Snick and I had a great time organizing and attending the Canine Cocktail Pawty to benefit Hike for Heroes in NYC on June 14. I’m happy to report that we made a $1,745 donation to Wish Upon A Hero to benefit military families in financial crisis. Additionally, instead of spending a large portion of ticket sales and donations on an event space (some of the animal friendly event spaces in NYC are several thousand dollars for an evening), we made a $500 donation to another worthy charity – Animal Haven Shelter – for the use of their event space. We’re [...]
We’re getting ready to celebrate some awesome stuff! Troy Yocum has undertaken a huge personal project to raise funds and awareness for military families in financial crisis. Emmie the Super Dog is a wonderful example of the companionship and support that dogs provide to humans every day.
Snickers and I will be in NYC next week. If you want to be sure to see us while we’re in town, attend the Canine Cocktail Pawty on June 17th! If you can’t be there, but you’d like to make my heart sing a little (or a lot), make a donation towards the event. All proceeds (after party costs) go to Hike for Our Heroes to be used to help military families in financial crisis.
It would seem that fund raising for humans is WAY HARDER than fund raising for dogs. I spend most of my charity/volunteer time on dog-related issues, but after meeting Troy Yocum from Hike for Our Heroes, I wanted to do something to help. I’m stunned and dismayed at how LOW the return on time and effort invested can be when trying to raise money and awareness for a HUMAN cause rather than an animal one. I’m actually considering canceling the fund raiser that I have scheduled for three weeks from today.
hai peeples, snickers here today we unveiled the "classified, top sekrit project" we haz been working on for the past five weeks. it is called The Anipal Times and it is an online newspaper for the anipal community. all the money for ads that run on the paper go to charity and for the first three months, they go to MY favorite charity: NYC Shiba Rescue! did i mention i am the publisher of The Anipal Times? well, yep, i am! and my friend Cokie the Cat in hollywood is the editor-in-chief. because of the paper, ize going on a [...]
Multiple people, for various reasons, have asked me for a post-event review of Meet the Breeds, so I decided it would be easiest to post it here and just point people this way. I’m going to include some of the pre-planning information also, as I’ve been asked by a couple folks for advice on planning similar events. Before – Planning for the Event Meet the Breeds is an AKC event, with only the national breed club for each recognized breed being invited to participate. The purpose of the event is to help the public understand the differences between breeds directly [...]
