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June 2019
Mutt Strutt – for canines and humans
A fundraising walk-a-thon to build our dog park with spring celebration open to the entire community. Costumes encouraged. Enjoy contests, music and fun with friends and neighbors. Food trucks on site. Share a leisurely stroll of less than 2k, suitable for all ages, on walking paths on the Fitzgerald Property and around Town Center Campus. Come alone and walk with your neighbors or form your own team. Registration: $10 per person with or without a dog (one dog per person…
Find out more »August 2019
August 26 is National Dog Day
Calling all dog lovers and members of the Woodbridge Dog Park Cooperative! Mark your calendars because August 26 is National Dog Day, the perfect day of the year to treat your best friend special and celebrate your pup with a pint and pizza at Grimaldi’s Italian Kitchen and Bar in Woodbridge. Let’s make it a pawty! Grimaldi’s is doing their part this year to spread happiness with a National Dog Day Yappy Hour benefiting the Woodbridge Dog Park. 10% of…
Find out more »September 2019
The Unfundraiser
The Unfundraiser. It's easy, no gala event to attend, no signatures to collect or dog biscuits to sell. Make your donation from the comfort of your own home with the pooch nestled at your feet. We've raised 80% of our $60,000 goal in less than a year! If everyone who feels passionately about having a dog park in Woodbridge gives $100 now, we'll reach our goal this week. Of course, no donation is too small and no gift is too large. Please give what…
Find out more »2nd Annual Meeting with a special guest speaker, dessert, and more
Come celebrate our one-year milestone! Thanks to all of you, we have had a tremendously successful first year - raising more than 80% of the funds needed to build the park! See how your talents and ideas can help us get across the finish line. Our special guest, local veterinarian, and owner of Bethany Veterinary Hospital, Katherine A. Jackson, V.M.D. will be speaking about pet food concerns, diets, and dog nutrition. We also have a vacancy on the board of…
Find out more »March 2020
Yappy Hour: Dog Park Social Gathering
Join us at Grimaldi's on Friday, March 6th from 6:00-8:00 pm in the bar. Get to know other dog lovers, eat great food and raise a glass to the Woodbridge Dog Park Cooperative! Get your dog paw sticker and receive a 10% discount!
Find out more »July 2020
Gathering of Dog Lovers; Be a Part of the Next Stage
The fence is up, dogs are playing, people are meeting new friends...now what? To ensure that our wonderful dog park remains a safe and healthy place for all of us, we want to get your ideas and energy for heading into this next phase. Can you join us? We have a place for you either on one of the committees, as a board member or one of the officers, or as a volunteer for specific projects. Committees include: Maintenance/landscaping Finance…
Find out more »September 2020
Meet and greet dog park friends
Join us for a socially distanced gathering in the “Small” Dog Area Meet current and nominated Board of Directors and volunteers. Find out how you can help keep our dog park safely maintained. Masks required. Bring chairs to place 6’ apart. Sorry, humans only. Volunteer opportunities Below are some of the many ways we can use your skills, enthusiasm, and elbow grease to help the dog park. Tidy Team (toy and poop pickup, trash bag removal) Water Team (gather and…
Find out more »2020 Dog Park Annual Meeting
Join Us for Our Annual Meeting on September 23rd at 5:30-6:30 pm at the Small Dog Park Come and vote for new board members and consider plans for the future of the dog park, and enjoy a talk on safe play at the dog park by Kristen Ianucci, of Happy Homes. Much of the heavy lifting has been done, but if you want to ensure your dog park continues to be a place you’ll enjoy with your pup, please join the…
Find out more »November 2023
SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE AMENDED BYLAWS
The Board recently completed a review of the bylaws of the Woodbridge Dog Park Cooperative. Originally written in 2018 at the beginning of the process to fundraise for and install the dog park, the Board has updated the bylaws to better reflect the needs of an established dog park. Both the original and draft updated bylaws can be reviewed here – WDPC Bylaws. There will be a Special meeting on Monday, November 20th at 7 p.m. in Room 16 of…
Find out more »December 2023
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WOODBRIDGE DOG PARK COOPERATIVE, INC.
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the annual meeting of The Woodbridge Dog Park Cooperative, Inc. (WDPC) will be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at 7 p.m. in the Woodbridge Senior Center. The meeting will begin with a short presentation by Madeline Meade, followed by a question-and-answer period. Madeline is the Lab Manager at the Yale Canine Cognition Center, a research center that aims to determine how pet dogs make decisions, solve problems, and perceive their…
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