Come and join the fun at the Animal Welfare League’s Birthday Bash, from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5.

News Release

PIERCETON — August is National Dog month and what adoptive pet parents and organizations like Animal Welfare League call “Dogust.” This refers to the universal birthday for shelter dogs on Aug. 1. This special day was created to honor the pups who were adopted or rescued. To kick off Dogust, the AWL is hosting the inaugural AWL Birthday Bash and Donor and Sponsor Dinner, Saturday, Aug. 5.

The Birthday Bash is noon-4 p.m. at the AWL, 1048 S. 325E, Pierceton.

Join for an afternoon of family fun and shelter activities. Activities include a raffle, face painting, balloon animals and cornhole. There will be a police dog demonstration. Guests are welcome to visit with the shelter animals, make them a pupsicle and sponsor an animal. Leesburg Lions Club is providing ice cream. Food trucks will also be available. This is a family-friendly public event.

The Donor and Sponsor Dinner is 6-9 p.m. at Noa Noa Wood Grill, 310 Eastlake Drive, Warsaw.

There are two levels of sponsorships to purchase. The top level is a $10,000 donation or Great Dane Dog Level. The other level is the $5,000 Maine Coon Cat Level. Both levels include a table for eight guests at the dinner. Dinner consists of a three-course meal with choice of duck, prime rib, or Chilean sea bass, open bar and wine at the table, and a custom Dogust birthday cake for your table. The Great Dane Dog Level includes prime placement and visibility at the dinner.

Both sponsorships includes being listed as event sponsor in print and radio advertising for the event, and listed as a 2023 donor to AWL in all annual listings and on the AWL website.

All dinner costs are covered by a friend of the animal shelter. Every penny of the sponorships and donations will directly support the needs of the AWL and the animals.

To secure a sponsorship, contact AWL’s event sponsor coordinator, Megan at (812) 841-8182 or [email protected].