To demonstrate their support for our dog park, Grimaldi’s generously donated 10% of all food and beverages purchased by our group and then matched the amount with an additional donation! They have also offered to host more events in the future to help build the dog park – so stay tuned as we would love to have you join us.

With this successful evening, we have now reached more than 80% of our goal.  Your donation now, big or small, will enable us to open our park this fall.

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The entire community was invited to join friends and fellow dog lovers for a fundraising walk-a-thon to support the construction of the first dog park in Woodbridge.  At least 65 mutts of all shapes and sizes lead their humans on a leisurely 2K stroll around Town Center and the site of our future dog park on the 139-acre Fitzgerald Property.

Afterwards these talented pups competed in games of skill including doggie musical chairs – played with hula hoops, the high-jump contest, and more – accompanied by some dog-friendly tunes spun by our favorite MC Brenden Fimian.

While the 4-legged critters enjoyed special treats, 2-legged creatures with and without pooches enjoyed a delicious assortment of food donated by Grimaldi’s and Amity Meats as well as home-baked goods prepared by Catherine Ray. Water was supplied by Trader Joe’s.  Please join us in thanking these local businesses for their generosity.

We shared the celebration of spring with other community organizations including the Garden Club’s plant sale, the Friends of the Woodbridge Library’s book sale, and Earth Day/Rid Litter Day information booths.

The day proved to be a tremendous success not only in bringing us closer to our goal of building our dog park this year, but also in bringing friends and neighbors together for a beautiful day. We want to thank all who helped make this happen with generous donations of food and beverages, their valuable time and talents, and money. Numerous Town departments and organizations deserve special appreciation for helping us create this wonderful community event including: the Woodbridge Fire Department, Police Department, Parks and Recreation – especially John Adamovich and Eric, as well as Mark and the custodial services team, and Betsy Yagla representing the Office of the First Selectman.

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A huge thank you to these area businesses which contributed gift cards or baskets to this fundraiser:

1. Affordable Personal Services and Pet Care
2. Agway
3. Amethyst Lounge, LLC
4. Amity Fitness
5. Amity Garden Center
6. Amity Wine and Spirits, Co.
7. Amity Meat Center
8. Andes International Gourmet Deli
9. Bethany Veterinary Hospital
10. The Better Beagle Co.
11. Blue Check Deli
12. Ceci’s Nails and Spa
13. Chewy.com
14. The Clay Date
15. Country Companions Veterinary Services
16. Deli Delish and Catering
17. Ferni’s Barbershop
18. FitPro Personal Training Studios
19. Grimaldi’s Coal Brick-Oven Pizzeria
20. Happy Homes Dog Daycare and Training
21. Heav’nly Donuts
22. I Heart Dogs
23. JCC of Greater New Haven
24. JumpStart My Wellness
25. Katz’s Delicatessen
26. Lock, Stock, & Barrel
27. Lucky Soul Tattoo, Woodbridge
28. Material Girls of Orange, CT
29. Mickey Blake’s Cigar Lounge
30. New England Brewing
31. Nail Boutique of Woodbridge
32. Niko’s Ice Cream
33. Pet Supplies Plus Orange, CT
34. Pet Valu (Milford)
35. Salon 1768
36. Safari Stan’s Pet Center
37. Starbucks (Woodbridge)
38. Sticky Paws Grooming
39. Stray Tees
40. Sunflower Farm of Orange
41. Tipsy Tomato Pizzeria, Derby
42. The Plastic Forming Company
43. The Red Barn of Woodbridge
44. The Write Approach
45. Woodbridge Hardware
46. Woodbridge Running Company
47. Woodbridge Social
48. Woodbridge Veterinary Hospital
49. Zuppardi’s Apizza

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Our First Event: The First Annual Great PUPkin Fest was a huge success. As part of the Town’s month-long Fallapalooza, the PUPkin Fest was held on the Woodbridge Green on a fine fall day and brought together friends and neighbors and lots of happy kids and dogs for a day filled with fun, games, food, and puppy kisses.

Proud dog owners paraded their creatively-costumed pooches before our team of illustrious judges: First Selectman Beth Heller; Police Chief Frank Cappiello; and District Animal Control Officer Karen Lombardi. We saw a tiny dog masquerading as a spider, medium dogs passing as dinosaurs or sporting a back full of Slinkys, a large dog showing her wild side as a fierce lion, plus dogs dressed as Chia pets, tacos and a Puppacino. There are so many really creative dog owners in town! Special thanks to these three community leaders for supporting the Dog Park and ensuring that everyone felt like a winner, despite the stiff competition!

Orange Police Officer Chris Brown put on an amazing show with his CT Olympic-winning K-9, Loki, a beautiful Shepherd, leaving many of us to wish he could teach our pups a few tricks. We’re grateful that Chris is ready to return next year. Local businesses showed their support for our dog park by providing information, gifts, pedicures and by reinforcing our message of responsible dog ownership.

The Kissing Booths were a huge success thanks to the creative designs by local Brownie Troop 60241 and Girl Scout Troop 65 and our cute pups Whammo and Louie.

While their humans got their faces painted and enjoyed great food at the Fire Dog and Four Flours food trucks, canines performed tricks for their treats and lapped up PUPkin Lattes.

We are already planning our next PUPkin Fest for Fall 2019– which will be even bigger and better with your help!

A special thanks to the Woodbridge Board of Selectmen for permitting us to use the Town Green for this event, Betsy Yagla for helping us to navigate the process and promote our event through the Fallapalooza website, Woodbridge Rec for the tables and chairs, and a great big shout out to Mark, the custodian for the event.

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