Paws for Parks Fundraiser
The Somerville Dog Owners Group is sponsoring the Paws for Parks Fundraiser to benefit Somerville Unleashed, the City of Somerville's fund for Off-leash Recreational Areas, Saturday, November 19, 2005, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. at Tir na nÓg in Union Square (366a Somerville Avenue).
A suggested donation of $20 (Winners Dog), $50 (Best of Breed) or $100 (Best of Group) is requested. All guests will be eligible to win door prizes.
Many fabulous prizes have been donated for a silent auction. Guests will have an opportunity to bid on pet-friendly luxury hotel accommodations, fine dining, original artwork (like the bone painting shown here), and first-row balcony seats at the Celtics game on Monday, November 28, against the Orlando Magic!
If the weather is nice (and it's supposed to be mostly sunny, with a high around 47), guests will able to enter their dogs in contests for Best Ears, Best Wag, Best Vocalist, Best Trick, Longest Stay, Dog-Owner Look-Alike and, at the discretion of the judge(s), Best Kisser.
Comments
Michele: how did the auction go?
will there be pictures of the winners?
-amy/nora
Posted by: amy | November 30, 2005 2:44 PM
Thank you, Amy, for posting a comment on the somerville dog weblog, and thank you for the beautiful miniature hand-bound blank books that you donated to the fund-raiser. The winners of the contests for Best Wag and Longest Stay were delighted to win them along with gift certificates to Laundromutt.
With the help of generous donors like your company, The Three Ring Binders, we raised over $2600 for Somerville Unleashed, the City's fund for off-leash recreational areas!
Lotte's person (and Smokin's foster-person) has shared with me a couple of great photos of the Mayor and his son Cosmo judging the Best Kisser contest. In addition to the photo I posted on the Somerville Dog Owners Group website, another I sent to the Somerville Journal: we'll see if they ran it in today's issue.
Also, photographer Ivo Gretener, who was at the fundraiser for Jed Gottlieb's story in the Weekly Dig, has shared with me a bunch of photos. I'll be posting them soon...
Posted by: Canis Major | December 1, 2005 8:57 AM