BISSELL(R) Launches Pet Games Video Contest

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June 9, 2008

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 9 /PRNewswire/ — Does your pet play games, do amazing tricks or have a talent that the world should see? Pet owners nationwide have the chance to make their pets celebrities during BISSELL’s upcoming Pet Games Video Contest. This summer, BISSELL is searching for the funniest and most unique pet videos, so grab a camera and capture your playful pet on tape for a chance to win the grand prize.Pet lovers can visit to upload videos of their pets participating in a sports game, showing off a hidden talent or performing a unique trick, as well as to vote for their favorite videos. The contest will run from June 6 through the 2008 Animal Planet Puppy Games, where BISSELL will sponsor the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Airing on both Friday, August 8 and Sunday, August 24, the 2008 Puppy Games will feature puppies representing countries from around the world and participating in swimming, soccer, weights, boxing, gymnastics and more.During the BISSELL Pet Video Contest, pet owners have their own opportunity to show off their pets participating in similar sports and events. The grand prize winner will be featured on BISSELL’s Lift-Off(R) Revolution(R) Pet Vacuum packaging. The winning pet’s video will also air on Animal Planet’s Web site, and BISSELL will make a $10,000 donation to the pet charity of the winner’s choice. Pets who receive the most votes each week will receive a Pet Hair Eraser(R) Vacuum and runners-up will receive a SpotBot(R) Pet Compact Deep Cleaner.”At BISSELL, we are crazy about pets and committed to providing pet owners with the best cleaning tools to tackle their pet’s toughest messes,” says Jim Krzeminski, BISSELL’s executive vice president of product development, sales and marketing. “In addition, BISSELL proudly supports pet-related causes and helps pet owners show their ‘pet pride’ on our Web site, packaging and more.”BISSELL recently concluded the Most Valuable Pet (MVP) Contest, an online photo contest where pet owners uploaded pictures of their pets for the grand prize of being featured on the Pet Hair Eraser Vacuum packaging. Brewster, a Bernese mountain dog from Anchorage, Alaska, was selected as the winner from more than 62,000 entries. In addition to being featured on the Pet Hair Eraser Vacuum packaging, Brewster’s “parents” received $10,000 from BISSELL to award to the pet charity of their choice. On May 20, 2008, Brewster’s parents presented a $10,000 check to the Peoria Park District in Peoria, Ill., towards the construction of a new public dog park.BISSELL received such a wonderful response from the MVP Contest - nearly 7 million views of pet photos — that the company is offering another way for pet “parents” to show off their furry “kids.” Visitors to the Web site can upload their favorite pet photos, choose from different border designs and add text to create custom stickers featuring their pets. This is another way for pet owners to share treasured photos or to personalize their own vacuums or deep cleaners. A set of four stickers will cost $9.99.For the official Pet Games Video Contest rules and regulations, visit .About BISSELL Homecare, Inc.A 132-year-old company, Grand Rapids-based BISSELL Homecare, Inc., is a floor-care innovator and international manufacturer of home-cleaning products, including sweepers, vacuums, deep-cleaning machines and cleaning formulas sold at retail locations worldwide. The company, in its fourth generation of family leadership, is the seventh-oldest privately held manufacturing company in the United States. BISSELL

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