NL_051619
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
newlenoxpatriot.com community<br />
the new lenox patriot | May 16, 2019 | 9<br />
2-mile dog walk set in Pilcher Park to raise money<br />
Erin Redmond<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
This June, helping a shelter<br />
pet will be as easy as<br />
taking a dog for a walk.<br />
Pawsitive Impact Pet<br />
Rescue will host its inaugural<br />
Pawsitive Pups<br />
2-mile dog walk fundraiser<br />
at 9 a.m. Sunday, June 2, at<br />
Pilcher Park in Joliet.<br />
With half the park lying<br />
in Joliet and the other half<br />
in New Lenox, events coordinator<br />
Ashley Lanigan<br />
thought it was the perfect<br />
location to unite both communities<br />
for a good cause.<br />
“The shelter is in Joliet,<br />
but that’s part of the reason<br />
we want to bring the walk<br />
to New Lenox,” Lanigan<br />
said. “New Lenox doesn’t<br />
have a lot of area shelters.<br />
They had a few that were<br />
smaller and just didn’t last<br />
or couldn’t find their location.<br />
I think there were a<br />
lot of people in New Lenox<br />
who had fostered from different,<br />
but we really don’t<br />
have a big area shelter.”<br />
And Lanigan is hoping<br />
Pawsitive Impact will be<br />
the “big area shelter” for<br />
the New Lenox community,<br />
too.<br />
While one of the goals<br />
is to raise funds for the<br />
shelter, the other is to raise<br />
awareness and promote<br />
a sense of community<br />
among current and future<br />
pet parents of the shelter’s<br />
pets. Lanigan said she<br />
wanted to do something<br />
fun to bring people together<br />
and thought the dog<br />
walk was the perfect fit.<br />
“[The] No. 1 goal is build<br />
the community: build the<br />
community of people who<br />
will support the work that<br />
Ashley Lanigan and her nieces and nephew pose for a photo with dogs. Lanigan is the coordinator for this year’s<br />
inaugural dog walking event. Photo submitted<br />
we do and talk to how we<br />
are supporting the animals<br />
in our community as well<br />
as any other communities<br />
in our area that we can<br />
assist,” she said. “We’ve<br />
picked up dogs and cats<br />
from all different kinds of<br />
areas. ... [Our goal is] getting<br />
our name out and having<br />
people understand how<br />
much work we do with<br />
other communities as well<br />
as Joliet in addition to just<br />
building awareness of who<br />
we are. And, of course, we<br />
do need funds.”<br />
The Pawsitive Pups<br />
event has a slew of activities<br />
slated for the day,<br />
starting with a welcome<br />
from Pawsitive Impact Pet<br />
Please see<br />
dong walk, 12<br />
NEW BUFFALO AREA’S FINEST<br />
MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY<br />
NEW MODELS STARTING IN THE $80’S<br />
3 Spacious Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms<br />
• All appliances<br />
• Thermo pane windows<br />
• Deluxe Kitchens<br />
• City sewer and water<br />
• Energy efficient 2X6 walls<br />
• No real estate taxes<br />
• Large lots<br />
• Deluxe Bathrooms<br />
8000 WARREN WOODS ROAD<br />
THREE OAKS, MI 49128<br />
1.5 MILES FROM RED ARROW HWY.<br />
JUST OF I-94 EXIT 6 UNION PIER<br />
Immediate occupancy<br />
Adjacent to 250 acre nature preserve<br />
Phone today and schedule an appointment<br />
269-469-3444<br />
WWW.HARBORCOUNTRYLAKEWOOD.COM<br />
WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL PRE-OWNED HOMES FOR SALE
Change language