2025 WINTER GALA - SIGNATURE DRINK NAMING CONTEST

Welcome to the 2025 Winter Gala Signature Drink Naming Contest!

A little bourbon, a little tequila, a little dog hair?!
Hmm…might not be the most pleasing to the palate.

Instead, you can enter your YGRR dog's photo and Designated Drink Name - also known as the DD(n) – into this contest and win a spot as one of our Featured Signature Drinks at our 2025 Winter Gala!

This one-of-a-kind opportunity is only going to have TWO winners! That's right! Only TWO Signature Drinks will be featured at the Gala.

Not only do you get to name this drink after your dog (or their nickname, or their personality), and not only will your dog's illustrated photo be on our Dog Signature Drink signs, but your dog's drink will ALSO be finished with a personalized stir-stick of their furry face!

I can see your adopted YGRR dog is looking at you, with those puppy dog eyes, just begging to be the next Malibu Bay Breeze or Whiskey Sour.

It's an easy process. Just read our RULES PAGE to follow instructions on how to enter your dog and vote!

Then send the link on social media, text, or email to all your friends and family to get their votes too! It's not easy becoming the next Espresso Martini!

YGRR will also be sharing the contest to our social media. The public will vote for their favorites!

You can read all about what the winners will win on our PRIZES PAGE.

If you don't think your dog is the next Mai Tai, you can still support YGRR by voting for your favorite!!

Contest opens 5:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Friday, January 17, 2025 and closes at 8:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Friday, January 31, 2025.

Don't forget to purchase your Gala tickets too!
Get Your Gala Tickets Here!

Rules

CONTEST RULES

All photos MUST be of an adopted YGRR dog to be entered.
Photo submissions are $10 per submission.
Please name your photo with the Signature Drink Name you have created.
BE CREATIVE and UNIQUE! (Examples for you: "The Wilson", "The Willy Boy", "Smiley Guy", "Goober", etc.
Votes are $5 each. You can vote as often as you like, as many times as you like! Only votes completed on the actual GoGo Photo Contest site are valid. If you complete any donation process elsewhere – it does not count towards vote.
Please no filters, text, or watermarks on the photos.
Dogs only in the photo! No humans in the photo entries please. We all want drinks named after dogs only.
Please submit as a JPEG, PNG, or TIFF with as high resolution as possible. Please do not crop or resize.
You must own the copyright of the photograph(s) entered.
Photo submission means that you consent for photo(s) to be posted for voting and to be featured on our Signature Drink Signage at the event. YGRR retains the rights to use any submitted photo/photo names in any advertising, social media, or printing in the future.
Tell us where your Signature Drink name idea comes from!
Please share your entry with others and encourage them to vote!

Prizes

1^stand 2nd place will be our two winners!

Both 1^st and 2^nd place winners will receive:

Their illustrated photos featured on our Dog Signature Drink Signs at our 2025 Winter Gala!
Their Signature Drink Name displayed on the signs, along with the ingredients of the drink.
Stir-sticks customized with the winner's furry faces will also be placed in each drink and available at each bar throughout the evening.
Each winner will then each receive one (1) Signature Drink Sign after the event to hang proudly in their home!

The Signature Drink Signs will be located at each bar within the venue.

Both winners will be notified via email after the contest has ended.

Winners do not need to be present at the Winter Gala event in order to receive their Signature Drink Sign after the event has ended. We can schedule a pickup or ship the sign to you.

Winners will be monitored by GoGo Photo Contest and are final.

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Hudson, MA 01749
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