Calling all animal lovers! Show us your baby animal photos

Everyone loves baby animals. They are totally adorable! We love them so much here at Get Ready that we made them the focus of this year's photo contest.

Image: Mike Whitmore

The contest is using baby animals — of all kinds — to promote emergency preparedness.
Whether it’s a kitten, puppy, chick or other baby animal, Get Ready wants to see them all. We’ll choose the best and most adorable photos and include them in our 2017 Get Ready calendar with fun captions and facts about preparing for emergencies.

Need some pet-spiration? Take a look at our past Get Ready Photo Contests, which have focused on cats, dogs and animals of all ages.

Contest entries will be accepted beginning July 11 via email and Instagram.

Have more questions? Check out our FAQs and official rules and regulations.

The deadline for entries is Aug. 15, so get snapping and submit your photos!

New Get Ready e-cards celebrate February holidays

Famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this month. According to tradition, that means there are six more weeks of winter. For the Get Ready team, it’s also a reminder that it’s not too late to get your flu shot.



Groundhog Day is the theme of one of many free Get Ready e-cards we’re sharing this month. Check out our e-cards to send messages about being prepared to those you care about. Each card has a link to helpful tips to keep you, your family, friends and community prepared.
 
The Get Ready e-card library includes messages for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, flu season and the winter holidays.


 
This year, a new Valentine’s Day e-card joins the lineup. And coming soon, look forward to e-cards that celebrate President’s Day!
 
Explore the Get Ready website for more information about the e-cards and the many preparedness resources.
 
Have an idea for a Get Ready e-card? Send us an email!

 

 

Congratulations to our photo contest winners!

Thank you to everyone who submitted photos for APHA’s 2013 Get Ready Pup-Preparedness Photo Contest! We received so many fantastic, adorable photos that it was hard to choose the winners.

Congratulations go out to our 16 winning photographers and their furry companions:

• Ashell Alston, photo of Brown
• Patricia Baltasar, photo of Buddy
• Patrick Benko and Jackie Benko, photo of Sadie
• Charlene Bright, photo of Kennedy
• Christopher Chadwick, photo of Gizmo
• Asher Grady, photo of Lucas
• Ann Hueber, photo of Calvin
• Katy Krings, photo of Trinity and Neo
• Dan and Vivian Liberti, photo of Ansel Wolfgang
• Christopher Mangal, photo of Argo
• Raed Mansour, photo of Chance
• Sarah Marikos, photo of Giacoma
• Lili McDonald, photo of Schwanson
• Nolan Patal, photo of Rani
• Susan Polan, photo of Tally
• Michelle Sanborn, photo of Cooper
• Christine Yamazaki, photo of Julian

We're working now to create a 2014 calendar featuring the winning photos, which we'll post on the Get Ready site in November. We’ll also pass out free hard copies at the Get Ready booth at APHA's 141st Annual Meeting and Exposition in Boston in November.

We'll showcase the winning photos and some of the other submissions on the Get Ready site in November, so check back then!

Enter APHA’s Get Ready Pup-Preparedness Photo Contest

Do you have a dog? Is she or he photogenic? (Need we ask?) Snap a photo of your dog and enter APHA’s Get Ready Pup-Preparedness Photo Contest! The contest is using dogs as a fun way to promote preparedness. The competition comes on the tails (pun intended!) of our successful 2012 cat photo contest.

From now until April 27, send us photos of your canine friends to enter the contest.

Take a look at the topics covered by the Get Ready campaign — such as having a plan or not, preparing for evacuation, or driving in a disaster— and figure out how to illustrate it with your dog. We will add witty captions and share your dog’s message about emergency preparedness with the world. The winning photos will go into our Get Ready calendar.

When you’re ready to send us your pics, visit the Get Ready website for FAQs, rules and other info on entering the contest.

And while you’re there, check out some of the cute doggie photos we’ve received so far!