ray is donating $500,000 to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to help pets and families who are struggling after Hurricane Sandy. Rachael Ray’s $100K ASPCA Challenge ended recently and saved 36,017 animals over a two…
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Rachael Ray’s $100K Challenge is three weeks away from the finish line, so it’s crunch time! Since October is also National “Adopt a Shelter Dog” month, we want you to help as many animals in struggling shelters as possible!
In August and September alone, the contestants have saved a whopping 36,017 animals, an 8,000 animal increase from last year over the same two months-how amazing is that?!
Check out a few of these super fun ways to help animals in need & get involved today:
- Vote for your favorite/local shelter - Voting is now officially open! Applicants have been duking it out for the top spot since April and you can help your shelter by voting right here.
- Adopt a pet - Not only will this put your shelter one step closer to the grand prize but you’ll have a furry friend that you and your family can spoil and love during the holidays! Check out the leaderboard here for how many animal lives have been saved at each shelter.
- Spread the word - Rally around your local shelter and get your community hyped up about the $100K prize! Head over to Twitter and check out hashtag #ASPCA100K or Facebook at http://www.aspca.org/Adoption/100k.
Read some of Rachael’s heart-warming pet rescue stories right here!
—Alannah Scharfenberger, Online Intern
(Photo Credit: Judith Pena, Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief)
RACHAEL RAY’S WOOF WAGON!
Daytime television host, best selling author and pet lover Rachael Ray with The Woof Wagon, a food truck that she and her pet food brand, Nutrish®, are sponsoring through Saturday, October 20th. Visit New York City’s Union Square to feed your four-legged friend for free and pick up samples of her new wet dog food line from 8am-2pm.
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There are very few things that make us melt more than a delicious meal – and a playful puppy is at the top of that list. This season, extend the act of giving to our four-legged furry friends through programs like Rachael Ray’s ASPCA 100K Challenge and Iams’ Home 4 The Holidays.
For the past 13 years, Iams’ Home 4 The Holidays program has been placing pets in loving homes and feeding homeless animals. For the first time ever, getting involved is just a click away!
Starting this month, every “like” or “share” click on Iams’ Facebook page during scheduled “feeding times” will feed a hungry mouth of a pet in participating shelters. To help beyond a click, for every specially marked bag of Iams pet food purchased, Iams will donate one bowl of food to a participating animal shelter. Log on or pick up a specially marked package today or anytime between now and Jan. 2 to give to a pet in need during the holiday season.
Iams is hoping to give a fresh start to more homeless pets than ever before with just under 4,000 participating shelters across 23 countries,. To get involved, check out Home4TheHolidays.org or on Iams’ Facebook page.
—Alannah Scharfenberger, Online Intern
How could you ever say no to that face?!
Animal shelters across the country are participating in Rachael Ray’s ASPCA $100K Challenge. This cute guy came from the Young Williams Animal Center in Knoxville, TN!
The Challenge is an AMAZING program that is all about getting homeless cats and dogs out of shelters and into loving homes by inviting these shelters to save more lives than ever before. In 2010, the contestants increased lives saved by more than 7,000 in the three-month time frame, and last year’s contestants increased lives saved by almost 9,000!
This year’s Challenge started a little over a month ago and has already saved almost 5,000 lives! That’s a lot of adorable faces.
Rach is a known advocate for animals and a big supporter of animal welfare groups. Did you know that 100 percent of the proceeds from Rach’s pet food, Nutrish, (inspired by her pit bull, Isaboo!) provide funding and support to organizations like the ASPCA? She also loves to home cook meals just for pets! Like Isaboo’s Butternut Squash Mac and Cheddar. See what she has to say about the Challenge.
Follow the Challenge on Twitter with the hashtags #100KChallenge and #100KSaved.
For more info about the Challenge, and to find participating shelters near you, check out challenge.aspcapro.org.
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