We're Assisting "For the Love of Strays" on Oct. 27
Event scheduled at Harrison’s Landing on
Peoples Street T-Head with family-oriented activities that include adoption and
donation opportunities, pet contests, trick-or-treating and more
Times
are tough…even for our four-legged friends who need a little help and community
generosity. On Saturday, Oct. 27, the
American Advertising Federation-Corpus Christi Chapter (AAF-CC) is taking time
to help dogs fostered by volunteers with For the Love of Strays during the
third annual “PAUSE-the Creative Community Takes Time Out.”
The
AAF-CC-sponsored community service event invites the public to assist with
raising much-needed funds to assist For the Love of Strays volunteers to cover
costs associated with fostering a pet, including vaccinations, heartworm
treatment, check-ups and even spaying and neutering, among other expenses
associated with fostering stray and abandoned dogs.
Local
animal shelters are full. For many “lost” dogs, their only hope comes from the
kindness of humans willing to take them in until these foster pets find their
“furr-ever” homes. During PAUSE, volunteers from For the Love of Strays will be
on-hand with their foster dogs to adopt out onsite.
PAUSE is scheduled
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Harrison’s Landing, a pet-friendly establishment,
located at 108 Peoples Street T-Head. The event will feature family-oriented
activities that include demonstrations, several pet contests, trick-or-treating
for pets and their people, a Halloween themed take-your-own-photo opportunity,
a decorated pumpkin contest (bring your already pet look-alike decorated
pumpkin and compete!), free pet nail clippings and more.
Wristbands
sales for $10 per family (up to six people) and $6 for singles will provide for 15% discounts on your tab at Tavern
on the Bay and one item not on sale at the Harrison’s Landing Gift Shop as well
as 25% discounts on tickets for a Nueces Bay ride on the Japonica.
For
the Love of Strays will also offer a HomeAgainTM microchipping
clinic. Cost is $25 for a lifetime registration.
Pet
parents are encouraged to bring their “best dressed” pet for competition. Organizers
also request that owners bring waste bags for their pets and keep them on a
leash.
Schedule of activities:
11:00 a.m. – Let
PAUSE begin! Pet adoptions, wristband sales for Harrison’s Landing discounts,
trick-or-treating for people and their pets and registration for pet and decorated pumpkin contests will
continue throughout the event.
$10 registration fee for each contest goes directly to For the Love of Strays.
11:15 a.m. –
Demonstration – Bruno’s Bath House – safe and efficient socialization of your
pet
11:45 a.m. – Round One – Pet Contests
Funniest
costume – sponsored by Bruno’s Bath House
Scariest costume – sponsored by La Pooch
Pet – Owner Look-alike – sponsored by
Barkaritaville
12:15 p.m. – Round Two
– Pet Contests
Best Dressed costume – sponsored by K-9
Coach
Most Original costume – sponsored by The
Pooch Pad
Wettest Kiss – sponsored by Bruno’s Bath
House
1:00 p.m. – Decorated Pumpkin Contest – sponsored by Wienerschnitzel
1:15 p.m. – Round Three – Pet Contests
Most
enthusiastic tail wager – sponsored by La Pooch
Most
attention-getting “barker” or
“meower” - sponsored by Bruno’s Bath
House
1:35 p.m. – Demonstration – K-9 Coach Floyd Swydan
1:50 p.m. – Raffle Drawings -
$1,800 14K Gold Hoop Earrings from Gold Master Jewelers ($10 per ticket or 3 for $20)
$250 Photography Package from D&P Photography ($5 per ticket or 5 for $20)
$250 Photography Package from D&P Photography ($5 per ticket or 5 for $20)
2 p.m. PAUSE ends. You and your furry family members can continue enjoying your time at Harrison's Landing.
Sponsors include Bruno's Bath House Dog Spaw & Resort, Wienerschnitzel, Gold Master Jewelers, D&P Photography, K-9 Coach, La Pooch, Barkaritaville, The Pooch Pad, the Ronald McDonald House, Thirty-One Gifts, Kaplan College, KLUX 89.5 and Morehead, Dotts & Rybak Advertising.
Media sponsorships for airtime and/or web postings include Time Warner Cable, KLUX 89.5, Convergent Broadcasting Corpus Christi (Classic Rock 104.5 FM, Jake 107.3 FM and Planet 102.3 FM), 97.5 KFTX Real Country and Entravision (KORO).
To learn more about For Love of Strays, go to their Facebook page or visit their website at www.fortheloveofstrays.com/index.html.
Media sponsorships for airtime and/or web postings include Time Warner Cable, KLUX 89.5, Convergent Broadcasting Corpus Christi (Classic Rock 104.5 FM, Jake 107.3 FM and Planet 102.3 FM), 97.5 KFTX Real Country and Entravision (KORO).
To learn more about For Love of Strays, go to their Facebook page or visit their website at www.fortheloveofstrays.com/index.html.
–AAF-CC–