Your local shelter does so much to help pets in need. In honor of National Shelter Appreciation Week, we want to say THANK YOU to these animal welfare organizations for the amazing work they do every day. 
Thank you for nominating your favorite organization.
The $1K winners are:

Animal Protection Services of Durham - Durham, NC

City of Midland - Midland Animal Services - Midland, TX

Crescent Cottage Cats, Inc.- Chuckey, TN 

Everett Animal Shelter - Everett, WA 

Friends of Mohave County Animal Shelter - Kingman, AZ 

Greensburg & Decatur County Animal Shelter - Greensburg, IN

Guardians of Florida Animal Rescue - Ft. Myers, FL

Heidi’s Hope - Wilmington, NC 

Horse and Hound Rescue Foundation  - Guthrie, OK

Kitsap Humane Society - Silverdale, WA

Lifeline For Pets - Monrovia, CA 

Metaire Humane - Metaire, LA

Miami Dade County Animal Services - Miami, FL

North Minneapolis Resource Center / My Pit Bull is Family - Minneapolis, MN 

Ramapo Animal Shelter - Oakland, NJ 

Ruby Whiskers Animal Rescue - Lemont, IL

Safe Animal Shelter - Middlesburg, FL 

Simply Cats Adoption Center - Boise, ID 

SpokAnimal - Spokane, WA 

TiggerTown - Chattanooga, TN