Bark for Life at Wheaton Regional Park this weekend!
The Gazette has a great piece on this Saturday’s Bark for Life walk in Wheaton Regional Park.
Montgomery County American Cancer Society officials are turning to those often viewed as the voiceless caretakers for cancer patients to raise money for cancer research.
It’s an unusual tactic, mainly because there’s a reason the caretakers don’t have a voice — their preferred method of speaking is actually barking.
Nonetheless, this Saturday will be the county’s first “Bark for Life” event, a fundraiser within a fundraiser for the county’s various Relay for Life events, that will allow dogs to speak — or bark — out against cancer.
Dogs — organizers are hoping hundreds of them — will convene at Wheaton Regional Park on Saturday morning to allow their masters to walk them for one mile in support of cancer research.
When they’re done, their masters will hand over a check in the name of Scruffy or Bud with all the money they’ve raised from fellow neighborhood dogs and their owners. The money will support Relay for Life, a 24-hour relay of humans who also want to support the ACS and cancer research.
Dogtopia is proud to act as a mile marker sponsor and will be out hitting the pavement at the event. We hope to see you there as well! Full article here.
Tags: Dog charity events, Dog event, Events
September 11th, 2009 at 12:17 am
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