Bark in the Park has been Raising Dollars for Dogs for more than 20 years! The Humane Society of Missouri’s largest fundraising event, Bark in the Park is a 5K Run, One-Mile Walk and Pet Festival benefitting HSMO’s Animal Cruelty Fund. Register as an individual, form or join a “Pack” and raise dollars by asking friends, family and co-workers to sponsor you and help you achieve your fundraising goal. Then on May 21 gather your Pack and come to Cricket Field in Forest Park to run, walk or just enjoy the festivities at the Midwest’s largest pet festival, with more than 5,000 people and their dogs attending each year.
Dollars raised through Bark in the Park help to provide second chances to animals who have suffered severe abuse and/or neglect. Sometimes living in deplorable conditions with no access to food, water or shelter, these animals are rescued by the Animal Cruelty Task Force and brought back to the Humane Society for treatment, rehabilitation, socialization and finally adoption into “fur”ever homes.
Saturday, May 21
8am to 1pm
5K Run at 9am – One-Mile Walk at 10am
Cricket Field, Forest Park
Register online at www.hsmo.org/bark
Registration Fee: $40
Kids 12 and under are free
Registration fee includes participation in the 5K Run and/or One-Mile Walk, official Bark in the Park t-shirt, swag bag and all festival activities.
Put the FUN in Fundraising!
An easy way to raise $500 in 5 days.
- Day 1 – Start on a high note by sponsoring yourself for $50
- Day 2 – Ask 3 of your family members to sponsor you for $50 each
- Day 3 – Ask 5 friends to sponsor you for $20 each
- Day 4 – Ask 5 co-workers to sponsor you for $20 each
- Day 5 – Post your fundraising page on Facebook and send out a plea for 10 friends to sponsor you for $10 each
Raise Dollars for Dogs and be entered to win:
- The Penultimate Pet (and owner) Gift Package!
- Minimum $1,000 value
- Will include the Ultimate Pet Basket from Purina, as well as great gifts for you and your pet from some of our other sponsors. Stay tuned to www.hsmo.org/bark for updated prize information and how you can win.
How Your Dollars Help Dogs And other animals at the Humane Society of Missouri.
- $30 – Microchips 6 newly adopted animals
- $50 – Helps test 5 homeless cats for Feline Leukemia
- $100 – Provides medical exam of an injured or abused animal
- $250 – Funds 5 routine cruelty investigations or inspections.
- $500 – Rescues abused, neglected animals from deplorable conditions
- $1,000 – Provides heartworm tests for 150 animals
- $2,500 –Educates children and adults about humane treatment of animals $3,500-Pays for response efforts rescuing animals from natural disasters
For more information please visit our website online at www.hsmo.org/bark.