TIMELINE: * HOWLIDAY BOUTIQUE PREVIEW PAGES OPEN:     NOW * ONLINE RAFFLE:     SUNDAY, JULY 27 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 * REGISTRATION:     AUGUST 3 - AUGUST 31 * TAKE VOLUNTEERS' NAMES:     AUGUST 3 - AUGUST 31 * ONLINE RAFFLE DRAWINGS:     SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 MIDWEST CAIRNFEST 2008 EVENT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 TIME: 11:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. PLACE: 5150 60TH STREET KENOSHA, WISCONSIN (PPU's Kenosha Campus is about 20 miles SOUTH of last year's event venue, PPU's Racine Campus. It is MUCH EASIER to get to!) VISIT PROPER PAWS UNIVERSITY HERE COST: HUMANS: $15.00 (INCLUDES LUNCH) DOGS: $6.00 (INCLUDES GOODIE BAG) ALL SOCIALIZED DOGS ARE WELCOME NEW THIS YEAR: * RAFFLE GIFT PACKAGES Donate to CRUSA and receive tickets to win one of these Lovely Gift Packages: WARDROBE FOR GIRLDOG SCOTTIES SCOTTIES SCOTTIES! CAIRNS GALORE! CAIRN FOR THE HOWLIDAYS WONDERFUL WESTIES CAIRNS IN THE WILD FOUR SEASONS OF WESTIES AIREDALES WARDROBE FOR BOYDOG WIZARD OF OZ ALL CAIRNS CAIRN MOSAIC SELECTION OF GIFT CARDS The gift packages ARE NOT YET COMPLETELY ASSEMBLED, but they can be previewed HERE THERE WILL BE NO ONLINE OR EVENT AUCTION THIS YEAR Pam & Andréa reserve the right to decide how your donated item(s) will be used. HOW CAN YOU HELP? * SHOP WITH A PURPOSE. . . see something that's reasonable, that you think would sell in the Howliday Boutique? How about something Cairn-, Westie-, Scottie-, Airedale-, Wizard of Oz- or Howliday-related that can be added to the Donation/Raffle Gift Packages? Donate it to MWCF08, and be listed HERE! Let Andréa know about your purchase(s) ASAP, with pic, so she can upload the pictures to the appropriate website immediately, rather than all at the last minute. EMAIL ANDREA HERE NEW THIS YEAR: * HOWLIDAY BOUTIQUE Items with a Howliday Theme. Gifts for your dog(s) to receive Gifts for your dog(s) to give. Preview the HOWLIDAY BOUTIQUE HERE * VOLUNTEER to set up & take down We don't know yet what will be available at the new PPU Facility in Kenosha, but we do know that tables are heavy! Knowing that there will be more helpers may allow us to extend the time of The Event, as the organizers & their spouses won't be so exhausted BEFORE The Event even begins! EMAIL ANDREA HERE to be put on a MWCF08 VOLUNTEERS list. * TALK IT UP Next year, bring a friend & a friend's dog(s). * JOIN THE EMAIL LIST Email Andréa HERE to receive all announcements regarding MWCF08 * DONATE something that can be sold . . . . . . but please EMAIL ANDREA HERE to let her know in advance so she can make signs, arrange to set up a table, etc. * INVOLVE YOUR COMPANY We would love to have corporate or business sponsorship . . . EMAIL PAM HERE with your ideas. * SPONSOR A FOSTER DOG Pay the registration fee of a foster dog, so the fostering family won't have to pay for its own dog(s) AND its foster(s). At MWCF07, ALL SEVEN foster dogs were sponsored by Mary Brabender & John Hughes. NEW THIS YEAR: * HONOR AN ANGEL If you cannot attend MWCF08, an ANGEL CONTRIBUTION will help defray costs. Your ANGEL @Rainbow Bridge will be listed in the the MWCF08 Program. MORE DETAILS WILL BE ADDED ABOUT THIS FEATURE, as we figure out ticket prices & Event costs. * DEMONSTRATE Grooming, agility, obedience . . . and anything else involving your dog(s) * VENDORS Do you have something to sell that would appeal to DogFolks? Set up shop & donate a percentage to CRUSA . . . EMAIL PAM HERE with your ideas. * DONATE, "JUST BECAUSE" These "JUST BECAUSE" donations will help pay for incidental expenses: Thank You notes to donors, photo paper & lamination film for labels & signs, paper plates, etc., for lunch; table coverings; . . . . * SAVE your coins for the COINS 4 CAIRNS containers If you would like a COINS 4 CAIRNS container with a picture of your favorite Cairn on it to encourage you to save, send me a .jpg and I will make one for you, just like the ones we had at MWCF07 NEW THIS YEAR: * DR. KIM, ANIMAL COMMUNICATOR Dr. Kim will have 15-minute sessions from 11 a.m.-4p.m. Dr. Kim's website is HERE Cost is $25.00 per session; one animal per session; photographs of LIVING animals can be used. We must have AT LEAST TEN sessions booked to guarantee Dr. Kim's attendance at our Event. So far, we have THREE sessions reserved. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, please email me ASAP HERE. When we have ten people express an interest, I will set and confirm appointment times and email you, as payment will be required when your appointment time is confirmed. FIRST EMAILED, FIRST SERVED. * PLAN ON BEING THERE! LIKE TO PARTY? THEN COME DOWN SOUTH TO . . . CRUSA'S FIRST ANNUAL SOUTHERN CAIRNFEST! FULL DETAILS HERE DONORS PAGE . . . . . . CAN BE FOUND HERE

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