Save The Date! October 30, 2010
ACT is looking for....
- Event Planners
- Day of Event Volunteers
- Vendors
- Teams
- Walkers
Why Stride for Strays?
Animal lovers who want to raise money to end pet overpopulation in Tampa Bay while having a great time with their dogs in the park.
What is Stride for Strays?
Stride for Strays is a fun dog walk and festival to raise life-saving funds for the non-profit ACT Spay/Neuter Clinic. Animal lovers collect donations from their friends, family and co-workers before the event, then they participate in a 1 mile walk at Al Lopez Park and receive prizes based on how many donations they collect. The event also includes fun activities, such as demonstrations and pet-friendly vendors. It's an event you won't want to miss!
Where is the Stride for Strays held?
The walk will take place at Al Lopez Park
4810 N Himes Avenue • Tampa FL 33614
(813) 274-8615 • Click here for map
When is Stride for Strays?
Saturday October 30th, 2010
The fun begins at 8:00 a.m. and goes through 1:00 p.m.
Why do we Stride?
Quite simply, because it saves lives.
In 2009,more than 22,000 companion animals were put down in Hillsborough County. In Pinellas during the same period, almost 15,000 animals met the same cruel fate. That's over 40,000 animals in one year, in just two counties. One proven way to reduce this tragedy is to keep them from going into our local shelters to begin with by providing low cost spay and neuter services to people who cannot otherwise afford it. San Francisco has done it. So has New Hampshire. In fact, every community with high-volume, low cost spay/neuter has significantly dropped its euthanasia rate.ACT is doing just that in the Tampa Bay area. In the first four years of clinic operation, the ACT Clinic has sterilized over 35,000.Since a lot of people cannot afford even ACT's low fees, many of our operations are subsidized by caring individuals and corporations. More generous donations are needed. The more donations we have, the more lives we can save.
Every year, the Stride for Strays beats the revenue from the previous year, and we know that you will come through again and pull in a friend or two. All proceeds this year will go entirely into our new building fund. Because ACT has become so popular, we are literally "bulging at the seams."