Well...it is scheduled and ready to go! Mom and dad have selected September 10th, 2011 to be the date of the 5th Annual Canines for Kids Dogwalk! I am pumped and ready to do my thing. Dad tells me we have at least one new guy, Murphy, joining us. I have no idea what kind of dog he is, but for sure he is not as beautiful as I! But, more walkers mean more funds raised for the schools in Costa Rica and that's a good thing.
It's hard for me to believe that we've been doing this for five years which means that I have walked five human miles, which as everyone knows is the same as 35 canine miles. I will be so excited to see my old buddies Cora, Tyler, Josephine...and to meet Murphy. Dad met Murphy's handler, Carrie, at The Food Pantries here in Albany where dad volunteers (another fantastic organization dad says). Plus dad is pretty hopeful that we may have another one or two newbies joining us this year, but then again he gets pretty excited about all of this every year; I have to calm him down sometimes. I find that pooping in the living room tends to get his mind off the walk, at least temporarily, so I'll be trying some of that if he gets too carried away with all of this.
Mom and dad are waiting to hear back from Ecoteach, which has helped us for several years in getting money to the schools in Las Brisas and Huertes, as well as from the Sea Turtle Conservancy (formerly Caribbean Conservation Corporation), which has been the conduit for us helping the school in Tortuguero. Both organizations are checking out the school's needs for this year and how many of those needs we can tackle. Instead of just sending money to some organization, it is so much more fun to have specific projects to complete, like a new roof, new flooring, new bathrooms - all things we have done in the past.
Only seven weeks to go...I am so pumped!
Tail Wags and Licks,
Bismark
