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The Animal Rescue Site and Petfinder.com present the $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge — and a Big Island rescue organization needs your votes.

Help The Animal Rescue Site choose which eligible Petfinder.com animal rescue organizations will receive special funds to help animals. Participating is simple. You can cast one vote every day for your favorite rescue organization through Dec. 20.

The Big Island is represented on the list by: 

Rosemary Karlsson Rescue

PO Box 492266

Keaau, HI 96749

Phone: 966-6589

Seventy-three grants will be awarded for a total of $100,000 to eligible Petfinder.com members. Final prizes will go to the eligible Petfinder.com organization with the highest accumulative votes for the duration of the Challenge as specified in the rules.

Voting ends at 6 p.m. Hawaii time, Dec. 20. 

The more friends you can rally to vote for your favorite rescue organization, the better its chances of winning. Every vote, every day counts – shelters can pull ahead even during the last few days with enough support. 

Eligible organizations with the most votes could receive a weekly prize and/or one of the other grants below:

Grand Prize: One $20,000 grant!

Second Prize: One $5,000 grant!

Third Prize: One $3,000 grant!

Most Touching Story: Two $2,000 grants! (judged by The Animal Rescue Site)

State Winners:  Fifty-one $1,000 state grants (50 U.S. states and Washington DC)

Canadian Winners: Two $1,000 grants will be awarded

International Winner: One $1,000 grant will be awarded.

— Find out more:

www.theanimalrescuesite.com (click on the ‘shelter challenge’ tab along the right side)