LAKE HUMANE SOCIETY’S

19th ANNUAL MUTT STRUT

August 10, 2013: Lake Humane Society is hosting their 19th Annual Mutt Strut at Mentor Municipal Center on Saturday, August 10th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Mutt Strut is an annual pledge walk benefiting the injured, abused and abandoned animals at Lake Humane Society, a non-profit animal shelter. Members of the community can show their support and attend this event after collecting donations for the animals. Walkers are welcome to bring their dogs along to join in on the day of fun (as long as they are dog and people-friendly)! Fundraisers who raise $25 or more get free admission and a complimentary Mutt Strut t-shirt (while supplies last).

Mutt Strut includes many fun activities, such as: live music by Dan McCoy, canine games and contests, information on Lake Humane’s programs and services, an agility course provided by our friends at PetWorks, face painting and crafts for the children, demonstrations, a Chinese Auction and so much more! To showcase some of the shelter’s adoptable dogs, LHS puts on an adorable runway show called “Project Ruffway.” But that’s not all! The event also features a huge variety of vendors who make up the “Mutt Mall” where guests can do some shopping for them and their pooch! The event is rain or shine!

Mutt Strut gives the community an opportunity to get involved and help support their local animal shelter. Lake Humane Society is a non-profit animal shelter which receives no government or state funding of any sort. The organization relies solely on contributions made by their community. 100% of the proceeds made at this fundraiser will go towards the care of the thousands of animals that enter the shelter each year. This event is loads of fun for families, people of all ages and their dogs. This year, raising pledges is easier than ever with the use of an online fundraising tool, FirstGiving.

To start raising pledges online today using FirstGiving, visit:
http://www.firstgiving.com/LakeHumaneSociety/mutt-strut-2013

For more information, please visit Lake Humane Society’s website at:
www.lakehumane.org or call the shelter at (440) 951-6122. For regular updates, like their Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/LakeHumaneSociety.

— Information from a news release

The Lake Humane Society's 18th annual Mutt Strut is from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Mentor Municipal Center, 8500 Civic Center Blvd. The event brings together community members and their dogs to raise money "to help the injured, abused and abandoned animals at LHS."

Following is information from Lake Humane Society's Mutt Strut page:

Mutt Strut is our annual pledge walk we host each summer. Our proud supporters bring their dogs along for a very eventful day with an itinerary full of fun activities. Some of these activities include: the one-mile walk, canine games and contests, prize raffles, an agility course and rally training course provided by our friends at PetWorks, a Chinese Auction, food available for purchase from MotorMouth Food Truck, shopping at the Mutt Mall which includes a bunch of stores and so much more!
Attendees who raise $20 or more in pledges will have the admission fee ($15 for adults and $10 for children) waived! Walkers who raise the most pledges win prize packages and are recognized in our newsletter, website and Facebook page!
Help make a difference in the lives of the animals at Lake Humane Society. It's so simple, yet means so much! Create a fundraising page of your own on FirstGiving and raise pledges by sharing your page with your friends, family and co-workers. To create your page, click here, then click the green "Fundraise" button.  You can personalize your page and make it your own! To collect donations, share your page via e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Please help us reach our goal. We cannot do it without you! For step-by-step instructions on how to create your fundraising page, please click here. If you prefer raising money the old-fashioned way that works, too! Just print out a pledge form and ask everyone you know for pledges!
If you're interested in being a vendor in the Mutt Mall, please submit a Vendor Contract.
If you're interested in sponsoring Mutt Strut, please submit a Sponsor Contract.
Help spread the word, print out a flyer!

-- Cheryl Sadler | CSadler@News-Herald.com | @nhcheryl