Exactly one month from today: its the HAWS 26th Annual Pet Walkathon, sponsored by the Friends of HAWS.
On the first Saturday of May each year - this year its May 2nd, hundreds of pet lovers high-tail it to our day-long festival of pets and their people. The main event is walking the 1-, 2- and 3-mile trails of beautiful Minooka Park in Waukesha.
Not a fan of hoofin' it to secure pledges? You can create an online fundraising page for the HAWS Walk - actually, close to 20% of our funds for this event now come from online pages! Start your own team online, or do an individual page; either way you can personalize it and forward it to all your friends so they can get involved, too.
Your participation and pledges ensures that HAWS can continue to provide proper care, food, bedding, toys and lots of attention for the animals at HAWS. Funds are also used to support HAWS' humane education programs, which promote responsible pet ownership and prevent animal abuse - ultimately making us ALL better pet people.
There's so more to do than just walk: visit vendor booths and do some shopping, participate in contests and games (back by popular demand...LURE COURSING!), have a great lunch, meet adoptable pets from HAWS, enjoy meeting up with old friends - and making new ones.
The best thing about this event: 100% of the money raised for this event goes straight to HAWS!
So join us, won't you?
By the way - HAWS is a busy place this spring! We've got seminars and classes galore...and we're diggin' in and starting the building on our facility expansion! Don't miss a minute of the action...
