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Many of us joined this community because we’ve been affected by canine cancer. It’s an awful disease, and we all want it stopped. One easy way we can make a difference is by walking, virtually or in pawson, at the Morris animal Foundation's K9 Cancer Walk in Estes Park, Colorado.
Why We Believe in Morris
Join us in Estes Park Colorado on Saturday, August 21st for a beautiful day in the park. There will be lots of dogs, playtime, speakers, goodies, music, contests and more!
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Twice a year we participate in this event, held in Sacramento in spring, and Estes Park, Colorado in summer.
We really believe in the Morris Animal Foundation. They're the oldest and most respected organization on the planet that is helping to end canine cancer.
Morris Animal Foundation launched the Canine Cancer Campaign to help scientists worldwide prevent, treat and, ultimately, cure cancer in dogs. The K9 Cancer Walk program helps fund research that will develop prevention strategies, test new treatments, establish tools for cancer researchers and train new scientists specializing in cancer research.
Let's Do it Again!
In Spring, our West Coast Team Tripawds members walked in Sacramento at the Morris K9 Cancer Walk (photo above). That walked raised over $61,000! We hope this event is even more successful.
Please join us on August 21st in Estes Park, in your hometown, or in your PJs at home! If you can't be wish us in pawson, remember, you can walk "virtually" and be on our team too. Just sign up here to join, it's just $30 per adult.
Or how about hosting a Tripawd Pawty in your hometown on the same day, and walk virtually with us in Colorado? Imagine, Tripawds all around the country, walking in spirit, together, to help end canine cancer.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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This is from our 26 April, 2010 reply.
Cherry said:
Whenever one decides to support a charity, no matter how lofty the sound of the name of the charity, we like to do our homework to determine how good that charity is do at fufilling the stated goals. Far too often, a charity is great at padding the salaries of the directors while neglecting the purpose of the charity. With that critical measure in hand, Emily decided to measure the Morris Annimal Foundation using Charity Navigator Ratings, which is "America's Largest Charity Evaluator". They measure exactly what percentage of the charity's funds are going to Fund Raising, Administrative Costs, and to Program Expenses (the stated purpose of the charity.)
It give us great please to state clearly that the "Morris Annimal Foundation" has a four star rating – the highest achievable. 78.2% of funds go to Program Expenses, 13.5% go to Fund Raising, and a mere 8.1% go to Adminstrative Expenses. This is the best of all the charities doing similar type of work, it was the highest rated of all charities doing similar work, and exceeds nearly every other charity that Emily and I support. This is definately a charity that one can be very proud to support with the full knowledge that your support is going where you would expect/hope.
We just wanted each and everyone to understand the quality of this charity. In addition to the August 21 walk in Colorado, there is also a planned October 10 walk planned in Los Gatos, California. (Close to San Jose for those not familiar with California.)
Spirit Cherry's Dad
Hey Bob, thanks so much for this great information. Yes, Morris is indeed The Real Deal, we love them! They give us such hope for ending canine cancer.
We'll be posting about the Los Gatos one soon, thanks for the head's up.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Everypawdy, we just formed a Team Tripawds for the Morris Animal Foundation's Northern California walk in Los Gatos K9 Cancer Walk, which is being held in October.
We hope you'll keep in mind these two impawtant events. Let's show the world that it is indeed better to hop on three legs than limp on four!
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Walk with us in Los Gatos, California on October 10.
Hope to see you there!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Many thanks to Spirit Peyton's pack, Kris, Cami, Dillon and Rhys for signing on to join us at the Morris walk in Estes park.
Wyatt Ray says he can't WAIT to walk with little brother Rhys.
We hope to see many more folks signing up, either for Estes Park or Los Gatos, CA in October.
Both events are so much fun, and such a great cause! See you there!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Wooo hoo! We're so excited to go to the walk tomorrow! Lots of friends will be there and a good time will be had by all.
Pictures of the big day will come soon...as soon as we can get caught up with the Colorado pawty pics from two weeks ago!
Many thanks to everypawdy who helped with Team Tripawds for this walk.
