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Sunday, June 25, 2006
At Taylor Farm Park, Norwalk, CT.
 The Veterinary Oncology and
Hematology Center (VOHC) partnered with neighboring veterinary professionals to
raise pet health awareness with pet owners to ensure the vitality of their pet through the
“Healthy Pet Checklist”. Vets donated their time to discuss the general healthy
pet checklist
with pet owners.
WEBE 108, Connecticut’s Best Music Variety Station, broadcast live all day with
Ann Rondapierre.
The day honored Smokey and other
beloved pets via the “Memory Wall”, displaying photos/stories. The day’s
charitable component equally benefited the Animal Cancer Foundation, Paws,
and Adopt a Dog by raising more than $1,000! These organizations will receive
all funds from the day raised though sales of Smokey’s bandana, a raffle of a
variety of donated prizes and
requested donations for free food and drink.
Despite a brief but heavy rain shower during the afternoon, more than 300 people attended Smokey's Day and saw
Dancing Dogs, The Frisbee Flyers, agility demonstrations and the Norwalk K-9 corps demonstration. Mayor Moccia
proclaimed June 25 as "Smokey's Day" and presented Dr. Post with a formal proclamation
(see below).
A heartfelt "Thank You" to all who braved the rain to attend the inaugural Smokey's Day. Watch for announcements
for next year's Smokey's Day in Spring 2007.
Attending Celebrities:
Congressional
Candidate Diane Farrell |
TV/Movie
Star Marlo Thomas and her husband Phil Donahue |
Norwalk
Mayor Moccia |
Multi-Media Coverage:
(requires Windows Media Player or equivalent - click image to play. files are
large and may take some time to load over a dial-up connection.
Click here to download Microsoft Media Player.)
Pet Talk, News Channel 12 (mpg video - large file 3-5 minutes to
download) |
Radio Commercial from WEBE 108 (mp3) |
Ann Rondapierre from WEBE interviews
Marlo Thomas (mp3) |
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Smokey's
Day Slide Show (mpg video) |
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Participating Veterinary Hospitals
| Broad River Animal Hospital |
Bull's Head Animal Hospital |
| Darien Animal Hospital |
Davis Animal Hospital |
| Engelberg-Kristy Animal Hospital |
Greenfield Animal Hospital |
| Fairfield Veterinary Hospital |
Meadow Veterinary Hospital |
| Milford Animal Hospital |
Miller-Clark Animal Hospital |
| Norwalk Veterinary Hospital |
Schulhof Animal Hospital |
| South Wilton Veterinary Group |
Strawberry Hill Animal Hospital |
| Veterinary Oncology and Hematology
Center | Veterinary Referral and
Emergency Center |
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About the Charity Recipients
While all of the events and freebies at
Smokey’s are free we are asking anyone who comes to the event Make a
contribution to the charity beneficiaries. All proceeds from individual donors
and the net proceeds (after direct expenses) from our corporate sponsors will be
divided and donated equally among the Animal Cancer Foundation, PAWS (The Cosmos Fund)
and Adopt a Dog.
Animal Cancer Foundation: ACF develops and supports research that
advances the prevention and treatment of cancer for people and pets. Specifically, our
endeavors focus on furthering research in comparative oncology, which is the
study of cancers that occur similarly in both pets and humans.
(http://www.acfoundation.org/)
 PAWS - THE
COSMO FUND: This is a dedicated fund to help us provide medical care "above and
beyond" the normal or routine medical care that most of our pets need.
(http://www.pawsct.org)
Adopt a Dog
Within the last twenty-four years,
Adopt-A-Dog has evolved into a unique not-for-profit rescue
and adoption service dedicated to finding good, permanent homes for
many wonderful dogs and cats that are waiting either in shelters or
private homes to be adopted.
(http://www.adoptadog.org/)
Thank you Sponsors
The following businesses have generously donated money, their
products and their staff to help make Smokey’s Day a success.
Thanks to their support Smokey’s Day is able to donate the proceeds from this event to a worthy charitable causes.
 Smokey & Dr. Gerry Post
Smokey, owned by a nationally recognized veterinary oncologist Dr. Gerry Post, the founder of VOHC,
died of cancer after a long battle with the disease.
Click here to read Smokey's Story.
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