Purina Cat Chow Shelter Volunteer of the Year Contest: Please Vote for Dearborn, Michigan Shelter Volunteer, Sue Barna to Help them Win a $25,000 Shelter Makeover!

Purina Cat Chow has selected the Dearborn Animal Shelter as one of 50 cat-focused shelters    nationwide that it’s recognizing during its Purina Cat Chow Shelter Volunteer of the Year  Contest.

  It is the ONLY

MIchigan Shelter

that was selected for the contest!

The Purina Cat Chow Shelter Volunteer of the Year Contest is honoring and thanking the volunteers who tirelessly care for cats as they await their forever homes and work

 to make their temporary shelter homes gentler, less stressful places.

Purina Cat Chow asked 50 cat-focused shelters – one in every state – to help identify and share the stories of the volunteers who clean the visiting rooms, foster cats and kittens, and spend countless hours simply petting the cats to keep them calm and happy.

 Each of the 50 shelters nominated one volunteer who works tirelessly

 to create a gentler environment for shelter cats.

Photo courtesy of the Dearborn Animal Shelter.
  Sue Barna, pictured with one of her own cat family members

From now until Sunday, March 15, the Dearborn Animal Shelter is asking the metro Detroit community, (and anyone else who would like to help!),  to vote for our shelter volunteer’s story (Sue Barna pictured above), at www.catchow.com, to help Sue Barna win a $25,000 makeover for the shelter cats. In addition to the winning makeover, four runners-up volunteers will each win a $5,000 donation for their shelter. Every participating shelter will receive a $1,000 donation, Purina® Cat Chow® Gentle Formula brand food and cat care supplies. 

“The Purina Cat Chow Shelter Volunteer of the Year Contest allows us to recognize the hard work and  dedication of one of our volunteers,” said Elaine Greene, Executive Director, Friends For the Dearborn  Animal Shelter. “Our shelter is excited and humbled to be the only shelter selected to represent  Michigan and now needs the community to vote for our volunteer so we can win the $25,000 makeover  donation from Purina Cat Chow.”

The Dearborn Animal Shelter plans to use the cash donation to create a gentler environment for cats. I was at the shelter last Fall and I cannot begin to tell you how much winning this prize

 would help them!!!

  

Photos courtesy of the Dearborn Animal Shelter
  Sue Barna, pictured spending time with shelter cats. 

The Purina Cat Chow Shelter Volunteer of the Year Contest will donate nearly $100,000 among the 50 participating shelters in cash donations, cat food and cat care supplies to lessen the stress for cats living in shelters while they await their forever home.

“Each year, millions of cats enter animal welfare organizations. The dedication and hard work of shelter volunteers are critical to these cats’ care,” said Sarah Johnston, Purina Cat Chow brand manager. “We want to recognize the volunteers who make sure shelter cats have a comfortable place to live, access to high-quality nutrition, and provide unconditional support

 while they’re waiting to be adopted.”

This contest is part of the Brand’s “Building Better Lives” program, an ongoing commitment to help improve the lives of cats through rescue, nutrition and adoption support. In three years, the Purina Cat Chow “Building Better Lives” program will donate nearly $600,000 to more than 100 local cat-focused shelters nationwide and help improve the lives of more than 86,000 cats.

To  vote in the Purina Cat Chow Shelter Volunteer of the Year Contest, visit www.catchow.com,

 click on the Building Better Lives campaign,

 click on see volunteers,

 click on Michigan and vote for Sue Barna.   

   About Nestlé Purina PetCare

Nestlé Purina PetCare promotes responsible pet care, community involvement and the positive bond between people and their pets. A premiere global manufacturer of pet products, Nestlé Purina PetCare is part of Swiss-based Nestlé S.A., a global leader in nutrition, health and wellness.

   About Dearborn Animal Shelter

  The Dearborn Animal Shelter is located at 2661 Greenfield Road in Dearborn, and is operated by the  Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.  Main phone (313) 943-  2697 and online www.DearbornAnimals.org Follow the Dearborn Animal Shelter on Facebook and   Twitter