2025 Pet Calendar Photo Contest

Does your pet have what it takes to be a cover model? Show us your favorite photo of your precious pet, and not only will you be raising money for needy animals in our community, but you have the chance to have your pet featured in our 2025 pet calendar and more! Each year Jefferson County Humane Society 's photo fundraiser and pet calendar raises funds for our vital services which include animal sheltering and adoptions, investigations of animal cruelty and neglect, veterinary care, education programs for youth and adults and so much more! It's easy to participate! Submit your favorite photo of your pet, then get your family and friends to vote for your pet's picture.

How to Enter?

Select ‘Enter Contest' to the right.
Submit the most adorable photo of your pet that you can find or take a new one!
Submit your entry fee donation of $5.
Tell us why your pet is special to you! Your story may help you get more votes!

How to Win?

Once you submit your entry, share the link with family and friends and encourage them to vote!
For the best chance to win, be sure to spread the word about your pet's entry into the contest. Ask family and friends to go online and VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for your photo. You can use the sharing buttons that appear on your pet's photo page to share your photo entry with your Facebook friends. And you can email links to family and friends to encourage voting for your pet's photo. This will help you receive the votes for your photo(s) while helping us raise donations to support the Jefferson County Humane Society!
Votes are $1 each (every $1 donation counts as one vote) and all votes are tax-deductible.
A minimum donation of $5 is required.
There is no limit to the number of votes one may cast for the duration of the contest.
You can vote for your own pet's photo(s) as many times as you, your friends and family like!
You can apply all of your votes to one photo or vote for multiple photos during the contest.
Online voting begins as soon as the photo is registered and ends at 11:30:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Saturday, November 16, 2024.
The winners of the contest will be determined by the top 12 photos that receive the most votes. Photo contest will be monitored by GoGo Photo Contest and results are final.

Reserve a Day to Honor Your Pet

Want a guaranteed spot in the calendar? Reserve a day to honor your pet. This can be for your pet's adoption anniversary, birthday, loved one's birthday, memorial or really any special day! Your pet's photo will appear on the day of your choice. Just choose your favorite photo and then choose the day and pay!

First-come first-served! Once a date has been reserved, it will no longer be available. Each day requires a $10 donation.

Note: this will not enter your pet in the donate-to-vote contest, a separate entry is required.

Reserve Your Day Here →

Want to Order Your Calendar(s)?

Please consider pre-ordering a calendar. This will help us purchase the right amount of calendars so we don't waste valuable funds on extra stock.

Calendar Order →

Prizes

1^st Place

2 Tickets to JCHS 2025 Dueling Pianos fundraiser (March 2025)
1^st pick for month pet appears in calendar
Free 2025 JCHS pet calendar

2^nd Place

2^nd pick for month pet appears in calendar
Free 2025 JCHS pet calendar

3^rd Place

3^rd pick for month pet appears in calendar
Free 2025 JCHS pet calendar

Pet of the Month Winners

The next 9 highest vote getters will be featured as a Pet of the Month in the 2025 JCHS Pet Calendar.

Rules

People are NOT allowed in photos, but photos of cats, dogs and small companion animals are accepted.
Multiple animals are allowed in one photo.
All photo submissions must be digital.
We cannot accept photos with digital overlays, photo stickers, doodles or any digital effects.
Copyrighted photos may only be included with the written permission of the copyright-holder.
Once photos are entered, you grant the Jefferson County Humane Society the right to use them at its discretion for print and marketing purposes.
Photos deemed offensive, indecent or obscene will be removed from the contest.
Participation in the Contest constitutes entrants full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules

About Us

The History of JCHS

The Jefferson County Humane Society (JCHS) was originally incorporated in 1915 and is one of the longest existing nonprofit charities in our region. It was formed to be an advocate for Jefferson County's animals and at that time, before children's services programs, it was also an advocate for children. To this day, there is an agreement between Children's Services and the Humane Society to report and share information.

Unlike many other animal organizations Humane Societies are organized under 1717.05 of the Ohio Revised Code and as per O.R.C. Section 1717.06 "are the inculcation of humane principles and enforcement of laws for the prevention of cruelty, especially to children and animals.

Presently, over a 100 years later, JCHS is still a very viable 501c3 nonprofit devoted to animal welfare issues in Jefferson County. We hire, employ and pay the salaries of the County Humane Agents who investigate and bring to prosecution animal abuse and neglect.

Also, in a partnership formed in 2010 with the County Commissioners, we manage the Jefferson County Animal Shelter and have drastically changed the administration, public opinion, euthanasia rate and programs available. The county still employs the Dog Wardens that pick up stray dogs, clean the dog kennels and feed the dogs but the Jefferson County Humane Society (JCHS) provides all other employees, care, medical and programs for the homeless animals housed at the shelter.

In the last few years JCHS began a veterinarian medical program for the animals housed at the shelter, which has grown to offer low-cost quality medical services to the public. This began as an effort to help keep family pets in a loving home instead of coming to the shelter. In February 2018, we opened the Jefferson County Humane Society Clinic, located at 81 Talbott Drive, Wintersville, Ohio. The JCHS Clinic is not simply a building, it is a commitment from us and a place of compassion for the people and animals in our communities.

Everyone at the Jefferson County Humane Society is honored and proud of its success in bringing progressive programs in animal welfare, sheltering and protection to our communities.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to improve the lives of animals, alleviate their suffering, and elevate their status in society. We safeguard, rescue, shelter, heal, adopt, and advocate for animals in need, while inspiring community action and compassion on their behalf.

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