Give by March 31st and you might win a doggie gift basket

Braddock Dogs needs to raise $15,000 to construct the OLDA at Monticello Park. Every $10 you donate by March 31st, 2013 will automatically get you an additional ticket in our raffle for a doggie gift basket, to be drawn in April. Donations over $500 will be recognized on signage at the park. 

Give today!

Attention Pledgers!

If you made a pledge to donate Braddock Dogs, now is the time to follow through on your donation! We need $15,000 by March in order to be considered for this year's round of funding... 

Here's how to donate: 


Donate online – visit the Fairfax County Park Foundation at http://www.fairfaxparkfoundation.org/ and click on “Donate Now!” in the top right. Choose your pledge amount and select “Fairfax County Park Foundation” in the drop down menus. IMPORTANT: you must specify Braddock Dogs in the Special Notes field (PayPal) or Additional Comments field (credit card) for your gift to go to Braddock Dogs.


• Donate by phone – call 703-324-8581 to make a tax deductible credit card donation over the phone. Be sure to specify Braddock Dogs as the recipient.


• Mail a check – checks should be made out to Fairfax County Park Foundation and sent to 12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 404 Fairfax, VA 22035. IMPORTANT: you must specify Braddock Dogs in the Memo field on the check for your gift to go to Braddock Dogs.

Donate to Support Braddock Dogs

Hello Braddock Dogs Supporters,

Thank you all for your tremendous support of Braddock Dogs and its efforts to establish an OLDA at Monticello Park. We accomplished a major milestone with the passage of the Bond referendum this November. This is a huge step in making the OLDA a reality and it could not have happened without your votes!

Our next goal is to raise the necessary funds to move forward with Park development. If we are able to obtain the required $15,000 in donations by March 31st, 2013, we can request bond funds for the development of Monticello Park as soon as July 2013. This gives us the best possible chance of having a usable OLDA as soon as possible.

Currently, we have obtained $5,430 worth of pledges. Those pledges need to be converted to donations and we need to increase our efforts to raise the additional funds to cover construction costs.

The Fairfax County Park Foundation (a 501c3 nonprofit, tax exempt organization) is managing the collection of funds. Charitable gifts donated to the Fairfax County Park Foundation are tax deductible. Donations made by December 31st, 2012 can be written off on your 2012 taxes. Make your donation while the charitable gift tax deduction still exists!

How You Can Help:

·         Donate online – visit the Fairfax County Park Foundation at http://www.fairfaxparkfoundation.org and click on “Donate Now!” in the top right. Choose your pledge amount and select “Fairfax County Park Foundation” in the drop down menus.IMPORTANT: you must specify Braddock Dogs in the Special Notes field (PayPal) or Additional Comments field (credit card) for your gift to go to Braddock Dogs.

·         Donate by phone – call 703-324-8581 to make a tax deductible credit card donation over the phone. Be sure to specify Braddock Dogs as the recipient.

·         Mail a check – checks should be made out to Fairfax County Park Foundation and sent to 12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 404 Fairfax, VA 22035. IMPORTANT: you must specify Braddock Dogs in the Memo field on the check for your gift to go to Braddock Dogs.

Please let us know if you have any questions about donating. Thank you for your continued support,

 

Braddock Dogs Association, Board of Directors

Braddock Dogs Meeting 11/29 and Pledge Update

Braddock Dogs will hold our next meeting this Thurs, Nov 29th at 7:30pm in Braddock Hall, attached to Kings Park Library.

We want to thank everyone for supporting the Park Bond on Election Day, which passed successfully! This is great news for Braddock Dogs! Money from the park bond will be needed to address some important issues, such as building a larger parking lot and improving drainage for the communities bordering Monticello Park.

We will be joined this week by Bobbi Longworth of the Fairfax County Park Foundation. She is going to speak with us about the next steps for Braddock Dogs and the process of collecting donations. We hope to see you there!

Braddock Dogs has now raised $5,430 in pledges, 36.2% of the $15,000 goal we need to develop the Monticello Off Leash Dog Area!  If you have not pledged, please consider doing so!

Meeting tonight, 10/18

Tonight's Braddock Dogs meeting will be held at 7:30pm. The usual room was not available, so it will be held at:

5340 Gainsborough Drive, Fairfax, VA 22032

Agenda:

Update on Pledges Received to Date

Discussion of Outreach Next Steps

Discussion of Upcoming Events

September Activities for Dogs and Families

Braddock Dogs has identified some family friendly events coming up in September that would make good, fun opportunities to tell our community about Braddock Dogs and the Monticello off-leash dog area! If you are able to attend any of these events, please let us know so we can get you some flyers to distribute!

We really need volunteers to drop by each of the nearby Northern VA Regional Water Parks this Saturday, Sept 8th from 12-4pm, to distribute handouts (2-sided), and post a couple copies of the display flyers (one-sided) where people will see them. This is a great event for dogs that love to play in the water and proceeds benefit local rescues! I plan to attend Cameron Run - Great Waves Water Park with my dogs and will post flyers there. Again, flyers are downloadable here: one-sided display flyer or two-sided handout flyer, or let me know via email at braddockdogs@gmail.com if you need a stack of flyers delivered to your door.

Sincerely,

Erin Mays

Braddock Dogs Association, President

Sat Sep 8  

All day Burke Centre Festival 

  12:00pm – 4:00pm  Dog Days at NoVa Regional Water Parks - NoVa Regional Water Parks, $5 per dog (must be lisenced, w/ proof of rabies vaccine), one dog per adult  -  http://www.nvrpa.org/events/view/2075 

                               Take your best friend for a swim today at your favorite waterpark! 

                               Outdoor Swimming Pool/Waterpark
                               Algonkian - Volcano Island
                               Bull Run - Atlantis
                               Cameron Run - Great Waves
                               Pohick Bay - Pirate's Cove
                               Upton Hill - Ocean Dunes

Sun Sep 9  

All day Burke Centre Festival   

Thu Sep 20  

  7:30pm – 8:30pm  Braddock Dogs Members Meeting - Braddock Hall (Kings Park Library)    

Sun Sep 23  

  2:00pm – 6:00pm  Vintage Pets: Pups and Pilsners - Crystal City - Dog friendly beer festival: http://washingtonwineacademy.org/events/public-events/57-sat-sept-23rd-vintage-pets-pups-apilsners

Sat Sep 29  

  8:00pm – 11:00am   Walk for Paws 5K - Shelter B,    Burke Lake Park, 7315 Ox Road, Fairfax Station, VA

                                Event hosted by Bully Paws Rescue, with details available on the Bully Paws website:http://www.bullypaws.org/info/display?PageID=12385

                                Registration Fees: Individual walkers are $35; Families (2 or more related individuals) are $50; Virtual walkers (stay home and still fundraise!) are $20

Canine Cruise at Lake Accotink, Tickets $6

Braddock Dogs needs a volunteer to attend this event on Sunday (if there is still space available) and tell other attendees about Braddock Dogs and the new dog park at Monticello Park. It should be fun for you and your dog! Please let us know if you are interested and we will give you some flyers to take along. Tickets are $6.

Call Lake Accotink for ticketing information at 703-569-0285 or visit the website: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/lake-accotink/events.htm.

When	Sun Aug 19 7pm – 8pm Eastern Time
Where	Lake Accotink, 7500 Accotink Park Rd - Springfield, VA - 22150