SquidActivists October Challenge for Animals

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Here's a fun contest to raise awareness and money for relatively small animal charities

A contest to help raise money for small animal rescue charities. Love animals? Then this contest is for you. To enter, simply create a new lens or change an existing lens to donate a percentage of the royalties to one of the animal rescues listed below. Squidoo is free, easy and fun!

You choose the lens topic. It (they) can be about anything -- your favorite ice cream or jelly bean; your philosophy on love or life; how to play a game or paint a bear; your pet or your kid; or maybe a lens about the charity you support. If you can think it, it's fair game for a lens.

Join the fun and make money for the animal charity of your choice.Don't forget to vote!

WINNERS ANNOUNCED


(Photo courtesy of Wildlife S.O.S.)

How the contest works 

1. Create a new lens between Oct 1 and Oct. 31, 2008 and set the Payment Options to for one of the animal charities listed below.

OR

2. Change an existing lens' Payment Options to one of the animal charities.

3. Squidoo lensmasters vote for their favorite lens(es).

4. The winners get prizes.

Together our royalties can add up to big bucks to save animals.

The Qualifying Squidoo Animal Charities 

The following are the charities in the contest (in alphabetical order):

I chose lesser known charities for this contest. I'll hold more contests later for other animal charities.

Chimp Haven
Chimp Haven serves as The National Chimpanzee Sanctuary. We are an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide lifetime care for chimpanzees who have been retired from medical research, the entertainment industry or no longer wanted as pets.

FCNMHP (First Coast No More Homeless Pets)
Their goal is to eliminate the killing of dogs and cats in our community (Jacksonville, Florida) through free and low-cost spay and neuter programs. They also spay and neuter feral cats; just opened a temporary cat clinic to handle upwards of 40 cats per day and they also offer vaccinations for cats and dogs.

Ferrets Unlimited Ferret Shelter - Cleveland, Ohio
Ferrets Unlimited is a non-profit, no kill ferret shelter in Cleveland, Ohio.

Longhopes Donkey Shelter
The mission of Longhopes Donkey Shelter, Inc. is to rescue, shelter, rehabilitate and find permanent homes for donkeys that would otherwise be destroyed for meat consumption overseas.

RabbitRescue Finding homes for domestic rabbits in Ontario
Rabbit Rescue Inc. is a registered charity dedicated to finding new homes for domestic rabbits that have been abused, abandoned or neglected. We work with numerous shelters across Ontario.

The Wild Animal Sanctuary, formerly the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Conservation Center, near Denver, CO and is a state and federally licensed zoological facility. They have been rescuing exotic wildlife and endangered species since 1980. The residents of our Wild Animal Sanctuary were abandoned, abused, illegally kept, or came from other terrible situations.

Wildlife SOS - India Bear Rescue WSOS save Sloth Bears from the barbaric, centuries-old tradition of being enslaved and trained as Dancing Bears. 491 bears have been saved so far with a goal to save the remaining 200 by 2010. They also have programs to: stop the bear poachers; retrain the bear dancers for new occupations; train the women in the family and educate the children. They are saving bears and changing lives at the same time!

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The Rules 

* All Lensmasters can create lenses.
* Lenses can be about anything.
* The lens must be created or changed to one of the animal charities listed below between Oct. 1 and Oct. 31, 2008.
* All Lensmasters can vote for their favorite(s) lens
* All Lensmasters are eligible for prizes.

After you've created or changed your lens, post it in Enter Contest Here below with your (1) lens url and (2) your Animal Charity that your Payment Option is set to.

I will then post it in the appropriate voting plexo. Please make sure to come back and vote for it and tell your friends!

Voting will be open for through Sunday, Nov. 9 with the winner being announced on Monday, Nov. 10.

The Prizes 

Any lens that donates any percentage to one of the animal organizations below is eligible to win a prize.

1st Place wins Lens of the Day, a 1st place badge and the honor of being chosen. Only NEW lenses that donate 100% to the animal charity are eligible.

2nd place wins a t-shirt, a 2nd place badge and the honor of being chosen. All lenses are eligible.

3rd place gets a 3rd place badge and the honor of being chosen. All lenses are eligible.

All contestants receive a contestant badge and the honor of raising funds for charity.

Badges 

Badges for all




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The winning lenses are...

 


First Place
by Lensmaster Jewelsofawe
Supporting The Wild Animal Sanctuary

 


Second Place
by Lensmaster Comfortdoc
Supporting The Wild Animal Sanctuary

 

Third Place (a tie)
by Lensmaster The_Homeopath
Supporting Longhopes Donkey Shelter

by Lensmaster Frankster
Supporting Wildlife S.O.S.

Contestant badges 

I will be emailing the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place badges. All other contestants can go to Contestant badge on Flickr. There you can choose the size you want. Let me know if you have any problems or questions.

Thank you for participating and helping these wonderful animal charities.

Group for lenses that donate 100% to animals 

Don't forget to join the Squidoo Activists' Animal Charities IF your lens donates 100% to ANY animal charity.

