This year's festival was a HUGE SUCCESS!!! Thanks to EVERYONE who participated in Bark in the Park - it was super! We had a great turnout & check out these quick stats:
Rescue Organizations:12
Volunteers: 70
Expert demonstrators: 6
Vendors: 33
Here are just a few photos from our big day. Check out our 2010 gallery to see lots more!
 
 
Photos shown are courtesy of K9.5 Rescue & Melanie Vergas - thanks!
Meet the organizations that participated in this year's festival:
Event Sponsors
- Alison's Pet Parlor
- BB&T and Lisa Uldrick
- Campbell the Rescued Dog
- Collins Paving Company
- Costco
- Greenville Technical College
- Happy Way Pet'N
- Magic 98.9
- Maple Creek Farm
- PETCO Foundation
Sponsors make Bark in the Park possible. Please support our wonderful sponsors - patronize their businesses! |
Rescue Groups
- Concerned Citizens for Animals
- Pet Tender Angels R & R, Inc.
- All American Dachshund Rescue
- Great Dane Friends of Ruff Love
- Paws2Care/Washington K9
- Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue
- The Grey Muzzle Organization
- Blue Ridge Boxer Rescue
- Day Before the Rainbow
- Phoenix Rising Border Collie Rescue SC
- Greyhound Crossroads
- K9.5 Rescue
- Speak for Animals
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Vendors
- Camp Bow Wow
- Playful Paws Pet
- Crafting for Critters
- Pawsitive Effects Dog Training, LLC
- The Puppy Nanny
- Jann Howell, Animal Communicator
- Holly Tree Vet Clinic
- Astro Kennels
- Tail Lights Dogs LLC
- Red Creek Farms
- Happy Tail Collars & Tags
- Flygility
- Disc-o-dogs
- Animal Studies Dept, Greenville Tech
- Christie Stone Massage Therapy
- In-Home Services
- ShenanAgains
- Poppa Dave’s Kettle Corn
- Wellness First Chiropractic
- Sistcraft
- Jenny Marie Photography
- Dixie Home Crafters
- Scan To Digital
- Glass by Virginia
- Here We Go Again
- Maximized Living
- Swamp Rabbit Dog Bakery
- Gourmet Dog Kitchen
- Animal Emergency Clinic
- Silver Moon Elixir Co.
- Ekwah Puppy & Baby
- Rocky Creek Veterinary Clinic
- Spoken For Pet Sitting
- Cuddly Critters Pet Sitting
- Nature Select Upstate
- J & N LTD
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Amazing Expert Demonstrations
- Red Creek Farms Sheep & Duck Herding
- Flygility
- The Puppy Nanny
- Disc-o-dogs
- Greenville County K9 Unit
- Paws2Care Therapy Dogs
- Tail Lights Dogs Nose Work
- Washington K9
Fun Contests!
Presided over by our Celebrity Judges:
Kendra Kent – chief meteorologist at FOX Carolina
Heidi Aiken – broadcast personality
Lauren Aiken Morris – broadcast personality & model
- Most Spooktacular Costume for Dog
- Most Spooktacular Costume for Dog & Person Combination
- Most Vocal Dog
- Most Talented Dog
- Most Muttastic Dog
- Largest Dog
- Smallest Dog
- Waggiest Tail Dog
Congratulations to all our winners!
Thanks also to our Grillmasters, who turned out delicious, hot food for hungry festival-goers:
Bob Ayers
Lee Ayers
Tony Collins |
| The following organizations & individuals donated items for our drawings: |
- Alison's Pet Parlor
- Animal Emergency Clinic
- Anthony's Pizza and Italian Cuisine
- Atlas Foods
- Avalon
- Bluewood Gallery of Brevard, NC
- Cathy Campbell
- CandleLite
- The Catty Shack
- DD Bullwinkels of Brevard, NC
- Downtown Sweets and Eats
- Frankie's Fun Park
- Gardners
- Giggle Bugs
- Kristy Mobile Pet Grooming
- Hallmark Store of Simpsonville
- Kim Ledford
- Maui Meow Resort for Cats
- Moose Tracks of Brevard, NC
- Mountain Forest Studio, Brevard, NC
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- The Pasta House
- Pet Portraits by Rhea
- Pleasantburg Vet Clinic
- Poor Richards Bookseller, Easley
- Pots and Tainers
- Red Robin
- Ruby Tuesday of Simpsonville
- Quiznos of Simpsonville
- Saluda River Pet Food & Supply Center of Simpsonville
- SamsaBeds
- Sho's Cafe of Easley
- Southern Galleries
- Stella’s Southern Bistro of
- Simpsonville
- Subway of Simpsonville
- Timms Harley Davidson of Anderson
- Frida Whitney
- Wild Birds Unlimited
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 If you're interested in participating in next year's festivities please contact us:
barkinthepark@ccaweb.org.
The proceeds of Bark in the Park allow us to fund our major programs:
- Adoptions
- Feral Cat Colony Program
- Low Cost Spay/Neuter Program
- Humane Education Outreach
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