The City of Ełk cooperates with animal shelter Sonieczkowo near Augustów. This is where the homeless end up animals found in the city. Sonieczkowo provides care, takes care of the Adoptions – but the problem of homeless animals is huge. The shelter is currently staying about 460 dogs and new ones are added every day.

Objectives of the competition:

Increasing adoptions in Ełk homeless animals staying in shelters.

• Creating a promotional campaign for the dogs of Ełk so that they could leave the shelter and find homes.
• Engaging the local community to implement the Homeless Animal Care and Prevention Program animal homelessness in the Municipality of the City of Ełk in 2024
• Getting the attention of children and young people to the fact of the need to respect animals, to properly care for them and prevent their caregivers from negligence.
• Awakening the imagination and Fantasy.
• Developing manual skills.
• Integration of students.

A total of 51 works were submitted in the competition (I - III – 34 works, IV – VIII – 17 of the works), from which the best 3 in each age category and 1 awarded.

In the age category I-III:

• I place – Primary School 1 – class 1 B – PLN 1200
• II place – Primary School 9 – class 1 c – PLN 800
• III place – Primary School 9 – class 2 D – PLN 500
• Honorable mention – gifts

In the age category IV - VIII:

• I place – Primary School 4 – class 7 A – PLN 1200
• II place – Primary School 3 – class 5 B – PLN 800
• III place – Primary School 3 - class 8 C – 500 PLN
• Honorable mention – gifts

The award ceremony took place on November 19 at 2:00 p.m. in the Ełk City Hall.