Spend Quality Time with Your Four-legged Best Friend This Saturday!
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Celebrate the holidays with your four-legged “best friend”  at Santa Paws is Coming to Town hosted by Barkley Square Bakery & Boutique and Paws, Purrs & Exotics Animal Hospital in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia on Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The event will benefit the Washington Humane Society, which will bring their Adoption Mobile filled with shelter dogs and cats who are looking for good homes this holiday season. Holiday music will fill the air, while attendees enjoy complimentary holiday treats and beverages, and meet all the adorable animals from the Washington Humane Society’s shelter. For a $15 donation to the Washington Humane Society, attendees will be able to have their child or pet’s photo taken with Santa.
Barkley Square will provide complimentary treats for the four-legged attendees, and will have special holiday treats and other great holiday gift ideas for the special pet in your life. There will be complimentary dog activities provided by a number of businesses. At 2:00 p.m, Leigh Siegfried from Opportunity Barks will do teach attendees about Enrichment, which is providing your dog with games and interactive things to do to keep them busy and to keep them mentally stimulated. At 3:00 p.m., Jessica Silverman from Pure Prana will teach a Doga (Doggie Yoga) class. At 3:30 p.m., Anytime K-9 will do a group class, and will be there throughout the day to answer questions about behavioral problems, and to give you tips on training you dog.
WHAT: Fundraiser and animal adoption event to benefit the Washington Humane Society hosted by Barkley Square Bakery & Boutique and Paws, Purrs & Exotics Animal Hospital in Old Town Alexandria.
WHY:Â Celebrate the holidays with your four-legged “best friend” and get your pet’s photo taken with Santa for a good cause! Â
WHEN: Saturday, December 12, 2009 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
WHERE:Â
Paws, Purrs & Exotics Animal Hospital
133 South Peyton Street
Alexandria, VAÂ 22314
703-549-7297
www.pawspurrsandexotics.com
TICKETS: Â Admission is free. Get photo with Santa are a $15 donation to the Washington Humane Society.
For more information, contact Andrea Rodgers at 202-422-2692, andrea@socialitemarketing.com, or visit http://www.pawspurrsandexotics.com or http://www.barkleysquarebakery.com .




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Andrea Rodgers has been in Washington for over a decade, and is well-known for giving back to the local community. She has co-founded three major fundraisers - Blondes vs. Brunettes in 2005, The Courage Cup where she serves as President in 2006, and Fashion for Paws in 2007. In September 2008, Andrea launched two businesses — AskMissA.com, and Socialite Marketing, a full-service boutique marketing firm that provides businesses and brands with social media, public relations, marketing, and event planning services. She attended boarding school at Salem Academy, and graduated from Wake Forest University with a double major in Economics and Politics. Rodgers was recently hand picked by Vogue magazine to be a founding member of The Vogue 100, an organization "of influential decision makers and opinion leaders known for their distinctive taste in fashion and culture, [and who] personify the rising influence of women over the past several decades."
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