Furkids is Driven for a Cause - Guest Post

Normally, I don't post two entries in a single day but this means a lot to me personally.  Furkids (click the yellow word to view their website) is a cage-free, no-kill animal shelter located in Atlanta.  They also were the home to both of my cats before I became their mother.  Sascode, was there for 4 year since he was about 9 months old and Epa was there from one month of age to right after her first birthday (I literally adopted her a week after she turned one).

Right now they need your help!  And all it will take is a few seconds of your time (and is totally free!).  They are currently in a vote-based contest called Nalley Driven for a Cause (again you can click the link in yellow) in which the winning organization will win a vehicle.  The only catch is that you have to have a facebook account.  What you need to do is add the app to vote (by clicking on the link, you go to the main page.  To vote you click on the "vote here" button in red).  Think that one vote won't make a difference?  Wel, here's the great part: you can vote once....every 24 hours!  So if you vote starting today you can vote 7 times since the contest ends on June 30th.

Below is a message from Sam, the founder and director of Furkids for more information on how winning this will help Furkids.  Please, please, please help Furkids win this!!!! (As with the previous guest post, I have not changed anything written below)

Furkids is participating in the Nalley Driven for a Cause contest to win a new vehicle!

This has quickly become a very exciting and engaging contest - early vote totals for the top two organizations, both animal related, have already doubled the total of the first winner, and we still have 8 days to go!

What is Furkids and what is at stake? Furkids is Georgia's largest no-kill animal shelter - caring for over 600 cats and dogs on a daily basis - more than any other organization in the state or Southeast. We operate a shelter each for cats and dogs, nine full-time adoption centers with PETCO and PetSmart, a house for FIV+ cats and a network of foster homes. We recently celebrated our 10th anniversary and over 7,000 animals saved. We also operate a successful thrift store to benefit our shelter.

We are participants in a contest and because this contest at the moment is between two animal organizations, we believe this is a important opportunity for animal lovers to cast a vote that will have a measurable impact for MANY Dog Breeds and Cats across our state. There are too many animals, cats especially, being killed every day in our kill shelters. It is our obligation to be their voice and express that Furkids is the vote for the person that wants to see the kill numbers going down for Cats and Dogs. 

We need an additional vehicle to transport our dogs and cats to more adoption centers on Saturdays and Sundays so they can meet adopters - allowing us to go and pull more homeless animals out of kill shelters on their last day. We save over 1,000 animals a year. We want to save even more. This vehicle will be used with that mission in mind.

Please cast your vote for the group that will use this vehicle to save more Cats and Dogs. Period. We want to win for the 73 cats killed this week in Rome and the many dogs killed in Murray, and the 100+ cats sitting at Cobb Animal Control waiting to be saved. This is why Furkids is competing in Nalley Driven for a Cause.