Spend some quality time with your furry valentine at Best Friends Fest on Feb. 11, 2012 at Spiral in Oldtown from 1-6 p.m.  The Ingham County Animal Control and Shelter is hosting this awesome annual event with lots of fun stuff – it’s a party for your dog! And, best of all, you can support the amazing local animal rescue and welfare efforts of ICACS.

This event will be tons of fun and includes:

• Silent auction

• Raffles, with a special $10.00 raffle for a MSU basketball signed by Suzy Merchant, Coach, along with a framed poster of the women’s team.
• Lights On Studio will be taking professional photos of pets
• Dennis Preston, Caricature Artist from 3:00 – 5:00pm
• All Shapes and Sizes will be trimming nails
• AnnaBelle’s will be having training demos by Dawn Archer Pizzoferrato, ABDT, ANWI
• Ingham County Animal Control will be offering $10.00 microchipping
• Woofer Snacks will have a table with treats, custom coats and other pet related items, including paw prints in clay that you take home and bake, refreshments and food.

Don’t miss it! We hope to see you there with your best furry valentine. Spiral is located at 1247 Center St. in Oldtown, Lansing.

It’s that time again! Well, not quite. A few months from now, we will be at Fitzgerald Park with our four-legged friends for another fun year a the Run & Walk for the Animals!

You’re invited to join us, and registration is now officially open. Please click on the above Run & Walk for the Animals image or

Here’s a quick scoop:

• The Run & Walk for the Animals is a 5k or 1-mile fun run/walk
• All proceeds from the event go directly in support of the animals at Capital Area Humane Society
• You are invited – and so is/are your canine friend(s)! (sorry the event isn’t conducive to our feline and rodent friends – money raised DOES support cats, bunnies and other companion animals)

What can you expect this year?

We’re changing, adding and bringing back beloved parts of the Run & Walk from years ago. You will enjoy fun events in addition to our 5k/1-mile run/walk such as*:

• Agility course demonstrations
• Obstacle course
• Doggy ice cream eating contests
• “Guess how much the doggy weighs?” contests
• Police dog demonstrations
• Dunk the Animal Control Officer
• Puppy kissing booth
• …and many more fun events!

*Certain events may have additional costs associated with them.

What else?

We’ve had hot dogs for food in the past. While we enjoy the pun in that food selection, we think you’ll LOVE that we’ll be having all-you-can-eat pancakes flipped (literally) fresh onto your plate. We hope you can catch! And, if not, guess what? Pancakes for the dogs! Chris Cakes will be providing this service – click on the image to the left for a video about Chris Cakes.

Also includes:

Sausage, coffee and orange drink

All-you-can-eat pancakes are free to any participant who raises $75 or more.  Otherwise, they are $8 per person, $4 for children 5-12 years and free for children 4 and younger.

There is no registration fee for this fundraiser, however incentive levels start at $75**.
Incentives include:

**Incentive level for children 12 and under is a Run & Walk t-shirt for $35. Children must be registered as a participant separately from their parents.