OCTOBER 3, 2009, MCSPCA Annual Dog Walk and Pet Fair - The rain held off! Our annual Dog Walk and Pet Fair was held at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft and as always it was a lot of fun! Despite threatening skies, the rain held off until after 1:00 allowing lots of fun for all!

Over 3000 attendees were there and once again Brookdale went above and beyond the call of duty to make this event a special one. Thank you everyone at Brookdale!


The event is our largest fundraiser of the year. It is projected to have raised over $105,000, funds desperately needed in these tough economic times. Special thanks go to Red Bank Veterinary Hospital who once again led the way in corporate sponsorships by being our corporate partner. We thank all of our corporate sponsors, vendors, individual sponsors and supporters who helped make this event so successful. Everyone's support means a great deal to our staff, volunteers and most of all, the shelter pets waiting for homes. It is especially meaningful this year when times are so tight for all. Thank you everyone!

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

Former street dog turned stage star Toto from the musical The Wiz served as this year’s honorary “Chairdog”, accompanied by award winning theatrical animal trainer Bill Berloni. Another Berloni rescue, Sandy from the Broadway musical Annie, also attended as our special guest. Are they cute or what? The Wag (www.thewagband.com) provided great music. The Wag performs every year and we really appreciate it- thank you The Wag!

As mentioned above, this is our biggest fundraiser. Special thanks go to these very wonderful people who worked hard to raise money for the animals - our top fundraisers are:

1st Place: Max and Harriet Colby raised $4,321 - WOWOWOWOW!

2nd Place: Jill Bergmann raised $2,550 - Fantastic!

3rd Place: Alison Weir raised $1,650 - Terrific!

TOP TEAM- Ocean County Bully Meet Up Group (shown below) raised $1,516 - Some Team!
Melissa Ford (Team Leader) , Dana Forman, Breezy Gonzalez, Teresa Gregorio, Marla Kaplan, Randy Malone, Lou Martz, Leanna Perry, Robbin Perry, Andrew Profaci, Darlene Rue, Stacie Vasile, Caitlin Verrillo, Frederick Winch, Mary Winch, & Lisa Anne Zilney


Even our Chief Humane Law Enforcement Office, Victor "Buddy" Amato, did his part to help raise funds, graciously agreeing to sit in a dunking booth and for $5, people could take a chance at dunking him!

Ready...

Aim!

Bulls Eye!

HUGE THANKS GO TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS.

Of course the main attraction was the dogs!

Winners of the Dog Costume Contests:

SMALL DOG Costume Contest Winner(s): Bella & Sabrett (Colleen Geiger), JD (Kathy Marden) & Missy (Rose Reppert)

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

MEDIUM DOG Costume Contest Winner: Kaia the Pirate (Rachael Sanborn)

LARGE DOG Costume Contest Winner(s):

Ozzie & Cassidy (Sandy Wesolowski) :
   










So many dogs came in such great costumes, it was hard to choose the winners. Below are some examples why it was so difficult!

	Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton
Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton
	Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

Even some humans got into the act!

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

Some dogs traveled in style:

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

Some dogs got to try out agility!

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

And Some dogs walked the walk...

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

Of course there were a wide variety of dogs, from teeny tiny to gigantic and everything in between:

Photo Courtesy of Matt Denton

Lots of wonderful vendors were there for great shopping and info, here are just a few!

For more info like sponsors and vendors, check out our Dog Walk website

For more photos from our Dog Walk & Pet Fair- Please visit www.kevinalex.com where you can purchase photos. Kevin Alex Photography will be donating 20% of all proceeds to the Monmouth County SPCA! Below are a few of his photos - thank you Kevin!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR A WONDERFUL TIME!