Don't forget, NorCal Tripawds, your chance to help Morris with the California walk is coming up in October!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
tripawds.com | tripawds.org | bemoredog.net | triday.pet
I just joined the Los Gatos Walk since its really close to where I now live! Chloe and I look forward to participating in the walk in October!!
-Chloe's mom
Chloe became a rear amp tripawd on 7-29-10. Another tumor was removed on front leg 2-20-14. Found 3rd tumor on neck 2-2015, but she's still kicking cancer's butt at age 14. Chloe's blog
Yeeeaaaay! Thank you so much!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Well everypawdy, the Morris Walk raised $40,000 last weekend in Estes Park, Colorado!
Some of you already know that my pawrents couldn't be there. They woke up early Saturday morning to make the two and a half hour trip to Estes Park, but their truck wouldn't start. Not even a jump from a neighbor's car would get it going. They were (and are) soooooo bummed and upset they weren't there. Even Wyatt Ray was disappointed that he didn't get to walk with Rhys.
But our team was there and that's all that mattered. Team Tripawds included Casey Gardner, Mom of Tripawd Annie; Kami and Kris, pawrents of Spirit Peyton, Dillon and Rhys; and Kim and Tim, pawrents of Spirit Tika, Caya and puppy Sitka.
Thank you everypawdy for being so supportive and excited about this event. Check out this great article about the walk, by USA Today reporter Sharon Peters, who has previously written about Tripawds.
Hundreds of Dogs, Owners Makes Strides for Cancer
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Hello everybody:
I just wanted to add that, not only was it an important event, we all had a great time, and it was great to meet our team (some to be reacquainted with).
We hope to go back next year, and I would like to be a cheerleader to see if anybody could join up. I wish I had more pictures, but my portable went dead after taking pics of the team. (Uh, no comments on checking if the batteries are charged, got enough of that already)
So Jerry: A twofer next year? Tripawds reunion and the Walk? Sitka wants to compare notes with Wyatt on proper ways to great people with grabbing their hands with their mouth.
Thanks for letting us join in the team!
Kim, Tim, Caya and not-so-baby Sitka.
Kim and Spirit Tika http://www.tika.....ogspot.com
You got it! I love that idea!!!!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
tripawds.com | tripawds.org | bemoredog.net | triday.pet
USA TODAY newspaper did two wonderful stories about Estes Park, the K9 Cancer Walks and other canine cancer fundraising efforts.
http://www.usat.....lk24_N.htm
This just in, from the fine folks at the Morris Animal Foundation... Many thanks to all who participated!
Thank you for participating in the 2nd annual K9 Cancer Walk in Estes Park, Colorado, on August 21, 2010. Morris Animal Foundation launched the K9 Cancer Walk program as a way to raise funds for its global Canine Cancer Campaign, which funds prevention and treatment research to help dogs enjoy longer, healthier, cancer-free lives.
The Canine Cancer Campaign has four goals:
- Provide new treatments for dogs currently suffering from the disease
- Provide scientists with a high-quality tumor tissue bank for further research
- Provide strategies to prevent the disease
- Train new researchers who will work to find preventions, treatments and the ultimate cures
With the help of our volunteers, sponsors, vendors and nearly 400 participants, we raised over $42,000 to fund canine cancer research. We couldn’t have done it without your support!
Your feedback is necessary so we can continue to provide a quality event. Please take a few moments to fill out this survey.
For more information on the campaign, visit us at http://www.Cure.....Cancer.org. The K9 Cancer Walks are all about Best Friends Helping Best Friends— thank you for helping your best friend!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
tripawds.com | tripawds.org | bemoredog.net | triday.pet
Holy moly! Just found out that Team Tripawds made it into the Top 10 Teams who raised the most money! Yeay!
"Colorado Dog Lovers Come Together to Celebrate and Memorialize Dogs Affected by Cancer"
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
tripawds.com | tripawds.org | bemoredog.net | triday.pet
We just got word that Team Tripawds has raised $870 so far for the Los Gatos walk on Sunday! Yeaaaay!
Thank you so much to everyone who's signed up and given to help Morris end canine cancer. What an incredible group of people we have here, THANK YOU!!!
Here's a link to a Tripawds News Post that talks about this momentous occasion.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
tripawds.com | tripawds.org | bemoredog.net | triday.pet
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