It was a fantastic event!
Were you there?
The registration and raffle ticket table were very busy all afternoon as people hurried to register for the costume contest and get their raffle tickets. After all, there were tickets to the Monday, November 3rd home game for the Saints among the prizes!
Fun was had by one and all, and we had some lucky prize winners
Prizes included:
Carnival Cruise for 2
Hotel Monteleone stay
Royal Sonesta stay
Brenda Burke Limited Edition Print
Don's Seafood Hut
Doerr Furniture GC
Hooter's GC
Charlie's Steak House GC
Ye Ole College Inn & Rock-n-Bowl GC
Audubon Zoo tickets
Obedience Class GC
Doggy Day Care GC
Wellness Program GC
Mini Subscription to Jefferson Performing Arts
Audubon Aquarium tickets
Dale Campo hand turned wood bowl
Swamp Tour for 2
Holly M. Chos Photograph Print
Historical tours
Tony Chachere's Gift Box
Etched Crystal Pet
Gift Basket
Gift Certificates
and much more!
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Toffee participated in the Howl O Weenie Pet & Pal Parade and Costume Contest. He's a lucky little fellow who was a rescue dog waiting for his forever home just a few short months ago. Today, he's a pampered pet who loves to dress up and show off, and his proud family is more than happy to help him show off his charms!
Our Partial List of Winners
Mike Munna
Joe Martin
ML Carleton
Toni Ulmer
Susan Seaman
Stacy Shurman
Jan Wilson
Dorothy Gaudet
Anna Galanz
Allan Crane
Bruce Keen
Rhonda Ferguson
James Carr
Ferd Herbert
Joe Basha
Jude Jastrum
Thelma Kable
Sandy Dart
Kay Boudreaux
Brian Broussard
Brenda Jones
Maureen
Elia Lopez
Susan Coffman
Dr. John Guignard
Ane Tran
Sandy Canessa
Jake Frisneck
Mary Martha Miller
Mary Wehmeyer
Evelyn Audler
Carol Ochello
Ed Rednour
Tammy Castelluccio
Julie Impastato
Thelma Kable
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What is the Howl O Weenie Pet & Pal Parade and Costume Contest?
Why should I have come to this event?
15 Reasons
1. Its was fantastic family fun afternoon.
2. Its an important fundraiser for a 100% no-kill
pet adoption & rescue group.
3. It's "pet-friendly" and I can bring my pet along to spend time together.
4. I can meet my friends and have a great lunch.
5. Its inexpensive, with free admission AND free parking!
6. Its both wheelchair and stroller friendly.
7. I can dress up my pet and enter a contest with him/her.
8. I can dress up with my pet and enter a contest.
9. There are fantastic raffle prizes. (Scroll down to see the donors.)
10. Its a great way to meet other pet oriented people in the community.
11. Its a great way to occupy the kids on Halloween afternoon before trick or treating starts.
12. You can laugh at the amazing costumes that people come up with for their pets.
13. There is a bake sale with real homemade traditional Halloween treats.
14. Its a community event, and its always a good thing to support your own community.
15. Pet activities are always a lot of fun.
Howl O Weenie Pet & Pal Parade and Costume contest was held in the Zephyr Stadium Parking Lot on Halloween Day, 10/31/09, from 12-4 p.m. This Halloween themed fundraiser event featured a costume contest with a variety of fantastic prizes. Pets competed for prizes with or without their human pal being in costume as well.
As a family fun Halloween themed event, there was other things for the humans, both young and old, to do as well.
Raffles for a number of prizes, including the highly coveted Grand Raffle Prizes, was held.
Food was available, (some wonderful jambalaya!) including Howling Wienies, chips, soft drinks, homemade baked treats, and other delicious offerings. We also have some wonderful Don Pablo Gourmet Coffee samples that we'll be handing out, so don't miss that!
Our baker for the bake sale is a devoted volunteer for Metairie Humane, and had Halloween treats for both people and their pets. When was the last time you had a candy apple or a cupcake with Halloween sprinkles topping it? These are the kinds of yummy treats that money seldom can buy and most of us haven't got the time or skills to make!
