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6th Annual Panting for Paws

Information for Event

Registration:

NOW - November 2nd

 

Online Registration will close at 11pm Friday,

November 2nd, 2012.

 

Fees:
$25 for 5K Run/Walk
$15 for 1 Mile Fun Run

 

Packet Pick Up:
Date: TBD
@ Helping Paws
2500 Harding Lane
Woodstock, IL 60098
815-338-4400

 

Race Times:
1 Mile Fun Run: 8:30am
5K Run/Walk: 9:00am
(following fun run)

 

Participants 13 or younger must be accompanied by an adult

 

Awards:

  • T-Shirts will be given to all early registrants
  • T-Shirts will be given to those who register after October 15th while supplies last
  • Awards for overall top male & female, and top three for each age group. Overall winners will not win age group award
  • Awards will be given out at an awards ceremony by the pavilion after the race

 

 

Special Note to Participants

Although the proceeds from this race will benefit the dogs and cats of Helping Paws, for the safety of everyone, there will be no pets allowed on any of the race paths. However, pets that are leashed and current on their vaccines are welcome.
Please be courteous and clean up after your pets!


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The Helping Paws Story

  • Fox Valley Helping Paws Animal Welfare
    Association, a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization,
    established a foster program in 1969 which rehomed orphaned animals into permanent,
    loving homes. Helping Paws incorporated as
    the first no-kill animal welfare association in
    McHenry County in 1971. The foster program
    outgrew its first facility and in 1995, Helping
    Paws moved to a new facility in Ridgefield.
    This facility, however, only had room to house
    cats. So, in 1998, Helping Paws again moved to
    a larger facility in Crystal Lake. The shelter's
    success in saving abandoned animals in
    McHenry County quickly outgrew the Crystal
    Lake facility, and in 2006, Helping Paws moved
    to a much larger facility with room for many
    more animals.

  • The orphans at Helping Paws
    Thank You!

Course Information

Both the 5k run/walk and the 1 Mile Fun Run
will take place at Lippold Park on a scenic
path of crushed limestone. The course is
flat throughout. Both races will start and
end near the baseball pavilion in the
northeast section of the park.

Directions to Lippold Park

From Chicago: Take I-90 north to Randall
Road. Randall Road to McHenry Ave & turn
left. McHenry Ave to RT. 14 & turn left. Rt.
14 to Terra Cotta/RT. 176 & turn left. Drive
approx. ¼ mile to the first entrance of
Lippold Park.

From the South: Take RT. 47, turn Right on RT176. Park will be on the right approx 3.5 miles.

From North: Take RT. 31 south to RT. 176.
Drive approx. 3 miles and turn left into the
first entrance to Lippold Park.

From the West: Take RT. 176 east. Park is on
the south side of RT. 176 approx. ¼ mile
before RT. 14.