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October
1st, 2005,
Marine
Park, Red Bank, NJ
Once
again, area residents showed their generosity and made our Pet Walk
and Fair the most successful ever. Knowing that many people opened
their hearts and wallets for the animal victims of Katrina and Rita
made your donations to our Pet Walk even more meaningful. We thank
everyone for supporting our biggest event of the year. It means a
great deal to our staff, volunteers and pets to be a part of such
a wonderful community.
We haven't tallied all the donations yet, but so far all you animal
lovers from near and far helped raise over $110,000 for shelter animals.
Close to 2000 people and over 500 dogs participated- an amazing number!
Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, dozens of other corporate partners and
hundreds of individual sponsors and supporters helped make this the
most successful Pet Walk and Fair in the history of our organization.
Every year it gets better!. Dr. Brian Voynick, from NEWS 12 New Jersey's
"Pet Stop", was our emcee for the festivities. Dr. Voynick
is shown to the right with our Executive Director, Ursula Goetz. Ursula
started the Pet Walk tradition when she first joined our organization
12 years ago. That first Pet Walk raised $5000. We have come a long
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We send a big THANK YOU to Drs. Tony DeCarlo and Tom Trotter
and Red Bank Vet Hospital for once again being our corporate
sponsor. Without support from local businesses like RBVH, the
MCSPCA would not exist. Thank you!
Shown to the left: Dr. Tony DeCarlo, Ursula Goetz and Jean
Greller after Dr. DeCarlo presented the RBVH corporate sponsorship
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The majority of the funds raised were in the form of hundreds of
individual pledges. A minimum pledge of $25 was required to participate
in the walk. Those raising at least $50 or more received a T-shirt.
Thank you everyone for all your hard work raising pledges!
Individual winners for "The Most Pledge
Money Collected" were:
1st
Prize - Maureen Bedard raised over $7000 and won 2 round trip
tickets on Continental Airlines to anywhere in the continental United
States and a 3 night stay at a Hilton Hotel
2nd Prize - Ivy and Bob Kirn raised nearly $6000 and won
a Bose Wave radio system, 2 tickets to see the NY Yankees and 2
tickets to the Count Basie Theater
3rd Prize - Harriet and Max Colby raised over $4000 and won
an Extreme Makeover Package that includes gift certificates to the
J.B. Satterfield Salon in Red Bank, and to the Aquatic Day Spa in
Shrewsbury
 Entertainment was
provided by the The Wag Band (shown to the left). Bob Warwick and
his amazing dog "Rudy" entertained the crowd with their
Frisbee feats, the Matawan Police Canine Unit put on demonstrations,
there were flyball and dog agility demonstrations and two ongoing
rings of canine games and competition. The morning was filled with
face painting, clowns, arts & crafts, great shopping from many
vendors, and a Doggie Wedding Chapel! . We even had some adorable
adoptables, ready for a new home!
 
 
We had new doggie contests this year!
Contest Winners included:
Best Costume - Christy Wreede & "Logan" from Eatontown
Best Vocal Performance - Laura Ewart & "Cherokee"
of Toms River
Best Ball Catcher - Jackie Brow & "Maxine"
of Brick.
A great time was had by all. Here are some photos to prove it!
A FEW PIX OF OUR WONDERFUL
VENDORS:
  
  
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This year, the MCSPCA tried
a new fundraiser by being a vendor ourselves. We came up with "The
Boutique at Barkingdales", where we sold pet-oriented jewelry
like earrings, bracelets and pins. We also sold "paw paintings"-
art created by shelter pets! Of course, we also had the 2006 "New
Beginnings" MCSPCA Alumni Calendar for sale too. Barkingdales
proved to be a big success and best of all, every penny we earned
went right to our shelter pets! Some people asked if we had a store,
not yet we say! We will have a table at "Santa Paws" later
this year, so keep an eye out!
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WE ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN OUR ALUMNI
COME TO VISIT- HERE ARE JUST A FEW:
  
  
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WE ALSO LOVE IT WHEN OUR CANINE
FRIENDS COME ALL DRESSED UP!
  
