Celebrity Paws in the Park 5K Festival Presented by Crews Subaru

1061 Everglades Avenue,North Charleston SC 29405

19 March, 2022

Description

The 5k run will take you from the park and then out onto the historic navy base and back into the park, with fun family activities after! When: Saturday, March 19, 2022 Where: Riverfront Park, 1001 Everglades Avenue, North Charleston Time: 5k Run 8:00AM 5K with dogs 8:15AM *Everyone must be in the park and ready to start at 7:45AM Tickets: Paws.CharlestonAnimalSociety.org DESCRIPTION When you participate in Celebrity Paws in the Park, you're joining a community that is committed to the prevention of cruelty to animals. Your sponsorship will make a lifesaving difference for the nearly 20,000 pets who will turn to Charleston Animal Society for caring, compassion and hope this year alone. The 5k run will take you from the park and then out onto the historic navy base and back into the park! Celebrity Paws in the Park will continue with lots of fun activities for the whole family at River Front Park! COURSE SAFETY: IF YOU ARE BRINGING YOUR DOG To keep all participants (both people and dogs) safe during the event, there will be Behavior Staff throughout the park to assist with any concerns or issues that may arise. The following information will help ensure that you and your dog are set up for success, and have a positive and enjoyable experience at Paws in the Park. Please be aware of your dog’s body language, as well as other dogs around you. Many dogs may not be used to being in a setting with large crowds of both people and other dogs. Signs indicating that a dog is stressed/frustrated and may react negatively can include, but is not limited to: crouching body, leaning away, or trying to flee/exit hyper-focus with ears forward and body weight forward, difficult to distract or get its attention growling/snarling, possibly with teeth exposed leash reactive (repetitive barking/growling when looking at or approaching another dog). If your dog seems to be stressed during the event, consider moving away from the other dogs/crowd to give them space to calm down. The dog may feel more comfortable if you stagger your walk to be further back from the crowd. If dogs are reacting within close proximity of each other (not making contact), lead dogs away by leash from each other in opposite directions and keep a significant amount of distance between them. Should an altercation between dogs occur (unable to lead away making contact bites, grabbing/holding onto another dog), please refrain from reaching in to separate. Behavior Staff will step in to safely and efficiently resolve the issue. DOG RULES 5k with dogs will begin 15 minutes after standard 5k ABSOLUTELY NO RETRACTABLE LEASHES Dogs must be on a leash at all times Dogs are welcome as long as they are friendly to other dogs and people Clean up after your pet Water bowls will be placed throughout the race route and festival grounds 5K AWARDS CELEBRITY PAWS IN THE PARK AFTER THE RACE The fun doesn’t stop when the walk & run are over! A FREE FESTIVAL will begin immediately after the walk/ race. This event is open to the public. Have friends who don’t want to walk/ run? Have them join us after the race! ENTERTAINMENT AND ACTIVITY ZONES Animal Planet Star Travis Brorsen & Friends K9 Sports Arena featuring the World-Famous Dock Dogs and Charleston Dog Training Club Hill’s Adoption Zone Pet Health & Wellbeing Vendor Village Food Truck Rally and Beer Garden