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Since reading it in June I've put together my own Carnival. Wanted to give you guys an update on it. I am using this event to raise money for the Venango County Humane Society and The Oil Creek State Park. We are having several booth and contests. While we are not kid people and only Dog people-we've decided we want our event to be successful so we've incorporated kid events also. We have some contests for the dogs: cutest collar, david and goliath, longest/shortest tail, loudest bark, 30 seconds to fame, clothing race. for kids we have face painting, coloring contest, activities booth. The humane society will have a booth advertising their adoptable pets. We will also have geocaching. (a treasure hunt with GPS-any questions just ask-it's really fun). We have our local fire department selling food. A caricature artist to sketch your dog in a funny sketch. A professional photographer to take professional pictures. We also have a groomer to do nail clipping. We applied through the AKC for the responsbile pet ownership day and had our event listed on their site. We also sent out press releases to local radio stations and newspapers. And have a radio station covering the event. We have had two different dog food makers ask to give out samples of their dog food. We also have two papers doing editorials on the event. We sent out mailers to local business to get them to sponsor the event to help cover the cost. All in all-we've been really successfull in setting up the event. It isn't until September 27th, 2008-so as far as how it goes. I'll keep everyone posted. We've also had local businesses give us gift certificates and such to give out as prizes. We have a local PD K-9 Unit coming out to give a demonstration. Oh....and we have the Mayor of the city signing pet promises. And she proclaimed it Responsible Dog Ownership Day! 
I have high hopes for this event. and I owe it to this particular post for the idea and inspiration. THANK YOU! 
