HSCI - Success Stories - Guidelines and My Pet's Story Form

Success Stories Guidelines
Please review the following guidelines and information before submitting your My Pet's Story.

1. By submitting your My Pet's Story, you are giving permission to HSCI to use the story and/or pictures on its website, newsletter, or other promotional material.

2. Only pets adopted from the HSCI / MCHS will be considered for Success Stories.

3. My Pet's Stories will include pet owners first names only.

4. HSCI may footnote My Pet Stories with additional information.

5. My Pet's Stories are limited to approximately 500 words in length.

6. My Pet's Stories are limited to 2 or 3 pictures. Pictures are encouraged but not required. If a photo is unavailable, an HSCI pre-adoption photo may be used, if available.

7. By submitting your My Pet's Story, you agree all information in the story is true. Some information may be verified with HSCI records.

If you have any questions regarding the guidelines, or the process for submitting your My Pet's Story and pictures, please send us an email at Success Stories Questions.
Writing your My Pet's Story
At HSCI, our hope is for pets to have a happy, healthy life-long home where they are loved. Tell us how your pet has played a role in your life. Your My Pet's Story can include how the pet relates to other pets in your household, how you chose your pet, some of the pet's personality traits, human-pet bond, and any other items regarding your pet that pet lovers would appreciate.
How to submit your My Pet's Story
There are two steps to submit your My Pet's Story. Step One consists of filling out the information on the form, and Step Two consists of sending a picture, if you have a picture to send.
Step One:

My Pet's Story Form
Fill in the fields on the following form, and select the 'Submit My Pet's Story' button to send your My Pet's Story to HSCI. Fields with a blue * must be filled in.
Pet Owner Information

First Name:
*

Last Name: *

Street: *

City: *

State: * Zip Code: *

Preferred Phone:

Email: *

Pet Information

Name of Pet: *

Age of Pet at Adoption: * Male Female *

Month / Year Adopted: * Type of Pet: *

Name of Pet at HSCI: *

My Pet's Story!
Enter your My Pet's Story as if you were typing the story into a Word Processor. Please limit your story to no more than approximately 500 words in length.

After filling out the form, select the 'Submit My Pet's Story' button to send your My Pet's Story to HSCI. A webpage will display to report if the form was processed, and you will be directed back to this webpage to complete STEP TWO. Hang in there, you are almost done!

Step Two:

My Pet's Story Pictures (Optional)
If you have a picture or pictures (image files) to include for your My Pet's Story, complete this last step. My Pet Stories are limited to 2 or 3 pictures. Pictures are encouraged but not required. For image files, "JPG" file format is preferred but other formats may be acceptable. To send image files to us, please do the following;

1. Create an email and address it to webmaster@HSCIpets.org.

2. For the "Subject" of your email, type "Success Story Pictures".

3. Attach the pictures (image files) to your email.

4. Type your name and address in the text area of the email, and send the email.

After submitting the form and the picture files the process is complete. Thank You!


	1.	By submitting your My Pet's Story, you are giving permission to HSCI to use the story and/or pictures on its website, newsletter, or other promotional material.

	2.	Only pets adopted from the HSCI / MCHS will be considered for Success Stories.

	3.	My Pet's Stories will include pet owners first names only.

	4.	HSCI may footnote My Pet Stories with additional information.

	5.	My Pet's Stories are limited to approximately 500 words in length.

	6.	My Pet's Stories are limited to 2 or 3 pictures. Pictures are encouraged but not required. If a photo is unavailable, an HSCI pre-adoption photo may be used, if available.

	7.	By submitting your My Pet's Story, you agree all information in the story is true. Some information may be verified with HSCI records.

First Name:	*
Last Name:	*
Street:	*
City:	*
State:	* Zip Code: *
Preferred Phone:
Email:	*

Name of Pet:	*
Age of Pet at Adoption:	* Male Female *
Month / Year Adopted:	* Type of Pet: *
Name of Pet at HSCI:	*


	1.	Create an email and address it to webmaster@HSCIpets.org.

	2.	For the "Subject" of your email, type "Success Story Pictures".

	3.	Attach the pictures (image files) to your email.

	4.	Type your name and address in the text area of the email, and send the email.