Enter the #RememberMeThursday Contest to Win Money & Prizes For Your Favorite Shelter

Hello, everyone. This is Lexy checking in to tell you about a wonderful contest for Remember Me Thursday. 

PetFusion BetterBox Litter Box and ToughGrip Litter Mat Giveaway!

Hello, and Happy Monday! If you read our last post about our new litter box privacy zone, you'll know we announced a giveaway that starts today! 

Uplift the Underdog: Cat Edition Contest by Petcurean

Hello, and Happy Friday! I've got a very exciting contest to tell you about today! It's a contest that will benefit shelter cats! And you know, helping shelter cats is part of our mission. 

Take the #RememberMeThursday Challenge

Hello, and Happy Friday! Would you like to win cash and prizes for your favorite shelter or rescue? I knew you would! I have all the details for you below. 

ökocause4paws Litter Donation Program

Hello, and Happy Wednesday! It's been some time since I've taken over the blog from Mommy, and I've got something fab to share with you today! 

We're helping our friends at ökocat support adoption by spreading the word about their ökocause4paws Litter Donation Program. 

Tuft & Paw's Sustainable Cat Bed Design Contest

Hello, and Happy Wednesday! I have some news to share with you today! Tuft & Paw is having an exciting design competition that will benefit both kitties and humans. Read on for details. 

The contest is aimed at students who can come up with a winning modern sustainable cat bed design. The winner will receive $1,500 towards their education and their design will go into production in the USA and debut as a new flagship product on Tuft + Paw’s website. 

The design should be: 

• Sustainable
• Affordable
• Beautiful 
• Easy to ship
• Practical

The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2017 and the winner will be announced before November 30, 2017.  For more information or to submit a design visit this page.  

If you like to design and draw, run on over and enter! Good luck to all who enter! We can't wait to see the winning design. 

Lola

Win Cash and Prizes for Your Favorite Rescue #RememberTheRescueContest

Hello, and happy Monday! In just 10 days social media will be lit up for pet adoption on Remember Me Thursday, and I have some exciting information for you. Did you rescue your pet? You did? Pawsome! When you post their story for the #RememberTheRescueContest, you'll be entered to win some fab prizes!

1-800-PetMeds Cares™ 2017 Change a Pet’s Life Contest

Hello and Happy Wednesday! We’re teaming up once again with 1-800-PetMeds Cares to bring our readers some exciting information about their third annual Change a Pet’s Life Day contest. 

Change a Pet’s Life Day was started in 2009 to encourage pet adoption and draw attention to the many homeless pets in the US. It takes place each year on January 24. 1-800-PetMeds Cares™ introduced the Change a Pet’s Life Contest in 2015 to help homeless pets get the life-changing medical treatment they needed to be adoptable.

In honor of Change a Pet's Life Day on January 24, 2017, 1-800-PetMeds Cares™ is holding the third annual Change a Pet's Life Contest to help adoptable pets in need of medical care. Shelters and animal rescues may enter an adoptable pet and encourage your community to vote for a chance to win up to $2,000 in grants. 

How To Enter

• The Change a Pet's Life Contest is open to U.S. animal rescues and shelters to change the life of an adoptable pet by providing a needed surgery or medical treatment.
• To enter: fill out the entry form and submit an adoptable pet in need of medical treatment. Tell the pet’s story, describe how the pet got to the rescue group and include a photo of the pet.
• Contest is open to US animal shelters and animal rescue groups that adopt out dogs and/or cats in the US and have not won a 1-800-PetMeds Cares™ contest within the last year (1/9/16-1/8/17).
• Limit of one entry per group.

Submission Period

• Entry period: January 9, 2017, at 12 a.m. ET to January 15, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. ET
• Voting period: January 16, 2017, at 12 a.m. ET to January 22, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. ET
• Winners announced January 24, 2017, on the contest webpage.

Prizes 

• 1st place: Up to $2,000 towards the winning pet’s care and a video, produced by 1-800-PetMeds Cares™, about the winning pet and rescue group to be featured on the 1-800-PetMeds Cares™ website and social media sites.
• 2nd place: $1,000 grant for the second-place pet’s surgery and/or medical treatments.
• 3rd place: $500 grant for the third-place pet’s surgery and/or medical treatments.
• All monetary prizes will be paid directly to the veterinarians/animal hospitals overseeing the winning pets’ care.

Previous Winners

In 2015 the grand prize winner was Gorilla, from Pug Rescue of Austin. Gorilla is now in his forever home. And in 2016 Regina, from National Mill Dog Rescue, who has also been adopted. 

If you're not part of a shelter or rescue, don't worry! Beginning January 16 you can view all the entries here. We'll definitely be voting! 

Please spread the word about the contest so your favorite shelter or rescue can enter. 

Disclosure: We received a gift for sharing the information about this contest. Lola The Rescued Cat only shares information we feel will be of interest to our readers. 
Lola

1-800-PetMeds Cares™ 2016 National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week Contest

Hello and Happy Wednesday! Have you heard about National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week? Let me tell you a little about it. About: National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week was founded by the Humane Society of the United States to encourage people to become better acquainted with their local shelters and to learn how they can assist in the lifesaving work. It takes place each year during the first full week of November (this year, Nov. 6-12).