The top three finishers in the second annual Kiwanis Club Coolest Dog Contest got together over the weekend to get their medals and celebrate.
In a landslide victory, SheShe won the title of Plant City’s ‘Coolest Dog’ in the Kiwanis Club’s 2020 contest.
SheShe got a record-breaking 810 votes from the public, shattering last year’s inaugural contest’s high mark of 520 votes for Bonsai. Scarlett Rose won second place with 485 votes and Beau took third place with 460 votes.
The top three finishers combined to raise more than $1,750 thanks to online donations, as anyone can cast a vote online for the low price of $1 per vote. In total, there were 2,667 votes cast for the 14 contestants.
“The Kiwanis Club of Plant City expects to net approximately $6,000, much of it from Coolest Dog Contest sponsors, which will be used to fund their programs for kids such as Stuff the Bus, through which 1,250 fully-stuffed back packs were donated to children at 26 local schools, and the upcoming Christmas for an Angel program through which the Kiwanis delivers thousands of gifts to needy children at 18 local elementary schools,” Gil Gott said.
Other programs that could benefit from the fundraiser include Read Around the World, Terrific Kids, Builders Club and Key Club, and the money will also help the club provide scholarships to local students.
