Crime & Safety

Waterford Animal Control Needs Your Help

A Totally Free And Easy Way To Help The Community

Editor's Note: Here it is again, please vote.

Want to help the community? Patch has something for you to do.

The Waterford-East Lyme Animal Shelter, , needs your help. Several concerned residents have formed a committee on the issue, but the town has made it clear: .

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Well, the animal shelter has that opportunity, but it needs your help. Readers Digest is running a contest called “We Hear You America” where $5 million is handed out to 20 different towns, each receiving anywhere from $35,000 to $500.

To play, click here and cheer for Waterford. Each person can cheer up to 10 times each day.

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As of 2:00 p.m. today, Waterford has received 40,782 cheers, good for 47th place. Currently, the leader has just over 1 million cheers. However, with everybody voting 10 times a day, that gap could be overcome.

The voting ends Feb. 7, so cheer and cheer often. It’s a totally free way to help your town (and all your pets) get something it really needs.


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