6th Annual DogFest was a huge success!

If securing a "weatherproof" location was all we needed to do to guarantee great weather for our annual Dog Fest, we would have done it six years ago!

We couldn't have asked for a better day for our 6th Annual Delaware DogFest this past Sunday at St. Anthony in the Hills, in Avondale, PA. The weather was absolutely gorgeous, we had a great turnout and the new location was a big hit with everyone.

The pavilion was filled with lots of vendors and rescue groups, raffles and silent auctions, DJ entertainment and literally hundreds of well-behaved dogs. I don't think I've ever seen so many Danes, both MAGDRL and non-MAGDRL, of different colors and sizes at one of our events before! We were also able to offer free water, bagels and fruit to attendees thanks to many donations. Outside of the pavilion there were K9 obedience/agility demos, the parade of paws, a dog watering station, and grilled hot dogs and sodas for refreshment.

After several years of fine tuning this event, it seemed all of the elements finally came together for us and we "nailed it" this year. We even received some coverage from The News Journal, who was there snapping pictures which were included in the delawareonline.com article.

I can't thank everyone enough for working so hard on the scene and behind the scenes to make this event such a huge success, but here goes:

Meredith Pedersen, our creative force behind the Fest
Amber, Dave and "G" Herman for working the table and transporting,
storing and toting treats, merchandise, etc.

Laura, Coralynn and Apollo Davis for working the table

Sue Dorner our master griller

Leslie Wheeler and Sheila Marshall for working the registration table

Sheila Marshall, Denise and Chase Moran and Bambi Rohrbough for
working the table

Kim, Eva, Evan and Otto von Weltin for working the raffle and silent
auction table

Regina, Bob, Cocoa and Odie Hill for their attendance and fundraising efforts
Lynn, Jake and Blitz Kapcsos for traveling a good distance to attend
Susie Marucci for traveling a great distance and working the raffle
and silent auction table
Kathy Carilli for getting up at the crack of dawn to take the raffle
items and merchandise to the event
Dan Robson for donating his services to provide music entertainment
and event announcements
Zeus Bergman for working the donation coat like a champ
"Charles" and Don Brown with the Academy of Dog Training and Agility
for the obedience/agility demos
The Girl Scouts who worked very hard at the hot dog and raffle stands
to earn their community service hours
The MAGDRL Volunteers who drove quite a distance from four different
states to attend (Cindy Kerr, Lissa Scott, Aimee Ross, Brenda Rouse,
Maureen and Staff Bergman, Jenny Pfeiffer, Shari Reich)

The PR folks and everyone else who helped us get the word out about
the event
Everyone for their donations of goods, services and time

I hope I didn't forget anyone, but if I did please know it wasn't intentional.

If all goes as planned, we'll have next year's Dog Fest at the same location, so please mark your calendars for the 3rd Sunday in April 2008.

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