The Animal Rescue Site – Shelter Challenge

Several times a year The Animal Rescue Site hosts a Shelter Challenge. Web site visitors vote for their favorite animal shelter or rescue group and the organization(s) with the most votes are awarded grants of several thousand dollars!

The Shelter Challenge is especially interesting because you are permitted (encouraged!) to vote once each and every day that the challenge is underway rather than just once!

Shelter Challenge Dates

You can vote for us once each and every day from Monday, April 9th 2012 through Sunday, June 17th 2012.

How to vote

Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to vote. After the first time, voting takes just four clicks and typing a couple of words. The first time requires a couple of additional steps, but then you are all set for the rest of the challenge!

We've captured pictures of the web site so you can see what to expect and where to click. Important areas are circled in red. You can click on any of the pictures to see them at their actual size.

  1. To get to the challenge, go to The Animal Rescue Site web site.
  2. Click the Click Here to Give button (circled in the picture).
    Shelter Challenge Home Page - Click to enlarge
  3. Click the Vote Now button. If you don't see the Vote Now button, click on the Shelter+ Challenge tab down the right-hand side of the page.
    Vote Button - Click to enlarge
  4. The first time you vote, you will need to fill in the search form to find us:
    1. Select CA from the State drop-down list.
    2. Enter Parlier for the City.
    3. Click the Search button.

    Shelter Search Form - Click to enlarge
  5. Click the Vote button.
    Shelter Search Result - Click to enlarge
  6. To make sure it is a person who is voting, not a computer program trying to cheat, you must type in a word which has been disguised a little to make it too hard for a computer to recognize and then click the Confirm Vote button.
    Confirm Vote - Click to enlarge
  7. Finally you receive confirmation that your vote has been counted. Remember, please vote for us every day during the Shelter Challenge!
    Vote Completed - Click to enlarge

Sign up for a daily reminder

The Animal Rescue Site can send you a daily e-mail reminder to vote. Here's how:

  1. When you get to the The Animal Rescue Site home page, you can either click on the Sign up for News & Offers banner or on the Register & Get a Gift link. (See the red circles in the picture.)
    Reminder Sign-up Link - Click to enlarge
  2. Enter your e-mail address and make sure the box beside Remind me to click daily with a free e-mail is checked. Then click the Sign Up button.
    Reminder Sign-up Form - Click to enlarge