HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO EVERYONE!

 

What a HOWLING success the 2nd Annual Howling Halloween Costume Contest andFundraiser was for Paws Park on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006! We had wonderfulweather, an amazing turnout for the event and raised a phenomenal $2,500 for maintenance and improvements to PawsPark!!! The money raised at this event triples what we raised at last year'sHowling Halloween event and that is fantastic!!!

 

There are many THANK YOU'S in order because this event could not have happened or beenso successful without the hard work and the contributions of so many people.

 

VOLUNTEERS

First and foremost, I want to thank all the volunteers who helpedorganize and work at the event. Without your involvement, this event wouldn'thave happened or been such a success.

 

Special thanks to those on our organizing committees for all thetime and effort over the last three months getting the event organized. Also,many thanks to all those that volunteered your time the day of the event forthe benefit of Paws Park and so that others could have such a fabulous timewith their best friends.

 

Special thanks to these great volunteers:

 

    RossBratlee

    NormaBrizzi & Eddie and Micah

    Leslie& John Chew & their boxers

    Holley& Gayle Davis

    Lance& Janet Folsom

    BennieFurlong

    DioneGarnand

    CourtneyGeorge

    JimGolding

    JasonHeuermann

    DorisHouser

    PattyMall

    IlonaMeeks

    MaureenMoore

    ThomasMurray

    NancyPeacock

    SuzanneRinebarger & Onyx & Jade

    Keisha Rodriguez

    RicardoRodriguez

    JakkiRoberts

    ConnieSmith

   Steffanie & Tara Stuart

    Mike& Mikel Thibodeau

    KimberlyWichlan & Sandy (not me, but her golden retriever) :-)

    VelmaWood & Honey

    MelissaWright

   Pleshette

 

COSTUME CONTEST

The Costume Contest was great fun with 52 contestants! There wereso many great costumes, the judges had a tough job picking the winners. A big THANKYOU to the judges forvolunteering their time to judge the costume contest for us:

 

    RickKnight - Jacksonville Beach City Council

    HarrietPruette - Neptune Beach City Council

    FlandSharp - Jacksonville Beach Mayor

    LeonaSheddan - Jacksonville Humane Society Board President

    SusanStanton - Shorelines Pet Tales Columnist

 

THANK YOUto all of the people and puppies who dressed up and participated in the costumecontest! CONGRATULATIONS to the costume contest winners:

 

    FunniestDog Costume:  Tula the flower withSusie White

    

    ScariestDog Costume:  Louie the devil withHeather Martin

    

    MostOriginal Dog Costume:  Oakley thecow and Gamble the horse with Priscilla Merkel

    

    Best Dogand Owner Costume:  Heather Peeplesand Bentley who were dressed as

                                                             Raggedy Ann and Andy

 

We also want to recognize and thank the donors of our contestparticipant gifts:

 

    StarBarks Pet Boutique

    MaureenMoore

    Petco

 

Special thanks to the donors of the contest winner prize packages:

 

   Swoozie's at St. John's Town Center

    Crunch,Maxx & Woody's Famous Pets

    A Friendin the Woods Pet Sitting

    OliveGarden at Regency

    Petco atMarsh Landing

    DelMonte Foods & First Coast No More Homeless Pets

 

Last but not least, we want to thank Jason Heuermann for being themaster of ceremonies for the costume contest! Great job, Jason!

 

RAFFLE

This year we had over $1800 in prizes donated and we raised over$1600 in raffle ticket sales!!! That is awesome!!! The raffle was a lot of funand many people won some fabulous prizes including a grand prize "SpookySt. Augustine Get-Away"!

 

Special thanks goes to:

 

    KimberlyWichlan and Connie Smith, our event raffle coordinators

    Holley& Gayle Davis for printing the raffle tickets

    JasonHeuermann for being our raffle emcee

 

Special thanks goes out to the people and businesses who donatedprizes for the raffle. 

We thank them all for their support of Paws Park!

 

Please thank the following businesses who contributed to theraffle by giving them your patronage!

