What's a Whisker Walk you Ask?
Well it’s a lot of things ... but mostly it’s a fun day for families and their dogs PLUS a dog walk-a-thon fundraiser to benefit multiple animal shelters and rescue groups throughout New England.
The Whisker Walk will fetch companies and organizations from all areas of the companion animal world, including animal shelters/rescue groups, pet product manufacturers, distributors, retailers, hobbyists, pet clubs, veterinarians, animal care professionals, and agility / training organizations in order to provide the pet loving public consumers with the most comprehensive and exciting event possible.
Held at the Lancaster Fairground (Home of the Bolton Fair) www.boltonfair.org - there are 35 acres for Pet owners and animal lovers to walk and lend a paw for the animal shelters and pet rescues they love and support! See www.whiskerwalk.org for a list of organizations and events that will be there!
The Whisker Walk Mission
A benefit to raise money and awareness for New England based animal shelters / rescue groups. The Whisker Walk caters to families and their pets and promotes responsible pet ownership / care and education.
Caring for hundreds of thousands of neglected and abandoned animals each year throughout New England is an expensive endeavor and our shelters and programs are growing yearly throughout the region, as is the demand for all of our rescue and animal sheltering services. Since our shelters are NOT funded by the city/state or government every penny really counts! Our New England shelters and rescues count on events such as this to help continue our mission to help the animals of our community and beyond.
Date: Sunday, June 8th 2008
Event Hours: Event opens to the public at 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. - Walk starts at noon.
Where: Lancaster Fairground – Home of the Bolton Fair, Rt. 117 in Lancaster, MA. Centrally located — just minutes from Rt. 2, Rt. 190, 495 and only 20 minutes from Worcester and 30 miles from Boston! 35+ acres of flat, shaded paths (handicapped accessible) the grounds are enormous and beautiful.
NO ADMISSION FEES
To walk as a group or individual please see www.sterlingshelter.org for details.
Come see, do, buy, walk, have fun help the animals!
Here's just some of the Whisker Walk events - Adding More Daily:
•Blessing of the Animals
•VCA Animal Hospital sponsors
Ask the Vet Booth
Rabies vaccination clinic
Low cost micro-chipping clinic
•Gemini's Agility course – try your pooch on the course!
•Contests/
•Blue Dog Frisbee Dog performances
•Weston Whirlwinds Flyball demos!
•Northeast Search Dog performances
•Custom ID Tags available for purchase – all dogs and puppies should be properly tagged in case they get lost!
•Poop bag raffle – deposit a poop bag and get a raffle ticket to win a great prize – you are welcome to donate as many poop bags as you can collect! Help us keep the grounds poop free and WIN A PRIZE!
•Vendor booths, rescue organizations and food for pets/people!
•Pet Photos and Instant Keychains of YOUR dog
•Animal Shelter Inc of Sterling’s reunion of dogs from TN/VA/Puerto Rico
