PAWS Mutt Strut 2011 Recap
Team Monster 2011 (This was only about half of our team. The rest of the team were likely off partaking in the awesome food trucks!)
November 6, 2011: What a stunning day for the Mutt Strut. As you may know, it was originally scheduled for October 30th and was rescheduled for November 6th when a freak early-season snow/sleet/ice storm blew through the region. We “strutters” are a tough bunch, in fact, we strutted through three years of rain (2009, 2008, 2007), but we totally supported PAWS’ decision to postpone the event.
And boy was it a wonderful decision. We were greeted on Sunday with blue skies, mild temperatures, gorgeous Fall color and a wonderful turn out of supporters. Team Monster was the #1 fundraising team for the fifth consecutive year. We brought in $8624 for PAWS’ lifesaving services. (Our goal was $10K – there is always next year for five figures!)
Oliver, Minder Michele's monster sits next to a bottle of bubbly that's taller than he is. (Prize for being the #1 team... )
Most of the Minders were there, though some of our team couldn’t make it because of the date swap, which was disappointing so we strutted extra enthusiastically for them. Once again, the food trucks turned out, though I missed a chance to grab a cupcake. She sold out before I could spare a minute! Everyone was raving about the food and we DEVOURED a pizza from Pitruco’s Truck. YUM!
Kristi meets a new friend... (This dog WAS adopted!)
On the adoption front, applications for dogs poured in all through the event. In fact, when we were setting up our booth (before the event technically started) there were already three people spotted filling out applications at “Adoption Central.” Many more adoptions are “pending” and I think we’re going to see in the upcoming days that many, many animals met their match at this year’s Mutt Strut.
PAWS raised $112,417 for our lifesaving efforts, a new record for the Mutt Strut. These funds will enable them to rescue so many animals in the coming year. From PAWS: “To everyone who attended, donated, fundraised, sponsored, and volunteered, YOU made it happen.”
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