National Hairball Awareness Day Friday!

Who's Your Favorite Furball?

Friday April 24 is National Hairball Awareness Day!

To celebrate, www.RomeotheCat.com and FURminator, Inc. (www.furminator.com) are sponsoring the “Who’s Your Favorite Furball?” contest!

The winner will receive a free FURminator deShedding Tool. They will also see their favorite, funniest, furriest furball featured on www.PeoplePets.com and other popular pet blogs across the Internet.

Entering is easy!

1. Visit www.RomeotheCat.com and click on the FirstGiving link to donate $1 or more to Romeo’s FURPOWER campaign. This month’s beneficiary is Kitten Rescue of Los Angeles.
2. E-mail your favorite, funniest, furriest furball photo (cats only, please!) to:

   romeo at romeothecat dot com

   Entries must be submitted by 9 p.m. EST Thursday, April 23, 2009. Make sure to include the following information:

   • Your Favorite Furball’s name
   • How winning a FURminator deShedding Tool will change your life (and your furball’s life!)
   • Your name
   • Your email address
   • What name you used with your FirstGiving donation (for verification purposes)
3. Check the Favorite Furball gallery on www.romeothecat.com to see all the entries.
4. Wait for the random drawing to see if you’re the winner.
5. Come on back at noon Friday and see if you’re the lucky winner! The winner will be announced on www.romeothecat.com, www.PeoplePets.com and participating blogs (that would be here) at 12 p.m. EST Friday, April 24, 2009.

Contest rules:

• Contest is only open to cats (sorry doggies!)
• Entrants must be located in the U.S. or Canada
• Entries must be submitted by 9:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Entrants agree to allow their submitted photo to be posted on participating blogs

If you have additional questions, please contact:

romeo at romeothecat dot com

Good luck!

John

Romeo The Cat Raises Rescue Funds With Twitter

Here’s a unique and innovative way of using social media: Romeo the cat (and his buddy Pugsley) are using Twitter to raise funds for rescue organizations. For every follower they get on Twitter, they donate 5 cents to animal rescue. Twitterers are encouraged to donate to the cause, as well.

For the month of March, 2009, I’m pleased to report that the proceeds from the campaign will go to Animals in Distress, the no-kill shelter at which I volunteer each week. I offer Reiki to the animals there and hold Reiki classes for the volunteers.

If you use Twitter, please support Romeo‘s campaign by following @romeothecat on Twitter.

John