Woofstock grand total announced

by Dennis Dalman

editor@thenewsleaders.com

The grand total raised by the Tri-County Humane Society Woofstock is $48,266 as of Sept. 23, which is $14,244 short of the $62,500 goal. That’s an update of about $4,000 from what was announced three days after the event.

However, despite falling short of the goal, organizers are still pleased with the results.

The annual Woofstock 5k fundraiser took place Sept. 11 at St. Cloud’s Wilson Park, with 575 people attending/participating, and 215 pets (mostly dogs) walking to raise pledges for the animals at the local humane society.

A statement on the humane society’s website says this:

“We had a beautiful day, so many fun activities and a very successful walk. Sadly, we did not reach our goal, and we didn’t surpass our totals from 2015, but we still raised a lot of money for the animals and had a lot of fun.”

Planning for the annual Woofstock, one of the society’s major annual fundraisers, begins early every year. Its planners are recommending people start preparing now for next year’s Woofstock. They can do so in two ways:

• Complete the Woofstock Companion Walk survey online, which takes only about three minutes.
• Revisit the Woofstock event by sharing photos and videos you might have on the humane society Facebook, as well as sharing them with family, friends and co-workers.

Photos can be emailed to events@tricountyhumanesociety.org. To take the survey, go to www.tricountyhumanesociety.org.

On that website, visitors will find many ways to help the animals at the shelter, either through monetary donations, the gifting of needed supplies, being part of a foster program or volunteering in a number of capacities.