EXCITING NEWS! We are thrilled to have made it as a Top Ten Finalist in the Tractor Supply Company’s RESCUE MY RESCUE PHOTO CONTEST! Out of more than 1,800 nominations, Rikki’s Refuge was chosen as a top contender. And the grand prize? $10,000!!
WE NEED YOUR HELP! The contest winners are chosen by VOTES. It is free and easy and you can vote every 24 hours. The contest runs through Sunday, September 14 at midnight! The final prize winners will then be announced on Wednesday, September 17, the first day of the Tractor Supply Company Pet Appreciation Week (PAW).
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| Clicking this picture will take you immediately to the voting page!! |
Here is the entry that brought us into the top ten:
Rikki’s Refuge in Orange, Virginia is awesome — they help differently-abled animals nobody else wants. Domestic animals, like cats and dogs and rabbits and guinea pigs. Farm animals like pigs and goats and sheep and horses and chickens and ducks. Opie here in the picture with me, was born without hind feet. Though he gets along just fine in life and loves playing and hugging, he would have been put to sleep in most shelters just for being different. Rikki’s has blind animals, deaf animals, elderly animals, handicapped animals, animals with chronic health issues like diabetes, heart problems, kidney insufficiency. Most of the 1300 residents of 22 species at Rikki’s Refuge will never get adopted, but they will live their natural lives in peace and happiness, loved and cared for.
WHAT ARE THE PRIZES?
Tractor Supply Company will be awarding TEN grants worth a total
of $25,000 to the winning rescues!
- 1st $10,000
- 2nd $ 5,000
- 3rd $ 3,500
- 4th $ 2,000
- 5th $ 1,500
- 6th $ 1,000
- 7th $ 800
- 8th $ 650
- 9th $ 350
- 10th $ 200
Winners will be announced on Tractor Supply’s Facebook page on
September 17, 2014 and big checks will be presented to winners at
their local Tractor Supply stores during the big in-store PAW (Pet
Appreciation Week) event on Saturday, September 20!
Can you imagine how exciting it will be if when we win? Let’s not
imagine it…..LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN!! We need you to VOTE EVERY
DAY from now through September 14! We would also love it if you
would share the link on your Facebook pages and email your
friends! We can do this, but not without your help!
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!