CNY SNAP Calendar Fundraiser: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the CNY SNAP calendar fundraiser and who runs it?

The CNY SNAP Calendar Fundraiser is a cat photo contest run by Central New York's Spay Neuter Assistance Program. The contest is hosted on GoGo Photo Contest and is presented as a fundraiser for the program. Its entries are cats, and the calendar that comes from the vote is the 2027 CNY SNAP calendar.

The contest reads as a rescue fundraiser first and a voting contest second, which is the clearest way to understand it. Readers who want the purpose before the mechanics will find it stated in the organizer's own description of the calendar.

The contest sits in New York and belongs to the best-of group of contests in this guide. The vertical is listed as best-of, but the product is a photo calendar rather than a ranking of local businesses, and the organizer frames the whole effort as a rescue fundraiser.

When do entries and voting open and close?

The window runs from late summer into late September, so a supporter who plans a campaign should set the calendar around the two fixed dates.

Entries and voting open together at 9:00 AM Eastern on Saturday, August 15, 2026. Voting closes at 6:30 PM Eastern on Saturday, September 26, 2026. The entry period and the voting period share those two dates, so the same window governs both steps.

The contest has been listed for both 2025 and 2026, and that repeat listing is the basis for calling it an annual fundraiser. The 2027 calendar is the product of the current window, while the 2026 listing is the most recent earlier run.

The contest does not publish a category list for the calendar, and it names no fee for a vote; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

How does a supporter vote for a cat today?

A supporter opens the GoGo Photo Contest page for the calendar, browses the entered cats and submits a vote on the photo they back. The rules page carries the voting instructions, and the one rule quoted here is the important one for repeat supporters: the page says you may vote as many times as you'd like for your favorite cat.

Because repeat voting is allowed, a supporter who wants to back several cats can vote for each of them. The contest text does not describe a judging step beyond the vote itself.

How does this fundraiser sit beside the New York best-of contests?

New York has several best-of ballots, and the nearest in this guide include the Best of Brooklyn, the Best of Queens and the Best of Westchester contests. Those are best-of ballots for other New York places, so they answer a different question from this calendar.

The clearest difference is the purpose. The best-of ballots rank local places, while this contest raises money for a rescue program through a photo calendar. A searcher who wants a town-level vote should go to the best-of pages, and a searcher who wants to support the calendar should stay on this one.

How can a supporter help a favorite cat get more votes?

The most useful help for a cat photo is to share the contest page with the people who already follow the program and the families who follow the program. A short message with the voting address and the closing time gives supporters what they need, and the repeat-voting rule means each supporter can back a favorite more than once.

A supporter who wants paid help should first read what a purchase involves. The online votes page explains the options, and it is worth reading alongside the contest's own rules before any money is spent. The get more votes online guide covers legitimate ways to build support, and no service can guarantee a result in a calendar contest like this one.

A supporter who backs several cats should keep a simple list of the favorites already backed, since every vote is allowed to count again under the rule quoted above. Spreading support across favorites is a practical choice for a supporter who wants each cat to be seen.

Supporters who want to plan around the calendar should note the September 26 close and keep the August 15 opening in mind. Whether a later calendar runs on the same dates has not been published.