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2009 Halloween at the Run !!

We want to send out a BIG  thank you to all of the volunteers for helping to organize a great Halloween party this year and to all of our guests who came to enjoy the festivities!  The party was a big success - we had over 85 human guests and 60 canine guests and we raised $575.00 from our raffles which will be donated to the Mayor's Alliance for their programs to help shelter animals.
 
A big thank you to the following people for donating such great raffle prizes (Auto, Red Market, Craft Restaurant, Paris Commune, TJS Photography, Acupuncture for Your Pet - Tracy Akner VMD, Bark Busters Training and Happy Pants NYC) and to the Brass Monkey, Jacy Cakes, and Beasty Feast, for helping to sponsor our party.
 
A special thank you must go to our guest Celebrity judges of our costume competition - Ira Glass (Host and Producer of This American Life on National Public Radio and TV), Callie Thorne (Rescue Me, The Wire, Prison Break and numerous other TV and movie credits), Reiko Aylesworth (24, Lost, ER and soon to be starring on Damages, as well as many other movie and TV show appearances) and Dimitri Kelembelidis (our local celebrity and owner of Beasty Feast).
 
The costumes this year were great - congratulations to our winners! We have posted the winners below, and MANY others are on the slide show seen on our home page. If you have photos you would like to share, please send to us at wvdog1@aol.com  and we'll add them to the gallery. 
 
The rain came earlier than expected and unfortunately, our event ended too soon! I wanted to say a big thank you to our photographers - Jane, Ami and Karen for making sure all contestants were photographed and entered into the competition. Thank you to Barry for taking care of the people as they came through the door and to Madeline for her selling skills with raffle tickets! All of the volunteers worked very hard with decorating, setup and take down of the event and we appreciate their time and energy!
 
 
Cheers!
 
Tracey

Our celebrity judges, Reiko Aylesworth, Ira Glass, Callie Thorne and Dimitri Kelembelidis (of Beasty Feast), chose the following winners:

Most colorful costume          

     Nacho and Christi as Pirate Mates

                          Best Large Dog - (Over 30lbs)

                                                                                                       Edie as "Lumber Jill"

                                                                                                                  

 

                Best Duo

              Nella and Leo as the Bats

                                           

 

Most Original Costume

      Pumpkin as "Audrey Hepburn" (Breakfast at Tiffany's)

   

 

                                        Best Small Dog (under 30lbs)

                                                                             Penny as "Dorothy"

                                                                                       

 

Most Durable Costume

      Leon as the Skunk

          

 

                                                                Funniest CostumE

Flavia as "Caroline Kennedy"

                                                                                                               

 

Judges Choice                                     Honorable Mention

      Keating in a tribute to Michael Jackson                                   Fern as the Dog Walker

                                        

 

         

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