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Toronto Westie Walk-2009 |
The Annual Toronto Westie Walk
and Fun Day enjoyed the best weather we have had in many years!!!!
We
had 213 Westies attend our Westie Walk this year! The Toronto Westie Walk is
the largest Westie Walk in Canada...and I do believe with this AMAZING
response, we may just be the largest in North America!!!!!!
The day
began at 11:00 am with registration, followed by a photo session with our
official photographer! As our participants waited for our day to begin they
checked out our donations/draw table and purchased tickets for some of the
great items we had on our donation table. We also had some wonderful vendors
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Next they could go to our
"grooming station" for nail clips or a quick brush out for their Westie before
the group picture! The groomer was Amber Oak, who very generously donated her
time and all monies collected to Westie Rescue!
At about noon our 20 to 30
minute walk began around Erindale Park, lead by our very own bagpiper!
After the walk, the Westies hit the Westie Watering Station for a little
drink and then we were off to play some games.We were very pleased to have
Rogers Cable and the Mississauga News give us coverage this year to promote our
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Let the Games begin!
Our
first game this year was Musical Hoops..we had 2 heats of that game to our
favourite song "Who Let the Dogs Out!!!" Our winners were Eileen and her Westie
Skye and Kaitlin with her boy, Casper. The 2 winners of the Musical Hoops each
took home a very nice gift bag just stuffed with treats and toys and other fun
stuff.
Next was the always popular Wiener Dunkin! In the first heat the
winner was Paul and his girl Sadie (they won this last year as well...Sadie
just LOVES to eat!) In the second heat the winners were Sue and her little girl
Lucy! The 2 winners of the Wiener Dunkin also took home a very nice gift bag
just stuffed with treats and toys and other fun stuff.
The next event
was our inaugural year for our Westie Terrier Races. We had 10 groups of 10
Westies race (with each race winner getting a nice stuffy to bring home) and
then we had the ultimate Race Off. The overall winner of our Westie races was a
little girl named Abby! She may have been small, but she could fly! Abby got a
big gift bag as well...bigger than the Abby herself!
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Next was one of our favourite
parts of the day...the Parade of Rescues. Everyone got their tissues
out…they were too cute and are all now in forever, happy and loving homes!
We gave each Parade of Rescue participant a very nice decal for their car that
said "I Rescued my Westie" with little paw prints all over them.
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Our oldest Westie who attended
this year was Murphy who is over 14 years of age and is owned by Dan and
Eileen. The person who won the big prize for travelling the farthest was
Angelica Stewart who came all the way from Ottawa and our youngest Westie to
attend was Ross and his family. Ross was only 13 weeks old!
We gave out
lots and lots of prizes from the donation table...it was over-flowing this year
and then it was time to enjoy our BBQ and spend some time talking with other
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We just couldn't do this at all
with out the help from our volunteers and our sponsors and of course…you,
the Westie Walkers, who support our event each year.
A big thank you goes out to our Volunteers who helped out the
day of the walk. They were: Roseanne Corbett, Jim Jackson, Eleanor LeBlanc,
Peter LeBlanc, Jane Graham, Dee McAulay, Ray Pang, Andrea Pang, Lauren Hook,
Lorraine Pang and Jazeen Hollings.
I would also like to send HUGE
thanks out to all the folks who had contacted sponsors on our behalf and
brought prizes for this year's walk. THANKS!
The sponsors have been very
generous to us this year and we just can't say Thank You enough to them as
well!
Click here for a list of all our 2008
sponsors and a link to their websites.
Folks asked me..."are we gonna do
this again next year???" Well of course we are!!!! As soon as we have the 2009
date I will send out an e-mail to everyone.
Thanks again!
Corrie
Yeoman and her little Westie, Charlotte
Toronto Westie Walk Chair
Click here for the 7th Annual
Westie Walk and BBQ Photo Album- Part I
Click here for the 7th Annual
Westie Walk and BBQ Photo Album - Part II |
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