More than 1000 dogs and three times that number of dog lovers!
These are the numbers (and perhaps even more!) that will make up the people and canines that will converge on the soil of Bukit Ekspo at University Putra Malaysia's (UPM) annual Dogathon event on Sunday morning.
PETPOSITIVE will be there, of course.
We'll be manning our special booth - the largest - which has been given to us by UPM's Veternak and Zoologico clubs which is made up of more than 200 junior, intermediate and senior veterinary students of UPM.
Dogathon 2010 is UPM's 14th annual event to date.
Petpositive has managed to pool in several volunteers to help us man our stall. They were recruited by various sources that include Girl Guides from Veternak and Zoologico, Yayasan Salam, Petpositive Empowerment and PET+BLOGSPOT.
We still need volunteers - so it is not too late to join in the tail-wagging fun event if you can make it between 6.30am to 2pm on August 8, 2010.
For the others of you, if you happen to have some good items that you don't need, kindly bring it along with you and drop them at our booth. The money collected from your items will go a long way in supporting our cause which is to partner people with disabilities and the elderly with pets for positive living.
You can also make donations in cash or by cheque.
Please be informed that donations to our non profit national society is tax deductible.
In addition to raising funds for PETPOSITIVE, we will also be conducting short talks at our booth. The topics will cover the disabled, elderly and animal-assisted therapy.
Joining us will also be a good opportunity to ask all the questions about the issues that we cover in person. You will also get to meet disabled and elderly people at our booth - not to mention our special furry companions as well.
The team from Petpositive will be: Committee Member Antony Leopold, Yours Truly and Assistant Secretary Shenaaz Khan,
For those of you who are interested to volunteer or support us, please call: 012 220 3146.
See you at UPM!
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DATELINE DOGATHON 2010, PETALING JAYA,
SELANGOR:
(Right: UPM file picture)
PLANS ARE WELL UNDERWAY to convert a certain spot on UPM's grounds in Serdang, Selangor, into a frolicking kennel of canines next month.
As many as 800-tail-wagging and prancing mutts of all kinds will converge in UPM's (University Putra Malaysia) park in Bukit Ekspo.
They'll be doing this in hope of getting their paws and tails into the Malaysia Book of Records as the largest ever gathering of canines in the country.
(Left: Service dog Soo [1st from right] having a time of his life watching the other canines take off)
The project called 14th Dogathon 2010 is being put together by the junior, intermediate and senior veterinary students of UPM who number almost 250 people in total.
Most of them are members of UPM's popular in-house clubs known as Veternak and Zoologico.
When that happens, the clubs promise an additional record-breaking event: the gathering of as many as 2,500 people to witness the occasion.
Petpositive will be playing a big part in the event.
The Malaysian Animal-Assisted Therapy for the Disabled and Elderly Association has been given the biggest booth by the clubs to sell our fundraising items.
We would like to appeal to readers of PET+BLOGSPOT to kindly donate any good stuff that they think can be sold at the event to help in our cause of promoting animal-assisted therapy for the handicapped and seniors.
Please call: +6 012 220 3146 for more information or how to deliver your items to us. Or email us at: petpositive@yahoo.com
Yesterday, three members of the organising team of Dogathon 2010 visited our President Anthony SB Thanasayan at his residence to plan how people with disabilities can participate at the event.
They were co-director Yee Jia Yin (middle) from Petaling Jaya and her team, Johor-born Soon Xue Qi (left) and Sandy Ling Choo from Sarawak.
The discussion proved to be very useful as we covered issues of disabled car parks, volunteers and special needs like food and disabled toilets.
Jia Yin has a one-year old cat named Tuffy. Sandy also has a year-old feline named Smokey. Soon, however, has a nine-year old mongrel named Bobby.
Dogathon 2010 will be held on Sunday, August 8 from 6.30am until 2pm.
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