Surf’s Up for the 20th Annual Surf Dog Surf-a-Thon

The prima was shining brightly connected Del Mar Dog Beach successful California connected Sunday, September 7, for the 20th Annual Surf Dog Surf-a-Thon, wherever dozens of talented pooches and their owners helped enactment the ‘fun’ into fundraising. This unsocial lawsuit is simply a large accidental for friends, families, and four-legged friends to travel unneurotic to rise life-saving funds for the Helen Woodward Animal Center.

Apart from being 1 of the astir exciting, entertaining, and energetic foundation events connected the calendar, the Surf Dog Surf-a-Thon besides stands retired for being 1 of the fewer wherever 100% of each donations spell straight to supporting the carnal shelter.

There were plentifulness of opportunities to shine, with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd spot winners successful 5 value classes, with the archetypal spot winners progressing to vie for the prestigious ‘Best successful Surf’.

Images courtesy of Helen Woodward Animal Center

There was besides a freestyle event, with points awarded for creativity. Dogs could surf connected the aforesaid committee arsenic their friends oregon their favourite human. Tandem rides, tricks, and costumes were each connected amusement to drawback the judge’s eye. And if that wasn’t enough, unrecorded formation tunes, the crowd-pleasing Canine Costume Contest, a peculiar Kid’s Activity country with crafts and games, the BARKet Place featuring a assortment of pet-focused exhibitor booths, a escaped agility course sponsored by San Diego Pet Training, and the breathtaking awards ceremonial ensured that a bully clip was had by all.

With truthful overmuch vigor and excitement, it would beryllium casual to hide that this was each for a bully cause!

Images courtesy of Helen Woodward Animal Center

The Helen Woodward Animal Center

The San Diego carnal structure was founded by Helen Whittier Woodward arsenic portion of her ngo to marque the satellite a amended spot for radical and animals. In 1972, she and a radical of friends envisioned a installation that would encompass broad carnal attraction and nationalist acquisition programs. Through her enactment and leadership, the installation has grown into 1 of the area’s astir highly regarded animal and quality work programs.

Unfortunately, galore of the structures that location Helen Woodward Animal Center contiguous were not built until aft Helen’s decease successful 1983 astatine the property of 79, truthful she was not capable to spot her last imagination realized. The Center was renamed successful 1986 to grant her memory.

To find retired more, get involved, oregon marque a donation, spell to animalcenter.org, and beryllium definite to people your calendar for adjacent year’s event!