As you know, if you've been following along, I love Morris Animal Foundation. (We had such a fun time at their annual gala last year.) You also might remember that I pledged to donate a portion of the profits on the sale of Rescue Me, Maybe to MAF, and I've extended that pledge for this year as well.
Today I wanted to write about some ways, besides buying Rescue Me, Maybe, that you can put the fun in FUNding and help MAF raise money for canine cancer research.
Join a Walk!
Each year, MAF holds K9 Cancer Walks to raise funds for research. You can check out the remaining events for this year (all in CA or TN) here. The hubs and I went with Abby to the San Diego walk back in 2011. I blogged about it here, and got all of 1 comment, so since most of you weren't around back then, I'm recycling some pics!
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| The crowd of walkers; it was a lovely day |
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| Abby, the 3-legged wonder, insisted on leading everypawdy! |
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| Our familial unit at the walk |
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| "Look at all my fun swag!" |
Enter a Contest! Do you get catalogs from Orvis? Well, if you do, you've probably seen their Cover Dog Contest - and the great thing about the contest is that folks pay $1/vote and the money all goes to MAF's canine cancer research.
As of last year, the Orvis contest has raised over $900,000 so hopefully they'll hit $1 million this year. MAF has used the funds to develop early cancer-detection tests and more effective chemo protocols for dogs. They also helped fund 150 canine cancer studies at 28 colleges. MAF has also committed to funding the groundbreaking Golden Retriever Lifetime Study, which you can read about on Peggy's blog today.
We entered this pic of Abby a few years back, and came in 3rd place (out of about 2000 entries) for "most unique number of voters". (And that entry in the contest was the reason they invited us to go to their gala for free this year! Major bonus!)
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| How did this gorgeous girl not end up in the catalog?? |
For some added contest fun, check out this video with the "Most Interesting Man in the World" trying to convince his dog, Willy, to enter the contest. Cute!
Thanks for reading, and hope you'll join the hop!
Wow that's a lot of money raised. When is the gala. Love that photo
ReplyDeleteThe gala was in October - I'm not sure if they have it every year at that time, but we went to last year's. It was really fun!
DeleteWow, the Orvis contest raised more than I would've thought. That's fantastic. Love your upbeat post. Great photos of Abby.
ReplyDeleteYeah, very cool about the Orvis contest, isn't it?! That's a lotta money!
DeleteWhat a great cause and we chuckled at the video. Have a tremendous Thursday.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes Molly
There's another video as well where he's critiquing the dog's photos. Too cute.
DeleteSuch good work they do - I will have to check out that contest, Jack's a real cover boy now and if our votes got to help fund their research, all the better!
ReplyDeleteJack's a great cover boy! You should totally enter him! I'd send some votes his way!
DeleteWhat a cool contest! I'll have to look around a little and see if I can enter. I wish we had a Morris walk around here. That would be awesome!
ReplyDeleteYou should totally enter too! You take such amazing photos! Do it!!
DeleteThanks for the heads up on ways to get involved. Third place Abby, you should of been in first. Congrats on doing so well. Good luck to the contest participates this year, hope they raise lots and lots.
ReplyDeleteThird place was pretty exciting - and I guess fitting since she had 3 legs.
DeleteGreat ways to get involved! I loved the Orvis video and contest! I think Abby should've won!
ReplyDeleteI know! She shoulda... but at least we got to go to the gala from having entered her, so that was cool.
DeleteI would love to do a walk for canine cancer research!! I wish there was one in my area.
ReplyDeleteI think Abby should have made that magazine, what a beautiful girl. Thanks for sharing this worthy cause.
I know - you'd think the judges would have selected her for the catalog - especially since she was a cancer girl, and the contest raises money for cancer!
DeleteWow! Didn't know Orvis was that big! Cute video too.
ReplyDeleteI love those Most Int'ing Man commercials, and now I love him even more knowing he's a dog-person!
DeleteWe do something similar in Toronto in September. DK and I donate treats and portraits for the auction :)
ReplyDeleteAbby looked so happy to be a part of the walk. Love that tripod!
Excellent ideas for fundraisers. They have raised a lot of money through Orvis!
ReplyDeleteWhat great ideas to have a little fun while helping to fund research. I love to do walks for fundraising, maybe one day they'll have one like that in our area. My dogs aren't so great in crowds either, except for Kobi who just can't walk that far anymore. Sheba did OK last time I took her though, once I finally got her to settle down. Hopefully Luke will like getting out too!
ReplyDeleteThat's a fun way to raise money. The photos are great!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great cause to be involved in!
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