Lint, I joined so I could post a reply! Thanks for posting that to your guild!
And for those of you who were going to email family/friends about Leroy’s contest, here’s a quick email I’ve been sending to friends if you want an idea of what to say…
I have a bunny rabbit; his name is Leroy. I adopted him this summer from the humane society, and despite his rough start, he is such a character and lots of fun. I entered Leroy in Bissell’s MVP photo contest (yes, I know this means that I’m turning into the “crazy rabbit lady” LOL). If he wins his week (Jan 29 – Feb 4th) he’ll go on to the finals and Bissell will select the top five pets. Those pets will get their picture taken and put on the box of a Bissell vacuum as well as money to donate to a pet charity.
First place gets $10,000!!! (2nd gets $5000, and 3rd-5th gets $1000). If Leroy wins, the money will be donated to a rabbit rescue.
I’ll get up on my little soapbox for a second… Not enough people know how to properly care for rabbits so they end up living outside in cold hutches at the mercy of the weather, cats, owls, raccoons, etc. Too many rabbits are given to kids as gifts, but once the novelty wears off, the rabbits are dumped at the shelter or “set free” outside. Even when people do keep their indoor rabbits for the rabbit’s whole life, the rabbits often are not cared for properly. And then of course, there’s the over population problem – not many people bother to spay/neuter their rabbits since they’re not typically seen as house pets like dogs or cats. So if Leroy wins, the money would be going to help rescue abused and abandoned rabbits, to support shelter rabbits while they wait for a forever home, and to help raise awareness about proper rabbit care.
Could you please help Leroy by voting for him (it only takes a few seconds) and forwarding this email to anyone you know that might be interested
before February 4th 11:59 PM ET?
http://mvp.bissell.com/mvp_
If for some reason, the link doesn’t work, go to
mvp.bissell.com, click on the “Vote” tab, and search for Leroy (entrant # 0404115) in Week 4. There are two entrants under the name Leroy, so make sure to vote for the right one!
Thanks for your support!
~ Barbara
I’m not sure why the full link ^above^ isn’t showing up when I post this. I keep going in and rewriting the address but when i submit my post, the link get’s abbreviated for some reason, but it works if you click on it… so if you copy/paste the email, please make sure that the link works like it’s supposed to.
ETA: If you guys haven’t noticed, I’m going to be updating this post fairly frequently though out the week so that it stays near the top of the list so that hopefully all the BBers who maybe hanven’t logged in or checked the lounge in the past few days see this. I’ll leave you alone after the 4th