Quarter 1 Round up and Quarter 2 – Animal Welfare
April 18, 2017Cutest Pet Contest (Part Deux)
May 8, 2017Quarter 1 Round up and Quarter 2 – Animal Welfare
April 18, 2017Cutest Pet Contest (Part Deux)
May 8, 2017The stage has been set for the Wisconsin Humane Society’s Tails on the Trail 5k run/walk OR /1 mile walk. Join your co-workers for competition and all around fun on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at Veteran’s Park on Milwaukee’s Lakefront. See below for the deets and tails:
- Registration Options:
- Youth 5K (participants 6 – 15) – $20
- Adult 5K (16 and up) – $30
- Youth Walker – $15
- Adult Walker – $25
- Virtual Walker – free!
- Register with or without your pet (maximum of 2)
- To register, to to the WHS website and:
- Click on “Register”
- Click on “Join an Existing Team”
- Select “Join as a New Participant” (unless you have registered in previous years – then use “returning user”
- Find NIS by using the drop down option or “Search for Team”
- Search NIS
- Join us!
- NOTE: You will be asked to register and pay the registration fee. NIS employees can submit this cost to HR as part of the Health Club Dues (up to $50 per quarter)
- To donate, to to the WHS website and:
- Start in the same place
- Select Donate to a Participant
- Select Search for a Team, team name is ‘NIS’
- Make a gift!
- After the race, NIS will match all funds donated through the race!
Timeline
- Date: Saturday, June 24, 2017
- Location: Veterans Park on Milwaukee’s lakefront (Next to the Gift of Wings Kite Store at1300 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53202) View park layout and directions here.
- Race Start Time: 9:30 a.m. run starts, 10:00 a.m walk follows
- Registration starts at 8:00 a.m.
- 8:00 a.m.: Registration & prize pick-up begins!
- Turn in all donations & receive your prizes!
- Day-of registration opens!
- Start visiting our vendors and exhibitors
- 9:30 a.m.: 5K starts!
- Enjoy a timed 5K run or walk around the lagoon and through Veterans Park!
- 10:00 a.m.: 1-mile walk starts!
- Enjoy a beautiful one-mile walk around Milwaukee’s lakefront!
- 11:00 a.m.: Our post run/walk festival begins!
- Vendors & exhibitor booths
- Grab a bite from food vendors, including Holey Moley, Beatrix Foods, Belair and more!
- Dog agility course
- Let Fido play in our Doggie Splash Zone!
- Lure courses
- Doggie Dash! See how fast Fido runs in our very own Doggie Dash speed zone- will they be our Top Dog? **Prizes for the fastest dogs this year!
- Ask the Behavior Expert! Experts will be available to answer all of your canine behavior questions!
- Dog games
- Let Fido “bob” in our kiddie pools for delicious treats he can’t resist!
- Photo Zone! Take your picture in front of Milwaukee’s breathtaking skyline!
- Prize Wheel – where everyone’s a winner!
- And so much more!
- 11:30 a.m.: Tails on the Trail Doggie Fashion Show!
- Strut your stuff on our “catwalk” to compete for best dressed and best human/animal look-a-like!
- 1:00 p.m.
- Tails on the Trail festival ends
(timeline found here)