  
  
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WE LOVE IT MOST OF ALL WHEN THEY SHOW THEIR TRUE LOVE:
  
  
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AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE LOVE
ALL OUR WONDERFUL PARTICIPANTS!!!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
WE
THANK OUR SPONSORS
CORPORATE
PARTNER
Red Bank Veterinary Hospital
TITANIUM
PAW
Anonymous -in Memory of Lester & Chi Chi
Anonymous
PETCO Foundation
PLATINUM
PAW
Hills Pet Nutrition
GOLD
PAW
Commerce Bank
FBR Group
Hungry Puppy
Merrill Lynch
Pet Lover Pages
Sun National Bank
Washington Mutual Home Loans
SILVER
PAW
Harriet & Max Colby & the law offices of Maxwell X. Colby
Fits & Starts Productions, LLC
Gloria Nilson, GMAC Real Estate/Arlington Capital - Gary Thomson
Jean & Harvey Greller
IMC
Anonymous- In Memory of Indy
Innovative Creative Packaging
Meridian Health
Red Bank Volvo
Silbert Family Foundation
Tobin & Collins, CPA, PA
Wolverine Construction
BRONZE
PAW
APPS
AIG Life Brokerage
Coast Honda
Commerce Insurance Agency
Fellig, Feingold, Edelblum & Schwartz
Ft. Dodge Animal Health
Heritage House Realtors
IDEACOM
Liliane & Dennis Kodner
Paolantonio & Sons Exxon
OceanFirst Foundation
The Print Shoppe
River Office Equities, LLC
Creative Planning Strategies, Inc - Scott Silbert
Tretina Printing
PUPPY
PAW
Ad Pro Imprints
Agresti Construction
Atlantic Office Systems
Ballew's/Reussilles
Business Staffing, Inc.
Colline Bros. Lock & Safe Co.
Comcast
John Cushman - Cushman & Wakefield
Solomon Dwek
Food Circus Supermarkets, Inc.
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Richard Keil, Esq.
Prudential Premier Properties
Rosy Star, Inc.
Rotary Club of Asbury Park
Sallee Tee's
Scoles Floorshine Industries
Whole Foods Markets
WE
THANK OUR SHOPPING VENDORS
BARK & SMILE Pet Portraits - Kim Levin
Barkingdale's Boutique of the MCSPCA - paw art, jewelry, calendars
COSMOPAWLITAN - Marie Northup
CRITTERCHIEFS - Jenna Antol
DOG EASE DAY CARE - Jeff Rosen/Mel Manna
DOGS ON THE FARM - Karen & Jason Leipzig
JANET DUDICK - Pet & owner matching sweaters
EXPRESSIONS PHOTO DESIGN - Jill Caren - Digital pet art
PAT HEANEY - Creative Memories Consultant
HIGHCALIBUR CREATIONS - Ellen Lomax - ass't. pet products
HUNGRY PUPPY - Frank Frattini
THE INVISIBLE FENCE - Joyce Warfield
ITS ALL ABOUT THE DOG - Kirsten Hill
JUST DOGS! GOURMET - Dave Bernarducci
LEAVE IT TO LISA PET SITTING - Lisa Stoddard
CLAIRE MEANY - Dog coats, sweaters, raincoats
NOT JUST DOGS - Amy Rauschman -Pet sitting & T-shirts
LINDA PAPPAS - pet-related items for dogs & thier humans
PAWS & POSE - Linda Hubbell - pet related items
PAWS4PURRFECTION - dog breed keychains, magnets, scrapbook items
etc.
PET LOVERS PAGES
PINKY, the artist - Pinky Adubato - pet portrait artist
ROCK CANDY - Janice Merna - jewelry
www.thepetscene.com - Shari Brindisi
Weimstuff.com - handmade animal items
WHEN DOODY CALLS - Mary Ellen Levy
WHOLE FOODS MARKET
WE
THANK OUR FOOD VENDORS
Chick-fil-A
All Things Cranberry
ZEBU FORNO
We
cannot say it enough- THANK YOU EVERYONE. Cya next year!
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