The Fight for Animals Struts On!
The 6th Annual FUR BALL was a huge success!!!! Lots of food, friends and fur brought in thousands of dollars, but our efforts to raise funding for a new animal shelter continues and we want YOU to be part of it!
STRUT YOUR MUTT is the city’s first dog walk!!!!!! SAVE THE DATE for MAY 22 @ 10 a.m. @ the Civic Center. There will be doggie door prizes, cold drinks and hot dogs (haha).
First up though….the kickoff event is THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 17 @ 2 p.m. @ the Dog Park, where you can sign up your pup for $20!
Duncan & I are honored to be in the commercials promoting the STRUT. Here’s the link! Hope to see you there! I’ll be taking pictures at both events, so don’t be shy and smile for the camera. I may bark, but I don’t bite. 
Notice that Duncan is doing more pulling than strutting. HAHA!
To learn more about the STRUT, click on these links:
MAKE A DONATION & START YOUR OWN DOG WALK TEAM
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Looking for a happy home
UPDATE: MOST OF THESE DOGS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED!!!!!!!! THERE ARE STILL ANIMALS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO LOVE. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A PET, PLEASE ADOPT!
As a member of the Fur Ball committee, I’m dedicated to raising money to build a new animal shelter in Great Falls. The current facility is out-dated, small and unsanitary, which creates an unwelcoming atmosphere for the animals and visitors. This is an issue that I was very vocal about when I was a news anchor at KRTV and I continue to fight for our city’s animals!
My dogs have changed my life and I know that most of YOU have similar stories. I truly believe that this world would be perfect if every dog/cat had a home and every home had a dog/cat.
The Fur Ball is Saturday night and there are still plenty of seats available! Tickets are $70 each, which includes a super yummy dinner and goes towards efforts to build a new shelter. There’s also an awesome silent auction and live auction. I will actually have a package in the live auction: a photo session and a 24×36 canvas gallery wrap ($1,000 value)! All of the proceeds made from the auctions and raffles go straight to The Animal Foundation.
If you can…PLEASE attend the Fur Ball. Call 761-8399 for tickets!!!!!!!
Another thing I do every year is take photos of the dogs and cats at the shelter to display at the Fur Ball. We display the portraits among the flowers as table centerpieces. The faces are constant reminders of WHY we’re raising money and WHO is currently looking for a happy home!!!
If you’re an animal lover, PLEASE PLEASE attend the Fur Ball. I promise an amazing night filled with some of the most giving people you’ll ever meet. I was so moved after my first Fur Ball, I joined the committee!
I attached the Fur Ball poster for more details. And as heartbreaking as it is, I also want to share the pet portraits that I took yesterday. The dogs were all so well-trained and sweeeeeeeeeet. The cats were full of character and just wanted to be petted.
*A huge THANK YOU to Melanie Lattin for helping me take photos of the dogs and cats. Melanie is the owner of ANIMAL HARMONY, which provides animal training and canine massages right here in Great Falls! Contact me if you’d like more info!
I had to post 2 photos of this adorable guy.
Cute, chubby paws…
To everyone who supports a new animal shelter in Great Falls:
Please let your feelings be known! The time is now to let our commissioners know that a partnership with The Animal Foundation of Great Falls will give our city an animal shelter we are proud of.
Many of you have been already been generous in your time and dollars to foster a caring community - THANK YOU!
Now, if you would take a few minutes to encourage our city commissioners to work in partnership with us to build a better shelter for the animals, we can make a difference.
Click here to send an email: http://www.greatfallsmt.net/people_offices/boards_commissions/com_members.php
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