Oh boy oh boy! Happy Birthday to our fantastic friends at Petfinder! They turned 15 years old today! We mentioned them earlier this month and we just wanted to point it out again to remind you. In celebration of their birthday, they are holding Adopt the Internet Day, a special day in which they are getting everyone to come together and pledge to spread the word online about adoptable animals.
Happy Birthday, Petfinder!
Obviously, we here at I Love Rescue Animals love rescue animals! We are huge advocates of adopting and think that Petfinder is an awesome resource for people everywhere to find new members of their families. Please spread the word and join the hop – the more the merrier!
Filed under: Events, Organization on March 15th, 2011 | No Comments »
Hi all! Did you know that this is Petfinder’s 15th year of using the internet to save animals? In honor of their birthday, March 15th of this year is being designated as Adopt the Internet Day! On that day, Petfinder is asking that people pledge to share the word about adoptable pets on the internet. Write a blog post, tweet about it, share it on your Facebook, put a badge on your website. You can talk about your favorite rescue, tell a happy rescue story of your own, share an adoptable animal in need of their forever home and so much more! Anything you can think of to help promote animal adoption is great! Be sure to visit Petfinder’s Adopt the Internet Day page to learn more about this event!
Filed under: Events on March 6th, 2011 | 5 Comments »
You may remember this post we wrote up earlier about asking people to nominate us for DogTime’s Petties Awards. Well we asked and you came forth and did it! I Love Rescue Animals is now one of the four finalists for Best Cause Related Blog! Thank you so much to everyone who entered our names. Just making it to the final four has blown us away. You are all amazing.
Vote Again!
But it’s not over! Now that we’re in the final four, how about trying to get us to #1? I know we here at ILRA would be absolutely estatic if we managed to take the top spot, and we feel that with your support, we have a good chance.
So please take a moment to vote for iloverescueanimals.org in the “Best Cause Related Blog category. If you support what we do and what we stand for, this is a great way to show how much you appreciate it. With a few clicks, you have helped us take one step forward to getting our message to a bigger audience.
Thank you so much for getting us this far! Feel free to share this with friends and family. We could use all the support we can get it. 
Filed under: BlogPaws, Causes, Events, Website Related on August 6th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am excited to announce that DogTime Media is holding their very first Pet Blog Awards: The Petties!
Vote for ILRA!
So here’s what DogTime says about the contest: “You can choose as many categories as you like and nominate as many bloggers as you like. You can even nominate yourself! Once nominations are closed DogTime will select the four most popular bloggers in each category. Then you and your readers, friends, family and anyone else can vote for their favorites! The blogs with the most votes will win! Nominations close on July 30th, 2010.”
That’s right, you have until July 30, 2010! We would love if you would vote for I Love Rescue Animals in the Best Cause Related Blog category. We have been working super hard to bring quality content to our readers and to make aware all the great things that we can do for animals. We feel we’ve been doing an awesome job, and we hope that you do too! Show us some love and vote for us!
You can find out more about The Petties at the BlogPaws page, and we hope to see you all at our favorite conference: BlogPaws 2010 West!
Filed under: BlogPaws, Causes, Events, Website Related on July 21st, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Last week, Ash and I got a chance to talk on the phone with Tracy Blinder, who works with Lippe Taylor, the PR firm in charge of Rachael Ray’s Nutrish dog food (many thanks to Caroline of Romeo the Cat for introducing us). She told us all about the new project that Nutrish has started called My Shelter Site. It’s a place for shelters or rescues to go to create their own website – complete with hosting, design, and content management system (WordPress – my personal favorite!).
She also informed us that she is coming to our own Austin, Texas to talk with all the shelters in the area about what this project can do for them and why it is so very important to have a good, user-friendly and functional website. This mission is near and dear to my heart and I am so happy to help spread the word about it. This outreach program is open to all non-profit shelters who are interested in or need a service such as this. Click on the flyer for more details:
Click on this flyer to see it fullsize!
The Details!
When: Tuesday, June 15th @ 6-8pm
Where: The Cork Room @ J Blacks [website]
Address: J Blacks Feel Good Lounge
710 West 6th Street (Near Avenue C)
Austin, Texas 78701
If you would like to RSVP, please contact 212-598-4400, or email Tracy Blinder (tblinder@lippetaylor.com) or Allison Good (agood@lippetaylor.com) and let them know that your shelter or rescue would like to take part in this awesome event. We hope to see you there!
Filed under: Causes, Events, Rescue/Shelter on June 9th, 2010 | No Comments »