 

    AlphaPet Care

    BobRankine

    Casa MonicaHotel, St. Augustine

    Cloud K9Mobile Pet Spa

   Constance, Animal Communicator

   Creatures Great and Small Pet Services

    Crunch,Maxx & Woody's Famous Pets

   Culhane's Irish Public House

   Elizabeth, Oliver & Stanley Hayes

    FurPeople Pet Grooming

    FursacePet Designers

    Get BackJack Pet Car Safety Net

    GhostTours of St. Augustine

    HairGallery

   Jacksonville Zoo

    JasonHeuermann

    JayLubeck Jewelers

    Joseph'sPizza Italian Restaurant

    KateBeck

    Lisa Ussery

    O.C.White's Food & Spirits, St. Augustine

    PetSupermarket

    Petlagio

    RagtimeTavern

    SeaTurtle Inn

   Shorelines Gift Shop

    Slider'sSeafood Grille

    SteadySteps Therapy

    StickyFingers

    The BookMark

    TomTrechel

    Tour St. Augustine

    TurtleIsland Market & Natural Foods

    WineWarehouse

 

EVENT TABLE PARTICIPANTS

We would like to recognize and thank all the event tableparticipants (vendors, non-profits and rescue groups) that supported Paws Parkby participating in the event.

 

Special thanks to Norma Brizzi and Jakki Roberts, our event tableparticipant coordinators.

 

VENDORS

We hope you visited all the vendor tables to learn more about themand we ask that you thank them for their support of Paws Park by giving themyour patronage in the future!

 

    AgilityPet Resort

    AtlanticEast Pet Center

    Crunch,Maxx & Woody's Famous Pets

    DogWatch of Jacksonville

    FriendlyPet Taxi

    Get BackJack Pet Safety Nets

    KellerWilliams Realty

    Miss Daisy'sDelights

    OllieKoala's Backyard

    PetButler

   Pawsitive Solutions and Alpha Pet Care:  these businesses were unable to attend the event,

                                                                      but they made a donation to Paws Park!

    ShurePet Pet Products

 

RESCUE GROUPS & NON-PROFITS

We hope that everyone visited the rescue group and non-profittables at the event to learn more about the wonderful things theseorganizations are doing for animal welfare and for pets in our communities. Also,please consider supporting and helping these organizations continue to do theimportant work that they are doing.

 

    BoxerAid & Rescue

    DogSports Clubs

    FirstCoast No More Homeless Pets

   Jacksonville Humane Society

    PetRescue North

    Shih Tzuand Fur Baby Rescue

   Tat-Too-A-Pet:  This groupmicrochipped 6 dogs and tattoo'ed 3 dogs at the event!  

 

PHOTOS

We sold 48 Halloween photos this year and all the photos weregreat! Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with the photo area the day ofthe event. We also want to recognize

the following people for their special contributions to the photoarea:

 

    SuzanneRinebarger: photographer who took the great photos!

    Kathyand Carla Brycer: backdrop designers and donated some of the backdrop items

    KimWilliams: donated the hay

    CourtneyGeorge: donated some of the items for the backdrop

 

WATER

We would like to recognize and thank Jacksonville Coca-Cola of theFlorida Coca-Cola Bottling Company for their donation of bottle water for theevent!

 

SOUND SYSTEM

We want to recognize and thank John Tipton with the musical groupthe Mosquitoes who provided the sound system and music for the event! The soundsystem was great and we appreciate John volunteering his time to provide andsetup the sound system for our event!

 

CITY OF JACKSONVILLE BEACH

Last, but not least, we want to thank the City of JacksonvilleBeach Parks and Recreation Department for providing the tent, tables, chairsand power. We also want to thank the city's special events department for theirhelp and for advertising the event on the city web site.  Special thanks goes to:

 

    GaryMeadors

    MarilynMatejcek

    RoyPaxson

    LorraineTroendle

    MercedeGardner

 

Most importantly, we want to thank the City of Jax Beach foreverything they have done to make Paws Park a reality and everything theycontinue to do in support of the park. We are extremely thankful to the City ofJax Beach for providing our community with such a great place to enjoy with ourdog friends and people friends!

 

Hope you all had a HAPPY and SAFE HALLOWEEN!