Welcome to the 2008 Walk for the Animals & Walktoberfest!

Saturday, September 27, 2008 at FirstEnergy Stadium (Home of the Reading Phillies!), Reading, PA. 

Last year's Walk was the biggest ever with 3,000 Walkers helping to raise over $100,000!  Help us break that record this year! This year's Walk features an exciting new location, easy parking and access, a cool Walk route, more food selections and stations, and even more fun, contests, entertainment, and education!  Registration & online fundraising is quick & easy!

Getting started is easy
It only takes a few minutes to create your online Personal Fundraising Page:

• Click the Get Started button
• Register for our event
• Customize the text and the photo on your online Personal Fundraising Page to express your passions and your purpose.
• Send the link out to your friends, family, colleagues - anyone you think will help you reach your goal.

   

Thanks to 3,000 people (plus their dogs!) who joined us last year, the Walk for the Animals is one of the biggest and fastest growing events of its kind in the region-- nearly ten times bigger than it was five years ago!  And the funds the Walk & Walktoberfest have helped raise have allowed the Humane Society to make dramatic improvements to the kinds and number of services available to help animals and their people.   We hope you will join us this year to help raise desperately needed funds to help the thousands of animals rescued each year by the HSBC.

The Walk for the Animals will be hosted at a great new location this year: FirstEnergy Stadium, home of the Reading Phillies!  Enjoy the Walk, check out the dozens of cool exhibitors and vendors, and stick around for the Walktoberfest.  Grab some great food, great brew, sit down in the shade of a pavilion, and listen to great music all day, featuring Berks County's own Frog Holler and The Youngers.

The Walk will feature cool canine contests (Cutest Puppy, Best Tailwagger, Owner/Dog Look Alike, just to name a few), dozens of local non-profits and animal rescue groups, and a chance to mingle with thousands of the best dogs and dog lovers in Berks County and beyond!

Please remember:  Although the Walk is meant to be fun, it's also an important fundraiser for the HSBC.  100% of our funding comes from donations, events like the Walk, and service fees.  We are not part of any national organization.  We can't do our work without you!  Please raise sponsorship donations!  Form a Pack!  Pack rules are simple and you get great stuff: custom t's and dog bandanas, a pack flag, and a reserved space at the Walktoberfest!