TWENTIETH ANNUAL
GOLDEN GATE BASSET HOUND WADDLE 2018 4TH JULY, 2018
Thank you to all who came and helped us to raise much needed funds. We brought in around $11,000 gross with all the pledges, donations and raffle ticket sales! Here's a very short video clip for your enjoyment! THIS YEAR WE ARE USING FIRSTGIVING FOR FUNDRAISING
- for volunteer opportunities click HERETSHIRTS - No event specific tshirts this year but we encourage you to wear any of our past shirts - or volunteer to get an orange volunteer shirt! CheckIn/Registration will be AT THE PICNIC FIELD, Marion Park Baseball Field 8:30am - 9:30am. Shuttle vans will take you back to the starting point.
Seraphim, Cherubim and Archangel members do not pay an entry fee but MUST still register. You will have received an email with the code to use. Parade starts 10am - we need to be ready by 9:45am so we need a dedicated team of volunteers to come early to help set up the ball field (from 7:00am), handle registration (from 8:30am), decorate the vehicles at the starting point (from 8:30am), drive the shuttle vans (from 9am), pooped pup truck driver (move the truck to the parade route by 8:30am and drive it 'slowly' along the Parade route), act as Waddle contingent marshals, and help get us organized! Email Addy at ggbassetlovr@hotmail.com if you can help A FUNDRAISER FOR RESCUE
Online registration closes AT 12 noon, JULY 3, 2018.Drivers should drop off their families and dogs at (or close to) the Reichert parking lot and come to the field to register. If they park their car on the Lucky's lot, and get the shuttle back, that will help give more people a ride! Please note, Basset Hounds only in the parade unless you have advance approval from GGBR. PLEDGES ARE WELCOME UP TO AND INCLUDING WADDLE DAY, and for turning in pledges received after the event, up to August 1, 2018. IF YOU ARE GIVEN CHECKS AND CASH, PLEASE PUT THESE IN AN ENVELOPE LABELED 'WADDLE PLEDGES' (make sure your name/hound's name is on it also) AND HAND IN AT REGISTRATION OR DIRECTLY TO A BOARD MEMBER (Gloria, Gwen, JoAnn, Cindy or Addy).PLEASE NOTE: We will have at least one flatbed 'Pooped Pup Truck' this year for those of you who need it. We ask that only disabled people ride the truck to make sure we have room for any dog that will need it. Physically able hound guardians should walk alongside the truck please. We will have extra water available to cool the dogs if we are waiting too long. For those of you who prefer to go straight to the starting point, you can register/pay/turn in pledges on your return to the picnic field after the Waddle. We have extra shade - TWO LARGE EVENT TENTS WITH OUR LOGO ON THEM, water and assistance on hand at the picnic field and will try to make sure you can eat lunch, buy raffle tickets and actually see the raffle drawn and still get away early. TO AVOID COMPLAINTS FROM THE NOVATO PARADE COMMITTEE AND OTHER PARADE PARTICIPANTS - As we did last year, we WANT you to keep walking UNLESS the parade stops. You are welcome to let your dogs walk along the sides of the pavement, so that passers by can pet and ooh and aah over the dogs. BUT, we CANNOT hold the parade up. We get official complaints made every year, and we HAVE to abide by their rules, or risk not being able to parade with Novato again.... Instead, tell those who want to pet the dogs that they can come meet all the dogs at the Picnic. Tell them to come get a hot dog!!
Remember, there are other groups in the parade with dogs and children and horses... all are suffering in the heat, and imagine being LAST in line!! It sometimes takes so long for the last parade group to pass that the audience is beginning to go home... it's not fair to them if we hold the parade up, so I hope you understand. It's also easier on your dogs' feet to keep moving on the hot asphalt. Volunteers still needed - this event is only as good as we can make it and we NEED YOU!! Please contact ADDY DAWES, ggbassetlovr@hotmail.com (needs in bold below!):
There may be more to come as we continue to work on this year's Waddle event. We are going from strength to strength on this day and we want to continue to grow so we can get more hounds parading, and more funstuff to enjoy at the end of the parade! NONE OF THESE JOBS WILL TAKE YOU AWAY FROM ENJOYING THE WADDLE AND PICNIC.
RAFFLE PRIZES ARE WELCOMED... We do mostly gift baskets, IF YOU KNOW OF RESTAURANTS OR COMPANIES THAT WILL DONATE GIFT CARDS/ITEMS, OR IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOURSELF THAT WOULD MAKE A GOOD RAFFLE PRIZE or contribution to a basket, WE WOULD LOVE TO ACCEPT THEM! BRING THEM ON THE DAY IF YOU CAN! Make sure you are on our email list to get other information - directions, hotels, what to bring etc.
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