Dogly App Helps Local Photographer's Dog Win Grant, Donates to Humane Society of Utah

    SALT LAKE CITY, UT, August 09, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Through a grant provided by Dogly (www.dogly.com), a free photo-sharing app for dog lovers, Salt Lake City based resident Guinnevere Shuster and her dog, Tubs selected the Humane Society of Utah (HSU) as their shelter of choice to receive a $500 grant awarded for creativity.

Launched earlier this year, Dogly donates to shelter organizations nationwide and enables users to make an impact by sharing photos of adorable dogs and helping their favorite shelter receive grants at the same time. Through the app, users donate their "loves - similar to "likes" - to their favorite animal shelter at no personal cost. Monthly grants are given by Dogly to the organization with the most "loves" and additional grants are given for creativity. Since its launch, Dogly has donated more than $25,000 to over 30 shelters across the country.

"We designed Dogly to bring together two things dog lovers are extremely motivated to do: tell their dogs' stories visually and give back to the wonderful rescue organizations they love," said Dogly co-founder Cory Turner. "We often say Dogly is where dogs help dogs and make their humans heroes. Guinn and Tubs are perfect examples of that -- using their creativity and the power of photos to shine a light on amazing adopted dogs (like Tubs) as well as on the beautiful adoptable dogs of HSU with every post. And with their creativity grant, they are philanthropists and heroes for the Humane Society of Utah."

This $500 grant was given to Shuster and Tubs for displaying exemplary creativity within the app. Shuster selected the HSU as her shelter of choice to benefit from the grant in order to help other shelter animals that are still waiting to be adopted.

"I'm very fortunate to be able to use my passion for both photography and animals in such a positive way," said Guinnevere Shuster, HSU photographer and social media coordinator. "Tubs and I are thankful to Dogly for recognizing our efforts to help other animals find homes at the HSU and we look forward to continuing to use the app to earn more money for the HSU in the future."

Shuster hopes to make more dog lovers aware of the Dogly app through social media and invite them to select the HSU as their shelter of choice to win additional grants.

Dogly is available for download on iPhone, Android, iPad and Android tablet.

About the Humane Society of Utah
The Humane Society of Utah is dedicated to the elimination of pain, fear and suffering in all animals. Since 1960, the HSU has been sheltering abandoned animals, fighting cruelty and neglect, and creating an environment of respect, responsibility, and compassion for all animals across our state. HSU is an open-admissions shelter, meaning that our doors are always open for any animal that we can legally accept. We work hard to ensure that every healthy and treatable pet that enters our facility will be placed into a loving home. The Humane Society of Utah is a 501(c)(3) private nonprofit organization. We receive no tax dollars or government funding. HSU is funded by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses and foundations. Read more about the HSU online at utahhumane.org.

About Dogly
Dogly is a gamified-for-good iPhone, Android, iPad, and Android tablet app for dog lovers. Launched in December 2014, the free app features easy-to-use, dog-specific art and editing tools that allow users to create, discover, and share photos across a range of categories showcasing adoptable dogs along with all great dogs. Users can make their "loves" and creativity count by choosing to play for their favorite shelter. The more loves their photos get, the more good they do for their shelter. Each month, the shelter or rescue organization with the most loves is named the Dogly Shelter of the Month, receiving the Dogly Do Good grant of $1,000. Dogly also offers grants that recognize visual creativity. Through Dogly's partnership with The Petfinder Foundation and alliance with Petfinder.com, Dogly users can search more than 10,000 US shelters.

For more information, visit http://www.dogly.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest, @beingdogly.

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