EVENTS                 

Date:	Saturday, June 12, 2010
Time:	9:00am - 12:00pm
Location:	Warm Hearth Village - Karr Activity Center
Street:	2603 Warm Hearth Drive
City/Town:	Blacksburg, VA

Warm Hearth Village in Blacksburg, a non-profit retirement provider, is hosting a program Saturday, June 12 from 9-12 noon on our campus.

The program is entitled, Pets on Parade. This event is both an indoor and outdoor festival celebrating our bond and relationships with our  beloved pets.

This event  is open to the general community and our neighbors
residing inside Warm Hearth Village.

The entrance fee for the public that day will be bringing in a canned or bagged pet food item, with those items being distributed out to all humane societies in attendance.

We are also partnering with the VA MD Regional College of Vet Medicine to provide lectures that day on topics of importance to owners (first aid and CPR, behavior, adjustment and transitioning a new animal to your home, managing behavioral issues and general health and disease prevention, including exotic pets.

Chain Off has been held annually around the 4th of July since 2004, highlighting the reality that while Americans are celebrating their own freedom, there are tens of thousands of Man's Best Friends in every state who are still not free: America's chained and penned dogs. These dogs are found in backyards stretching from Delaware to Alaska, from Maine to Hawaii, throughout the provinces of Canada, and in countries around the world.

Chain Off has evolved from one woman chaining herself to a doghouse in 2004 for 33 hours, to 85 people chaining themselves in 23 states during last year's 2008 Chain Off to raise awareness for chained dogs.