RELEASE: Wiggle Your Way to Bark and Rec Day

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

August 12, 2014

CONTACT:
Brad Meyer
brad.meyer@ci.stpaul.mn.us
651-894-3258 (c)        

Wiggle Your Way to Bark and Rec Day

Festival and 5k to benefit animals in need

Saint Paul Parks and Recreation is proud to partner with Midwest Animal Rescue and Services (MARS) to present ‘Bark and Rec Day featuring Wiggle Butt 5k’ at Harriet Island on September 21 from 10:00am to 2:00pm.

The Wiggle Butt 5k is a walk for people and their pooches to help raise funds for MARS, which rescues, rehabilitates, and finds homes for animals in need.

Festival attendees and their four legged friends will also have the chance to participate in fun, dog-centric events like paw stamping, a dog lookalike contest, demonstrations from the Saint Paul Police K-9 Unit and Disc Dogs of Minnesota, reading to dogs and a doggy fashion show. This furry and fun, family friendly event also features children’s activities such as a bouncy house, climbing wall and coloring station. 

If you would like to participate in the Wiggle Butt 5k, you can sign up online at mars.dojiggy.com. Prizes will be awarded for different levels of fundraising achievement.

If you are a business interested in sponsoring Bark and Rec Day, please click here for more information.

 

About Saint Paul Parks and Recreation

Saint Paul Parks and Recreation is a nationally accredited and gold medal award-winning organization that manages 179 parks and open spaces, AZA-accredited Como Park  Zoo and Conservatory, 25 city-operated recreation centers, more than 100 miles of trails, an indoor and two outdoor aquatic facilities, a public beach, a variety of premium sports facilities, municipal golf courses, and Great River Passage – which is the new identity for all proposed public development along Saint Paul’s more than 17 miles of Mississippi riverfront. For more information about Saint Paul Parks and Recreation, visit www.stpaul.gov/parks.

 

About Midwest Animal Rescue & Services

Midwest Animal Rescue & Services® (MARS) is a 501c3 non-profit organization based in Brooklyn Park, MN. MARS is a foster-home based organization that rescues, rehabilitates and finds forever homes for dogs and cats that are surrendered, abandoned or in high kill risk shelters locally and throughout the United States. Since it's inception in 2006, MARS has saved more than 10,000 lives, with over 2,000 saved in 2013 alone. They are now the largest foster based rescue organization in Minnesota with over 1,000+ volunteers. Animals live in foster homes, receiving love and care until they are adopted. MARS prides themselves on a success rate of 98% for animal placement and are diligent in their search for great homes.

 

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