Starting Line-Up Announced for HAWS Pet Walkathon Next Saturday!

The Friends of HAWS fundraising group have announced the “starting line-up” of activities for the 30th Annual Pet Walkathon on May 4th to benefit the Waukesha shelter.  The event runs from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Sussex Village Park, south of Main Street/Silver Spring Drive in Sussex.

The day features something for everyone – pets and their people!
   Pre-Game / 9:00am:   National Anthem & Blessing of the Animals
   1st Inning / 9:30am:   Featured Breed
   2nd Inning / 10:00am:   Award Presentations -  Diana Boettcher Youth
                                       Community Kindness Award and the $10K Behavior
                                       Matching Grant Challenge
   3rd Inning / 10:45am:   Sing Our Jingle Contest Winners perform
   4th Inning / 10:30am:   Treibball Demo
   5th Inning / 11:00am:   HAWS’ K9 Clicks & Tricks Brigade performance
   6th Inning / 11:30am:   Parade of HAWS Adoptable Pets and Alumni
   7th Inning Stretch/Noon:   Bobbing for hotdogs (dogs),
                                             Baseball piñata contest (kids)
   8th Inning / 12:30pm:   Pet Contests - Best pet trick, Fastest tail-wagger
   9th Inning / 1:00pm:   Musical bases - "musical chairs" game for dogs

EXTRA INNINGS!
                    1:30pm:   Special recognition for Survivor/Senior dogs, 
                                        Pet - Owner lookalike contest,
                                        "My Dog Can do THAT!" contest
                    2:45pm:   Contest/Raffle winners announced
                    3:00pm:   Walk ends

Ongoing activities include design-a-cap (baseball cap art for kids), clay dog paw prints art, a games tent, microchip I.D.’s, “pet”-icures (pet nail trims) and a coloring contest for kids!  HAWS’ mascot, Lucky will be on hand, and special appearances will be made by the Milwaukee Admirals mascot, Roscoe, and the Waukesha State Bank mascot, Friendly the Eagle.  The "Home Field" Concessions Stand will feature cotton candy, peanuts, Cracker Jack, popcorn and nachos - along with hotdogs and hamburgers to make it a true "tail"-gate!

Raffle tickets are already on sale at HAWS for a 42” Vizio flat screen smart TV.  Tickets are $5 each and are available at the HAWS front counter.

All Walkathon donors receive special HAWS’ items depending on their level of donations raised in person or through online personal fundraising pages.  Registration forms, detailed information and personal fundraising page launch are all available at hawspets.org – just look for the Walkathon banner ad!

HAWS’ annual Pet Walkathon is sponsored and presented by the Friends of HAWS.  100% of donations collected for the Walk are given directly to HAWS for animal care, programs and life-saving services.