35th Annual Walk & Wag and Run - a Huge Success!
Saturday, May 24, 2014
By: Deborah Kern
Results are in from our largest fundraiser of the year!
Thank you to everyone involved in
the 35th Annual Walk & Wag and RUN.
A big, heartfelt thank you to all of the participants, sponsors and volunteers who helped to make the 35th Annual Walk & Wag and RUN the most successful yet.
Together, we raised a record-breaking $252,619.00 for homeless, abused and injured animals in our community.
Over
the next few days we will be uploading photos from the event to our
Photobucket page. If you share any of your own Walk and Wag videos or
photos on Twitter or Instagram, please use #WalkandWag so people can find them. Thank you to Sally + Rebecca Photography, Kat Ku Photograpghy and Eric Apollo for donating their time at Walk & Wag to take amazing photos.
You can still access the Walk & Wag page if you need to send thank you notes to people who donated to your fundraising efforts.
Fundraising Breakdown:
- Peer-to-peer fundraising = $180,873.00
- Sponsorships = $57,746.00
- Raffle Ticket Sales = $14,000.00
- TOTAL = $252,619.00
Congratulations to our top fundraisers!
Top Individual Fundraisers:
1st Place – Susan Kornfield = $13,260*
2nd Place – Matt
Schaecher = $4,185*
3rd Place – Kate
Murphy = $3,133
4th Place – Linda
Scibilia = $3,000 5th Place – Anne Fischer= $2,905
Top Team Fundraisers:
1st Place
– HSHV Staff Team = $24,559*
2nd Place – HSHV
Volunteer Team = $24,454*
3rd Place – Bark
Vader & the Dog Stars = $5,821
4th Place – Truven
Trotters = $5,760 5th Place – The Fast & The Furriest
= $2,765
Top Kid Fundraisers:
1st Place
– Aidan Smith = $604
2nd Place – Rachel
Drogs = $525
3rd Place – Logan
Otto = $312 4th Place – Emma Hutton = $308 5th Place – Madelynne Quinn = $275
Congratulations to the Raffle Drawing winners:
1st prize: $1,000 cash (courtesy of Mr. Spots) –
Sarah Boegershusen
2nd prize: Two Mich vs. M.S.U Football Tickets – S. Tighe
3rd prize: Kindle Fire – Joe Cocangelo
4th prize: $50 Mastercard Gift Card – Rudi Thun
5th prize: $50 Plymouth Shopping Spree – R. Baker
6th prize: $50 Ironwood Gift Card – C. Fischer
7th prize: $50 Stella’s Black Dog Tavern Gift Card – Jeffery Loo
8th prize: $50 Pet Supplies Plus Gift Card – Brad
Bedell
9th prize: 2 Gift Tickets to Performance Network – Carol Romej
10th prize: Dinner for 2 to Zingerman’s Roadhouse
– Anne Fischer
11th prize: Dinner for 2 to Seva – Abby Reichard
12th prize: Michigan Theater Coupon Book - Damon
13th prize: $45 Iconic Luxe Salon Gift Card – Becky McLaughlin
14th prize: $30 Jay’s Stuffed Burgers Gift Card –
Maureen Langes
15th prize: $30 Mani Osteria/Insalita Gift Card – Cindi
Shake
16th prize: $25 Arbor Brewing Company Gift Card – Kim Blumenthal
17th prize: $25 Quarter Bistro Gift Card – Sarah Boegershusen
18th prize: $25 Buffalo Wild Wings Gift Card – Donna Fuga
We will be contacting
all winners this week about their prizes.
*NOTE: HSHV Board Members and Staff Members will not be accepting fundraising prizes.
Results from the 5K Run:
- Men's Overall Winner: Kyle Ramthun (18:33)
- Women's Overall Winner: Jessie Benaglio (19:57)
Age Group Winners:
- Male under 19: Drew Rosales (19:34)
- Female under 19: Julio Wagner (24:29)
- Male 20-29: Carl Drache (19:53)
- Female 20-29: Melissa Boswell (21:44)
- Male 30-39: Joe Styrna (19:02)
- Female 30-39: Shelly Bodner (23:06)
- Male 40-49: Kent Purdy (20:23)
- Female 40-49: Val Stolberg (27:49)
- Male 50-59: Christopher Gillyard (20:58)
- Female 50-59: Lauren Rousseau (28:58)
- Male 60-69: John Gilbert (32:17)
- Female 60-69: (28:41)
- Male 70+: Jon Desenberg (31:14)
- Female 70+: Judy Bobrow (51:12)
Click here for complete results
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