Enter the Humane Society of Charles County Family Pet Photo Calendar Contest between 8:00:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, August 27, 2025 and 7:00:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Saturday, September 27, 2025 by visiting www.gogophotocontest.com/HSCC. Participants must complete the online submission form create an account and upload a high- quality photo of your pet. We recommend that all photo submissions are digital as printed photographs and polaroids are unlikely to be high enough quality to be reproduced in the calendar. All animals must be depicted in a humane and dignified manner. All photos must be in color. List your pet's name, your name and a brief bio of your pet. People are not allowed in the photos. Your pet does not have to be adopted from the Humane Society of Charles County. By entering, all participants warrant and represent that their respective entries are their own fully original creations and their respective entries (including and not limited to any materials integrated into their entries) will not infringe or violate the rights of any third parties, including but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity/privacy.

The sponsor is not responsible for the lost, late, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected entries, which will be disqualified. Only fully completed entries are eligible. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof receipt by sponsor. All entries become the sole property of the sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. By entering, entrants agree that the sponsor shall post all the photos on sponsors website and shall have the right to utilize entrants' photo in sponsor's promotional materials in any or all media in perpetuity. If an insufficient number of entries are received, sponsor reserves the right to cancel the fundraiser. Entries not satisfying official rules will be automatically disqualified. All entrants must have a valid email address. The sponsor is not responsible for technical, hardware, software, telephone or other communication malfunctions, errors or failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, website internet or ISP availability, unauthorized human intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete, or inaccurate capture of entry information (regardless of cause) or failed, incomplete, garbled, jumbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit one's ability to enter the fundraiser, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer relating to or resulting form participating in this fundraiser or downloading any materials in this fundraiser.

To vote go to the contestant page you wish to support and donate a minimum of $5 for 5 votes. When voters donate, they will be given the option to apply all their votes to one photo, spread their votes over various photos or store votes in a vote bank to be used later. All votes are donations to The Humane Society of Charles County and are fully tax-deductible as permitted by law. All votes for photo submissions will be tabulated and displayed online.

Winners for the pet contest will be determined by the number of votes received per photo. Once a photo is submitted it will appear in the online gallery and will be open to voting by the general public. The voting period will end at 7:00:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Saturday, September 27, 2025. Votes must be registered by the system before the deadline ends to be counted for the contest online. If you are submitting votes close to the deadline, please note there is a delay in processing votes.

It is the Mission of the Humane Society of Charles County (HSCC) to provide shelter and care for the homeless, injured and neglected animals through adoption, fostering, community partnerships, education and affordable spay-neuter and vaccine programs.

In 1975, a small group of community volunteers realized that the existing county animal shelter was not able to save those animals most in need and so conceived of an organization committed to the protection of the injured, neglected and abused animals that might otherwise perish without intervention. These selfless volunteers became The Humane Society of Charles County and set up shop in a garage. Incorporated as a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization in August 1978, the Humane Society of Charles County was created based on a deep respect for all life, animal and human.

From the beginning, we have held a deep commitment to care for animals and serve the community by offering love, support and safety to the animals and respect for all. Each year we provide compassionate shelter and care to more than 3,200 homeless animals, inspire more than 18,000 children, nursing home residents and community members through our humane education, Paws to read programs; provide low-to-no cost veterinary services for more than 3,000 pets in need; find homes for more than 1,600 animals; and save nearly 200 "bottle babies from certain death through our kitten and puppy fostering program. In 2016 we launched our Forever Friends Community Outreach program and provided over 3000 community cats and their caregivers with free spay/neuter and pet food pantry services.

As an open admission shelter, the HSCC continues to pride itself on our commitment to accepting animals brought to us regardless of their health or temperament, and we hold tight to our commitment of creating a community where animals are cherished and no longer need us for protection and shelter.