A Valentine's Gala for the Dogtopia Foundation

1188 106th Avenue Northeast,Bellevue WA 98004

14 February, 2023

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Romance is in the air, and elegance is the order of the evening! This Valentine's extravaganza will feature: Black tie optionalLive music by swing-jazz band The Social MixHeavy hors d'oeuvres from Seattle's The Catering CompanyHosted wine bar and signature cocktailsSilent auctionsLive auction with Dale Johannes (trip to Bali, anyone?)And more!Our guest of honor will be adventurer, activist, and advocate CSM Gretchen Evans, US Army (ret.), along with her service dog, Rusty. Gretchen is a nationally known and sought-after motivational speaker who has been featured on the Today Show, CBS’s Courage in Sports, and countless other programs around the country. The recipient of ESPN's Pat Tillman Service Award this past summer, Gretchen has an enthralling life story illustrating just how Dogs Save Lives, and we are honored and grateful that she will be with us for the gala. 100% of the proceeds of the evening will go directly to the Dogtopia Foundation to sponsor the training of highly specialized service dogs for veterans. All too often, our veterans return from deployment carrying both visible and invisible burdens, and service dogs can truly give them their lives back. Pictured here are our sweet Sarge and his veteran Harold, a pair we helped put together last year through our wonderful partner organization K9s For Warriors. We hope you'll join us for an extraordinary Valentine’s evening as we enable dogs to positively change the world!