Team,

We have a new winner in the Bark For Awareness Give Away! Congratulations to SPCA of Winchester! The great people associated with that Organization took advantage of a VERY tight race with Bama Bully Rescue and pulled out the WIN! SPCA of Winchester took 47% of the total votes, 927 in all, to win week 5 of the Bark For Awareness Campaign! Here is an overview of their efforts:

The SPCA of Westchester was founded in 1883 by Ossining resident Mary Dusenberry after she observed horses being mercilessly whipped and beaten as they trudged up nearby hills to deliver heavy loads of coal. Together with caring friends, she obtained land on which to build the Society’s first home and established a fund to be used to prevent cruelty to animals. The SPCA is still located on the same spot, making it one of the oldest landholders in Briarcliff Manor.

Please join me in congratulating our most recent Bark For Awareness Campaign winner, SPCA of Winchester! For their voting efforts they will receive 3 FREE Official Vick Dog Chew Toys, one for each TD scored against Mike Vick and the Eagles in week 5!

I would like to announce two changes that are coming up in week 6 of the Bark For Awareness Campaign, Season 2:

1) As many Organizations are aware, we had to cap the entries for Bark For Awareness Season 2 at 20. That left many great Organizations out. Through the first 5 weeks we have several Organizations that have yet to receive any votes, or have received very few votes. The purpose of the Bark For Awareness Campaign is to assist great organizations with the fund raising and exposure. My website receives several thousands of visitors monthly, which creates great exposure. However, those of YOU that are entered must compound that to awareness to your organization and efforts. If you are not actively using that exposure, I must allow other Organizations that want to use the Bark For Awareness Campaign as an effort to boost their efforts. Those Organizations that have failed to produce 10 total votes through the first 5 weeks of the Bark For Awareness Campaign will receive email notification of their disqualification. Those Organizations that have been waiting for inclusion will receive notification of induction to the Campaign and will have their site and bio listed on https://www.officialvickdogchewtoy.com

2) Week 6 will include Field Goals! One FREE Official Vick Dog Chew Toy for every TD scored against the Eagles, one FREE Official Vick Dog Chew Toy for every Field Goal scored against the Eagles! The Eagles fly out to the West Coast to face the Raiders. Anything can happen! Will the hated Mike Vick play? We will all have to stay tuned.

Thanks for all that entered in the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy Bark For Awareness Campaign 2. My decision to remove Organizations due to lack of votes is not an easy one. However, the goal of the Campaign has always been to increase exposure. There are SO MANY great Organizations across the USA. I want to spread the word as much as possible and give as many as possible the opportunity to announce their efforts through my website, blog, Facebook and Twitter channels. Tens of thousands view and visit, so PLEASE take advantage. We do this for YOU!

Sincerely,

Darren Usher

President and CEO, Aim To Beginn, LLC

www.doglifegear.com

www.officialvickdogchewtoy.com