Today I received an interesting e-mail via our contact form from a person named Kristin promoting a contest that is apparently sponsored by large companies such as Kodak and Circuit City. I am not affiliated with this contest in any way and can’t endorse its legitimacy, but I have to admit it sounds pretty cool. Here’s the info:

I am currently working with Kodak to promote the Find the next Firedog contest - looking for a dog that represents the personality of Firedog - Circuit City’s technology services team, and thought that you might be interested in sharing this with your dog loving community. Pictures of retrievers and all other breeds, similar to what are posted on your discussion forums, can be entered into the Circuit City/Kodak Firedog Contest for a chance for your dog to become the next Firedog.

The grand prize winning dog will have the chance to star in a Firedog TV commercial along with other prizes, including:

- A $50,000 donation to your local humane society

- KODAK EASYSHARE V1253 HD Digital Zoom Camera

- KODAK EASYSHARE HDTV Camera Dock

There will also be 19 finalists who will receive:

- $1000 Circuit City gift card
- KODAK EASYSHARE All-in-One Printer
- $1000 donation to a local humane
society of your choice
- A portion of a $100,000 donation to a local humane society (based on a $1/vote for your picture)

Photos will be judged on the quality and originality of photo, and personality of dog. Once the final 20 photos are chosen, readers will be able to vote on their favorite photos to decide the grand prize winner.

For more information and a chance to win, please visit http://kodak.eprize.net/firedogcontest/ for all the details about the contest.

Submissions are accepted through December 8 th so, if you are interested, I would encourage you and your community members to enter soon! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!