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Our deepest thanks…

The Tiny Dog Calendar contest was a resounding success this year and we owe it all to YOU, the kind supporters who purchased over $19,700 votes (at $1 each!) to make it happen for 13 lucky dogs.

We’re putting the calendar in to production and sales will open up soon –just in time for holiday gift shopping.

So where does the money go?  Each fall, local animal rescue groups are encouraged to submit a simple one page form for a grant to help fund their programs. The money can be used by them for vet bills, spay and neuter programs, housing for homeless pets and other important initiatives that benefit local rescue animals.  So if you’re a part of a north Texas 501(c)3 and you’d like to apply for an Artist for Animals community grant watch this site for details.

And in the meantime, congratulate our winners!!

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The competition is HOT for a spot…

in our Tiny Dog Calendar for 2020. We’re raising votes ($1 at a time!) for the homeless pets in north Texas. Every dollar counts!

25 beautiful dogs were photographed for this year’s contest, but only 13 earn a space in the calendar, so as voting continues during the month of August we are inching towards our goal of $20,000 for Artists for Animals community grants for 2019.  100% of your voting dollars go to the fund and animal rescue groups from the north Texas area apply for grants with a simple one page form.

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Our mission is simple. To help raise funds for a variety of hard-working nonprofit groups in our area. Volunteers who give up their free time and energy pulling dogs off the streets, healing sick and wounded pets, vetting and re-homing and offering spay and neuter services to break the cycle of homelessness.  Many of these groups are small and dedicated, but lack the time and funds to hold their own fundraising events –and they need our support.

Here is today’s tally:

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Please help us by throwing a few votes our way?  See all the contestants and VOTE HERE.

And they’re off…..

It’s time to vote in our annual Tiny Dog Calendar Contest for Artists for Animals Community Grants.  We have 25 dogs in the race and only 13 spots, so we’re selling votes!  Each vote is $1 (100% of the voting proceeds go to the grant fund) and you can buy as many votes as you wish and as often as you like — UNTIL August 31st at midnight. 

Teresa Berg Photography creates portraits for all of the dogs in the contest and designs and publishes the calendar annually to raise money to support the AFA Community Grants program. In this way, AFA can help raise money for a variety of initiatives across the north Texas region.  Rescue groups are encouraged to fill out the grant proposal form each fall and the AFA board votes to give grants based on need and the type of project they are working on. Last year $18,000 was raised and given as $2000 grants to 9 different animal rescue charities.

The link to view the contestants and purchase your tax-deductible votes is here.  So buy some votes and help Artists for Animals save some lives! 

 

Voting Update!

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Voting is almost half over and we’re a whisker away from 6000 votes!  What’s your voting strategy?  Waiting until the last minute might and then spending the whole amount? That might sound like the thing to do, but you’re voting blind that last evening and hanging back doesn’t incentivize the pack!

If some of our dogs in the middle of the race think they’ve “got it made” they might not try as hard — and we all need a dangling carrot (um, er, bone?) once in a while.  So why not do half now and save half for the finish line?

Whatever your strategy, we’re so very grateful for your support — and may the best dogs win!

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Gearing up for the 2019 Tiny Dog Calendar contest

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We’re almost ready to send these beautiful dogs out to FETCH some votes!  Our annual calendar contest starts August 15th with 28 local dogs competing for your attention.  Each vote costs $1 and 100% of the voting proceeds go to the Artists for Animals Grant fund to be disbursed annually to a variety of animal rescue organizations in our local (Dallas) area.  For more information about the groups we have supported in the past, visit the WE SUPPORT page.  This year’s goal is to raise $20,000 — so vote often and share the link for voting with your friends!

And the winner is….

Murphy! By a nose.  And the hundreds of homeless pets that will benefit from the $9771 raised with your votes.

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This handsome guy will not only appear on the cover of our 2018 Tiny Dog Calendar, but his family receives a gift certificate for a photo session and a 16×20 gallery wrapped canvas print from Teresa Berg Photography.  Congratulations, Murphy!  And since it was SO CLOSE, our runner up, Morgan will receive a $250 gift certificate.

Congratulations go out to all of our calendar dogs, with our thanks.  If you’d like to pre-order a calendar, visit Teresa Berg’s Etsy shop. We’ll ship you a signed copy as soon as they’re out of production.