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