JOIN US FOR OUR SECOND ANNUAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATING OUR FURRY FRIENDS!

Sunday, September 8, 2024

West Gate Lodge / 2925 W. Broad St. / Noon–4:00 p.m. / Rain or Shine

Westgate Neighbors Association is proud to present Westgate Wags and Whiskers. Save the date and get ready to leash up, Columbus! All proceeds from our Red Rover Rrrraffle will go to pet and animal charities.

Westgate Wags and Whiskers promises the ultimate dog (& cat) day of summer!

This FREE event is open to all pets and their well-behaved humans in and around the city. You must keep your human leashed and under control at all times!

Here’s what you can expect:

  • Pet-centered artisans, businesses and services
  • Contests and Activities for pets & their humans
  • Pet Rescues
 

“People Chow”:

  • Scout Troop 33 will be serving up meat & veggie hot dogs, chips and soda. Very reasonably priced: edible “dogs” are $2, chips and soda are $1 each.
  • Tynees Sweet Parlor will also be there with caramel apples, frozen cupcakes and ice cream treats!

Super Sidekick Pet Pageant:

A new feature this year will be our very first pet pageant. So, if you’re bringing a pet, they are eligible to enter and win (and look a little kooky in the crown and cape that will designate Westgate’s first “Super Sidekick”)! Costumes are encouraged, but not required. Sign-up begins at noon, and remember … it’s not a beauty pageant. Any “body” that slithers, swims, flies, bounds or creeps onto the pageant stage can be a winner!

Red Rover Rrrraffle:

Our gift basket raffle is over the top this year! There are too many things to name individually – you just have to see them to believe it! Thank you to our vendors that donated the goods, treats, and services that stuff our baskets. A special thank you Lori Crabtree, Realtor, with Modern Ohio Realty for donating funds to purchase the basket supplies.

Tickets are 1 for $3, 4 for $10 and 10 for $20.

Drawings begin at 3:30 p.m. You do not need to be present to win — but you need to be onsite to select which baskets you want to be in the running for — you get to choose!

See the pictures below… and then add even MORE that aren’t pictured!

These coloring pages deserve a round of “a-paws”! Download our Westgate Wags and Whiskers coloring pages just for the fun of it!

QUESTIONS ABOUT BEING A VENDOR
OR VOLUNTEERING IN 2024?

Contact Mari Ann Binder Futty at westgatewags@gmail.com. Put “Wags & Whiskers” in the title of the email.

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These Westgate pets are patiently waiting! Or as they like to say “bow wow, meow, cluck cluck, purrrrr, grrrr, squawk, blub blub blub, bark, croak, yap, whine, woof, hiss, chirp, grunt, snort, buzz, ribbit…”

Email a picture of your pet and we’ll post it here!
(Just one photo per pet, please.)

Thank you to everyone that came to our event on a beautiful Sunday afternoon last year. We raised $1,062 through our Rrraffles to be donated to pet charities. Take a look at some of our pics from 2023.

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Contact Garrett Raymond

Contact Kate Futty

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Westgate Neighborhood Scholarship

FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2023-2024

Applications accepted in March

The Westgate Neighbors Association Scholarship was established in 2015 as an extension of our mission to “help our community thrive”. The $1000 postsecondary education scholarship is funded by a portion of the proceeds from the Westgate Home & Garden Tour. It is awarded annually to a qualified resident of Westgate who contributes to the betterment of their community through their demonstrated service and leadership. While GPA and course selection are considered, the committee is focused more on the candidates’ involvement with their communities.

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APPLICANT MUST

  • Live within the boundaries of the Westgate neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio OR attend West High School. (Boundaries for the purpose of this scholarship are from the south side of West Broad Street to the the north side of Sullivant Avenue, and from the west side of South Hague Avenue to the west side of Demorest Road.)
  • Be a full-time student who will be attending a college or vocational school for the 2023-2024 academic year.

If it is determined by the scholarship committee that none of the applicants meet the eligibility requirements, or embody the standards by which the scholarship was established, we reserve the right not to award the scholarship for the current year.

  1. Complete the (interactive PDF) Application.
  2. Attach a current dated transcript signed by a school administrator or counselor.
  3. Attach two documents verifying your, or a parent or guardian’s Westgate address.
  4. Complete the section Honors / Achievement / Community Service / Leadership (include years participated, organization, activities).
  5. List three references we may contact, at least one of whom is to provide a Letter of Recommendation which is to be attached.
  6. Attach at least one Letter of Recommendation.
  7. Attach two essays.
  8. Complete Signature of Certification.

Submit all of the above to scholarship@westgateneighbors.org no later than Sunday, April 30, 2023 at midnight

  1. The scholarship recipient will be notified via contact information provided on the application form.
  2. The recipient will provide the committee a Letter of Acceptance from the designated postsecondary school.
  3. The recipient will be asked to attend the May 2023 WNA Community Meeting, at which they will be introduced and the award presented.
  4. Scholarship monies will be sent directly to the Financial Aid Office of the designated school, in August, after it is confirmed the student is officially enrolled for the fall semester.
2022 Winner Said Barud
2020 Winner Martin Paul Susec
2019 Winner Maxwell Lee
2018 Winner Olivia Rowe
2017 Winner Erica Loughner
2016 Winner Molly Brumfield
2015 Winner Heather Corson

2024 Music on the Porch ADMIN Add/Edit/Delete

1. Executive Level

3. Site Content Editing

4. Create a Newsletter

5. Mailpoet Settings

7. Mailpoet Initial Setup

Question – are we agreed, we are not going to lock Newsletters behind the membership paywall?

Completed Tasks
  1. Removed all users that were never members, but had purchased products in the past and thus got stored as database users. 
  2. Added all users to the core group which is a placeholder group, but we should not use it to send emails from.
  3. Unsubscribed all inactive/expired members.
  4. All current users are added to their lists. WHEW!

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