March Madness Fun Run for Vets and Pets
Sunday, 04/17/2016 – 12:00 pm – 07:00 pm
America’s Backyard
100 SW 3rd Ave,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312
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Cost: $10
At noon on Sunday, April 17, 2016, Heart Harbor Rescue, a safe haven facility that aims to house, rehabilitate, and adopt out abandoned and abused animals, is hosting the main event of their March Madness Fun Run for Vets and Pets at America’s Backyard in Fort Lauderdale. Established as an anti-cruelty, anti-bullying not-for-profit, Heart Harbor Rescue partners with other rescue groups to provide seminars that allow children and adults the opportunity to interact with rescue animals in a way that fosters warmth and compassion.
Attendees will enjoy a day of live music, food vendors, craft artisans, silent auctions, and raffles. Tickets are $10 for entry; Poker Play is an additional $10 per hand, with prizes of upwards of $300 up for grabs. Beer and drink specials will be on offer. Seven bands are scheduled to perform including Big Whiskey & the Opium Kings, SOULICIDE, Spank the Band, Too Hot, Hired Gunz, CRuSH, and JADED, South Florida’s most popular Aerosmith tribute band.
The event will be marked by an all-day adoption special in which rescue animals from Animal Aid, Beyond Nine Cat Rescue, and Little Paws of Love will be available for adoption.
All proceeds benefit Paws for Veterans, Animal Aid Inc, and Beyond Nine Cat Rescue, as well as Heart Harbor Rescue’s mission to purchase a new facility, train a rescue dog for a PTSD Veteran, and aid in the cost of rescuing and rehabilitating animals.