Kids participated in the Alligator Eyeball Soup Stirring, temporary tattoos, and Feed the Dogs. The Pumpkin Patch featured mysterious gifts being randomly hidden in bags.
There were wonderful gifts and gift certificates, the Grand Raffles prizes were highly coveted prizes. These tickets were only $1 each, or get 6 tickets for $5.
Our celebrity judges for the Halloween pet costume contest include Steve Mortillaro, Rosalie Mortillaro and Laura Buchtel.
Lots of people came to help support a great cause, find themselves a great prize in a raffle, and have a lot of fun with the entire family, including their pet!
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Isn't she beautiful?
Grasso is a pensioned special needs dog who often acts as a model for outfits. She's been around a long time, and believes she rules the roost. Her favorite technique to try and get an extra treat is to "be cute" with her shoulder-dipping curtsy.
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For everyone who supports Metairie Humane's 100% no-kill philosophy, we thank you profusely. We also ask that you support the companies that have so generously donated to Metairie Humane by purchasing their products and services. These companies obviously believe in making a difference even if it doesn't make national headlines!
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Many of these companies are small local businesses that believe in our community. Some of these companies are far larger ones located in distant places that also believe in our community. We cannot express enough gratitude to all of them equally.
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The real differences happen when organizations at the local level put themselves on the front line to ensure that things get better, it does not happen with fancy press releases and long speeches in some distant venue under the lights of cameras and the sound bites of the national news.
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Costumes were up-to-the-minute with current events during the Howl O Weenie contest, as this hot air balloon with "Falcon" written boldly in blue.
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Generous Individual
Donors
Valerie Hart
Donation of a Dale Campo hand turned decorative wooden box
(Value $40)
Lisa Thompson
handbag & cd valued
(Value $50)
Leslie Dillman
Designer Handbag valued
(Value $250)
Holly M. Chos
photographer
See her at Teri Galleries Ltd.
Photograph Print
"Childlike"
(Value $250)
Patty
Jewelry, Artwork
(Value $200)
Chachere Family
Large Tony Chachere Gift Basket
($200+ Value)
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Hobo Charlie asks everyone to please be generous and donate to Metairie Humane!
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Did you know that one of Metairie Humane's long term goals is to have a low-cost veterinary clinic available?
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This little fellow was full of charm and appeal.
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This can only happen with the community's involvement with events such as the HowlOWeenie, during which most of the year's funding is raised.
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A pair of very cute witches--with one hanging onto her hat in the breeze
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Pet ownership is one of the least expensive and most rewarding ways to extend not only a person's lifespan but their quality of life. Pets help prevent depression, encourage mobility, provide companionship, and often alert their elderly companions of sounds that may have been unnoticed or unheard.
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A little prince was too cute for words!
Jail "birds" with their sheriff's deputy keeping watch.
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Never give a pet as a gift, especially a "surprise" gift. The real surprise may be discovering that it is an unwanted surprise. Pets are family members and their selection & adoption should be well thought out prior to the adoption. Many pets given as gifts end up in shelters after the gifting occasion because of the lack of consideration given to both the pet's and recipient's needs. Pets are not like a sweater--they cannot simply be returned if they are not a good fit!
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Look at this lovely lady bug and her humanized lady bug! The human pal even had a darling lady bug temporary tattoo to match, how much more coordinated could a pair be (or how cute can we find!)
This little fellow was quite debonair as a pirate!
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With every event, there are the people who make it a success. Volunteers often have very thankless tasks and devote hours of work to ensure an events' success. Metairie Humane has NO paid staff members, so everything is done by volunteers every day of the year. We want to offer a special thanks to the following people (in no particular order, we appreciate everyone's efforts!)
(Once again, not listed in any particular order!)
Bill Coffman
Gregory R. Miller
Carol Ochello
Sheila Carter
Michael Rednour
MaryMartha Miller
Martha Munson
Ed Rednour
Tammy Castelluccio
Lisa Williams-Banderet
Maureen Roth
Maria Lopez (Teddy)
Lisa
Brenda Behling
Patrick Behling
Joey Fontenot
Cindy Landry
Harold Delahoussaye
Joan Delahoussaye
Pam Zeringue
Susan Viener