Hey friends, happy Saturday!

For a change of pace on the ol’ blog today, I want to share with you a very worthwhile cause.  One that you can easily help to further with a simple VOTE.

I’m a huge animal lover and those of you who follow my blog regularly know that my dogs, Riley and Rascal, are like children to me.  Love them to pieces.

My good friend Jen is also a major animal lover.  Jen never ceases to amaze me with her kind heart and super-woman qualities.  She holds down a very demanding high-level position that includes a lot of travel.  I’d list off all of her accomplishments but I don’t want to embarrass her.  Let’s just suffice to say I don’t know where she finds the time and energy to get through the jam-packed schedule she has every single day … AND THEN she still volunteers on top of it all.  A LOT.

One organization very near and dear to her is Freedom Service Dogs. If you aren’t familiar with them, you should check out their website.  Essentially they rescue unwanted or abandoned dogs, put them through an intensive training program, and then place them with injured veterans as service dogs.  Unlike some similar service dog organizations, they are not breeding dogs for this purpose.  Which means they are helping to not only save dogs from euthanasia but also helping with the overpopulation of pets.

And that’s even beside the point – the real issue here is supporting our troops, especially those who have served our country and then had to come home with debilitating injuries, many of which are permanent.

Here’s where you can help. All you need to do is VOTE!  Jen has entered her adorable dog Dyson into a contest, in hopes of winning the $10,000 grand prize – ALL of which she will then donate to Freedom Service Dogs.

The Bissell contest site does require you to create a login (I keep an old Yahoo email address specifically for times like this.)  Once you enter your email and a password, they’ll email your confirmation and then you can go vote for Dyson  HERE.  You can search for her using Entrant # 0402474 or by name. It’s just a few easy mouse clicks to help Freedom Service Dogs toward the chance of a large donation.  Easy peasy, right?

If you have a blog, Facebook page, Twitter account, email, word-of-mouth, etc., Jen, Dyson and I would all be so grateful if you’d spread the word to help Dyson AND Freedom Service Dogs win.  You can use this link to get them here for the info:  http://wp.me/pFQCz-Gm

Thanks FitFeat friends!  I KNOW I have the best readers!

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More About Dyson:

Dyson is a rescue dog herself, with her own interesting story (this dog had a tough start in life and I think she was destined to land in Jen’s home where she is given the care and attention she needs).  Dyson also hopes to one day be a therapy dog.  Here she is playing in her first snow storm (as Miss Dyson came from Texas!)

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More About FSD: