It's a Ruff Life
It's a Ruff Life: Raising Funds for Founders Dog Park
Supporters of Founders Dog Park attended the first Martinis for Mutts fundraiser on Friday night.
FoundersDogPark.com, composed of seven dog-owning, park board members and more than 100 park users, had its first annual fundraising event Friday evening, Martinis for Mutts. The group formed last year after several concerned Founders Park dog goers discovered that the city had been approached to remove the dog exercise area at the park's northwest corner. The event, hosted at the Old Dominion Boat Club, was organized to raise funds to help maintain the existing dog park as well as create several new amenities for humans and canine alike. Having had the honor of attending, I must say the evening was fabulous, topped off with a silent auction that included a vacation in the south of France and a lovely trip to New Orleans. With the support …
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