First Annual Strut Your Mutt

Thompson's West End was bright and blue and festive as pups of all shapes, breeds and sizes brought their humans to celebrate CHA's First Annual Strut Your Mutt 5K.  Park Campers had a front-row seat to the race and  were treated to a wave of blue as pups and humans displayed their blue colors.  
Doggies were outfitted with their own Strut Your Mutt bandanas & their humans displayed matching  T-shirts. The event, the first for our shelter was a huge success!!!! We look forward to next year's event.  We received great positive feedback from everyone and great suggestion to get us started with next year's planning.  Among them are expanding the prizes to include an award for Most Funds Raised Medal & a special Top Mutt Red Bandana, which of course comes complete with Bragging Rights for a year, a ballot box so participants can vote on best dressed mutt, and many more - rest assured, we are listening!   

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Krisann Zifko placed first in the Women's Category. She was accompanied by her running partner Frankie who won this year's Top Mutt Award. 

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In the Men's Category,  Lars Dukowitz took first place along with his running partner, Maya.

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The Best Costume award went to "Butterfly Dog" who sported tons of butterflies, which of course after running 5K they had fallen off, but not before the judges were able to cast their votes.
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Thank you to all the participants who attended the event.  To our volunteers, know you're invaluable to getting all this accomplished.  Of course, this event would not have been possible without our generous sponsors: TWO MUTTS & A CAT PHOTOGRAPHY, VON HOLZEN CHEVROLET BUICK GMC INC, CHEQUAMEGON CLINIC ST. LUKE'S, MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, LEGENDARY WATERS RESORT & CASINO, RACEY'S TASTY DOG TREATS, BIZY DOES IT,  PIZZAZZ MARKETING, PUBLIC RELATIONS & SPECIAL EVENTS,  THE WASHBURN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & ROAD ID.