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September 1, 2011                                                               Angie Antonopoulos

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Tri-County Humane Society wins “30 Days for 30 Coils” Animal Charity Challenge

 The Tri-County Humane Society of St. James, Mo. recently won 30 K9Coil dog leashes as part of the “30 Days for 30 Coils” Animal Charity Challenge on Facebook, hosted by the K9Coil Dog Leash Fan Page. To win, they helped the fan page reach their 1,000 fan goal within 30 days and collected more votes for their animal rescue than any other animal rescue in the country—a total of 231 votes. The Lucky Dog Animal Rescue of Washington, D.C. placed second, and the Southeast German Shepherd Rescue of Clayton, North Carolina placed third.

“Whenever a dog is adopted, we lose one of our leashes,” said Ashly Reed, a public relations volunteer who helped their Facebook fans get involved in the competition. “Our need for dog leashes is huge…We run completely on donations and are in such a rural area.”

Reed said she knew they were up against some larger animal shelters in the challenge, but wanted to at least try.

“We couldn’t have done it without our fans,” Reed said.

“Congratulations to the Tri-County Humane Society of St. James, and the fans of a small town with a big heart for their shelter animals,” said Jeanna LaCross, president of DogStar Pet Products and creator the K9Coil Dog Leash. “We are happy to provide this dedicated Midwestern animal shelter the original K9Coil Dog Leash.”

The Tri-County Humane Society is a No-Kill shelter located in St. James, Missouri, approximately 90 miles west of St. Louis. As a private non-profit organization that operates wholly on donations, Tri-County provides shelter, facilitates medical needs, and works diligently to place each animal in loving homes.

Canine benefits

A canine benefit group, K9 Coil Dog Leash, is seeking support for two projects. The first is 30 days for 30 coils giveaway.

K9 Coil dog leash is giving away 30 free dog leashes to the animal charity with the most fan votes.

Deadline is Aug. 15 and the group must have 1,000 Facebook fans. The Facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/K9coil-Dog-Leash/20297153329.

Currently there are several animal charities, but no St. Augustine groups.

The second charity event is Dog Days Of Summer beach clean up Aug. 13 starting at Third Street and fanning out to the St. Augustine Beach Pier to the north and south to Sea Colony. Volunteers plan to pick up all the leftover summer trash. Drinks, bags and gloves will be provided as well as a raffle of K9 Coil dog leashes and three local restaurant gift certificates.