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Adopt-A-Dog Needs Volunteers for Puttin' On the Dog, Sept. 22nd

This is a fun volunteer opportunity and you will be much appreciated. Sign up today. This is my dog "Buddy" in the photo. He came from Adopt-A-Dog.

Adopt-A-Dog’s popular Puttin’ On The Dog Festival is scheduled for Sunday, September 22nd in Greenwich and volunteers are needed

Some 150 volunteers are essential to running the 26th annual festival and interested individuals are required to register online at www.adoptadog.org, in order to be given an assignment.  

Puttin’ On The Dog attracts some 7,000 people and their dogs who enjoy the day’s many activities which are scheduled between 10:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at Greenwich’s Roger Sherman Baldwin Park.

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The Puttin’ On The Dog Festival is Adopt-A-Dog’s primary resource to generate the critical dollars necessary to operate their caring sanctuary in Armonk, New York.  The charity’s mission is to provide dogs with a safe, healthy and quality environment while they await adoption.  Adopt-A-Dog is an established non-profit rescue/adoption organization founded in 1981.

Festival volunteers are encouraged to register online (www.adoptadog.orgno later than September 13th.  Unfortunately, no “walk-in” volunteers can be accepted on the day of the event, and their four-legged companions only can attend with another family member to

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watch their owners perform their duties. For details about a commitment to help, interested pet lovers also may contact volunteer coordinator Kerrin Coyle at kerrin@adoptadog.orgor call

(203) 629-9494.  

The day’s activities include performances by popular local bands, fun dog competition categories, demonstrations, children’s events, shopping and information booths, a silent auction, displays and food booths.

 

Puttin’ On The Dog Major Sponsors

  • Pet Pantry Warehouse
  • Cornell University Veterinary Specialists
  • The Veterinary Cancer Center
  • Reckson
  • Blue Buffalo
  • Fairway Market
  • Serendipity Magazine
  • Radio Disney, New York

Supporting Sponsors and Special Friends

  • First County Bank
  • Touch Point
  • PRAI

Founded in 1981, Adopt-A-Dog is a dog and cat rescue sanctuary and adoption center serving Connecticut, New York and beyond.  Adopt-A-Dog has aided in the successful placement of thousands of dogs and cats with caring new owners.  The charity’s facility and its dedicated staff and volunteers provide the care, attention, interaction and exercise that these helpless, homeless animals need until a permanent and loving new home is found for them.  Adopt-A-Dog is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that relies 100% on private donations.  For more information, contactwww.adoptadog.org or call (914) 273-1674.


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