SSP Newsletter – Six Degrees Contest Wrap-Up

This special edition of the Saving Shelter Pets newsletter has been sent to update you on the results of the Six Degrees charity badge contest. As most of you know, SSP was recently involved in a fundraising contest, organized through SixDegrees.org, competing against other non-profit groups to gather the highest number of donations for their cause.

During the course of the contest, which ended March 31, SSP collected 861 donations and raised $17,375 to further our mission of helping companion animals in need. With respect to the competition, we finished seventh, just outside the top six (who each will receive a $10,000 grant from actor Kevin Bacon). Several of the top-placing charities are large, well-established organizations, and we are very pleased and proud of our efforts to achieve a top ten finish among these "competitors"!

Saving Shelter Pets would like to extend a heartfelt "thank you" to each and every one of you who donated and helped us to spread the word about our participation in the contest. We have made some new friends through this experience, and reconnected with some old ones too – and for this we are truly grateful.

Of the $17,375 raised in the contest, Saving Shelter Pets has applied these funds directly to our programs as follows:

$2,029 to the  Puppy Promises program
$1,160 to the  Bernies Buddies heartworm fund
$2,050 to the  Spay & Neuter program
$12,136 to the  Rescue & Transport program

$5,186 of the 6 Degrees donations has already been used to save over 30 dogs & puppies from death row, including the ones pictured below: