About BtC4animals
Our Mission is to Help YouWith many worthwhile animal causes to support, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless. By banding together like-minded folks with a strong, collective voice, the goal of BtC4Animals is to ignite and accelerate the change we can make as individuals at a pace that doesn’t overwhelm. BtC4Animals highlights one cause per week and provides information on how readers can help. Calls to action don’t require money or more than 15 minutes to complete and typically involve actions like signing a petition or participating in a letter-writing campaign for the protection of voiceless domesticated pets, farm animals and wildlife alike. |
Champion Your CauseDo you have a mission to improve the lives of animals and a course of action in mind? Submit your cause! If selected, we will be your sounding box, your greatest cheerleader, and we will report your successes back to the community throughout your campaign. Please note: Monetary contributions will not be solicited. |
Our Core Foundation: YOUYour role is simple and most important. Answer the weekly call to action. Tweet it, post it to Facebook or write a blog post. Each act, great and small, spreads the word and creates an enormous impact. Following these simple ideas, you’ll be the shoulders that lift our champions toward their goal! |
Blog the Change EventsBlog the Change, for writers and readers alike, takes place on 1/15, 4/15, 7/15 and 10/15 annually. If you have a blog, join us in any way that inspires you. Write about actions you have taken personally. Promote a shelter in need. Publicly announce new commitments and inspire others to join you. This is your chance to rally people around a cause near and dear to your heart. Learn more… |
BtC History
The Be the Change Challenge, a lively movement to help animals in need, originated in Columbus, OH in March, 2010 at BlogPaws- the first ever gathering of pet bloggers. 50+ bloggers partook in an experiment, choosing one day of action and blogging about a plethora of animal needs. The list of creative, ambitious and actionable solutions offered a tangible feeling of solidarity to make the world a better place for animals in need. What was missing was a way to reconnect.
Inspired by the strength and support of this passionate animal community, Kim Clune of This One Wild Life wanted to recapture the energy of that day, to create a central place to share information regularly, to bring people together to make a difference for all animals, domestic and wild.
Kim shared her thoughts with Amy Burkert of GoPetFriendly.com, and together, they felt an unmistakable energy, a creative spark and the determination to bring their ideas to fruition. Kim developed a website to create a community connection through quarterly Blog the Change events. Amy brought Cause of the Week to the table.
Within the scope of a year, volunteer writers and cause scouts coalesced to from Team BTC, making this a community-run website managed by Kim with valuable, democratic input from all. The BTC community has since grown more than 10,000 supporters strong, and the work of each important member was duly recognized when BTC4animals.com was nominated Best Cause Blog for the 2011 Petties Awards.
Welcome to our vision, our contribution to Be the Change — a movement with no leaders, no limits and all the possibility in the world. We hope you find it useful.
Sincerely,
Team BTC and the BTC community
You guys rank right up there with a raw meaty bone! - The Road Dogs
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