Mahatma Gandhi Said... 

"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be determined by the ways it treats it's animals."
Mahatma Gandhi

Enter Contest Here 

Submit your lens here. Please include:
1. url
2. % designated for charity
3. the charity
4. Is it a New or previously existing lens?


I will move your entry to the appropriate voting plexo. I'll leave an example. Don't forget to come back and vote!

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NEW Lenses with 100% Donations to Animals

Keeping Score -- New lenses donating 100% 

Here I'll list the lenses created NEW by Charity.

Chimp Haven
1. Retired Animals (100%) dcgrrl

Ferrets Unlimited Ferret Shelter
1. History of the Border Collie (100%) sandyspider
2. History of the German Shepherd (100%) sandyspider

FCNMHP (First Coast No More Homeless Pets)
1. Seeing the humor in everyday life can make a difference in how we experience the world around us (100%) AshleyBretting-M.S.

Longhopes Donkey Shelter
1. Bailey the Donkey (100%) The_Homeopath

The Wild Animal Sanctuary
1. Keep Wildlife Wild (100%) Comfortdoc
2. Lucky-Our Rescue Cat (100%) Jewelsofawe
3. Doggie Birthday Party - A Lesson Learned (100%) OhMe
4. Pet Adoption (100%) Starving_Artist
5. Border Collie Would Make a Great Vice President (100%) sandyspider
6. Fundraising Online with Social Media Social Networking (100%) AmyP

Wildlife S.O.S.
1. Help the Polar Bears (100%) Starving_Artist
2. Peanut butter and Blue Bulls (100%) sonali_acharjee
3. Garfield - Feline Extraordinaire (100%) Frankster
4. Plastic bag alternatives (100%) Frankster
5. Coastal Pictures Of Alaska (100%) chefkeem
6. Geeta Seshamani-Savior of India's Animals (100%) Frankster
7. Polar Bear Posters (100%) Danali

18 Total contest lenses created supporting 18 Charities

NEW lenses donating less than 100% or existing lenses changed to donate

Keeping Score -- New lenses donating less than 100% or existing lenses 

Here I'll list the lenses created/changed by charity.

Chimp Haven
1. Wolpertinger - Bavarian Jackalope? (100%) chefkeem

Ferrets Unlimited Ferret Shelter
1. Holistic Health for Pets (50%) The_Homeopath
2. These Exotic Pets Could Make You Sick! (50%) Mickie_G
3. Ferret Colors (100%) starlitparlit

FCNMHP (First Coast No More Homeless Pets)
1. Cats Rule: How to Select Your New Master (50%) Frankster

Longhopes Donkey Shelter
1. A Dog Named Beau (20%) Joan4
2. Holistic Health for Pets (50%) The_Homeopath
3. Adopt a Donkey --- Why? (50%) GramaBarb

Rabbit Rescue
1. Low Cost or Free Spay and Neuter Programs for your pets (100%) The_Party_Animal
2. My Max and Ruby Party Notes(50%) The_Homeopath

Wild Animal Sanctuary
1. These Exotic Pets Could Make You Sick! (50%) Mickie_G
2. (Product) Red - to Raise Awareness and Money for The Global Fund (100%) AmyP
3. Squidoo Fundraising (100%) AmyP
4. Congenital Heart Defects Fundraising (100%) AmyP
5. Do-it-Yourself Fundraising | Fundraising Resources for Nonprofit Organizations | How to Raise Money for your Organization (100%) AmyP
6. Shop for a Cause | Charity Mall Shopping | Fundraising Online (100%) AmyP

Wildlife S.O.S.
1. Bolt The Movie (20%) Frankster
2. Rhino The Hamster Eats Danger for Breakfast (20%) Frankster
3. Khussa: The Hippest Shoes Ever (100%) The_Homeopath
4. Squid Angel Blessings by Chef Keem (10%) chefkeem
5. Senior Long-Term Care (50%) Janet1
6. How to plan your trip to India (100%) Frankster
7. Yo-Yos and Hula Hoops - fun with the oldest toys on earth! (20%) Joan4
8. Alaska Lodge Cooking (20%) chefkeem
9. Bear Hunting With Sarah Palin (20%) chefkeem

23 Total contest lenses supporting 25 charities

Wall of Fame: Lensmasters who joined the contest to help animals! 

Support our animal lenses 

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Please visit these lenses, star rate them, favorite if you really like and leave a comment. By supporting each other, more people will become aware of the plight of animals and how they can help through our wonderful charities.

Other Lenses on Animal Charities 

This lens support Wildlife S.O.S. 

This little guy has since been RESCUED!

This one was saved from poachers after her mother was killed in front of her!

All royalties raised on this lens are donated to Wildlife S.O.S. for their "India Bear Rescue" Project to rescue Dancing Bears in India.

To learn about little cubs like this one and other Dancing Bears, click Saving The Dancing Bears Of India

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Featured Lenses about raising money for Charity 

More lenses about Wildlife S.O.S. and the Dancing Bears they save 

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