News & Announcements
Back by popular demand – our annual Spaghetti Bingo fundraiser – now with two dates!
Due to the overwhelming popularity of this event and the difficulty people have experienced getting tickets the last couple years we are now offering two Spaghetti Bingo dates – March 9 and March 16.
Get your tickets today and join us for a family friendly night of fun at our 9th annual Spaghetti Bingo fundraiser! Ticket prices include all you can eat spaghetti, salad, bread, dessert and soft drinks and 6 bingo cards. Additional bingo cards, raffle tickets, and beer and wine will be available for purchase and there will be many great items on the silent auction. Even with two dates we do expect Spaghetti Bingo will sell out so get your tickets today before it’s too late!
Spaghetti Bingo
Saturday, March 9, 2019 or Saturday, March 16, 2019
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Lyon Park Community Center
414 N. Fillmore St.
Arlington, VA
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Spaghetti Bingo 2019 on March 9th
Thank you to our 2019 Spaghetti Bingo Sponsors!
Our annual Spaghetti Bingo fundraisers for Homeward Trails Animal Rescue are right around the corner! The awesome fun happens on March 9 and March 16 and there are lots of ways YOU can help!
Spread the word, VOLUNTEER or donate SUPPLIES, PRIZES, AUCTION ITEMS, BAKED GOODS.
Spaghetti Bingo
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Saturday March 16, 2019
6-9 PM
Lyon Park Community Center
414 N. Fillmore St.
Arlington, VA 22201
For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.homewardtrails.org/news/spaghetti-bingo-tickets-are-now-on-sale
Space is limited and we always have a sell-out crowd so get your tickets today if you are planning to attend!
Tell your friends and family too! https://www.facebook.com/events/971566276363630
VOLUNTEER Friday or Saturday Either Weekend
If you are interested in volunteering, here is a list of our volunteer needs. Email Laura at specialevents@homewardtrails.org if you can help. Feel free to sign up for more than one shift.
GENERAL SET-UP
Help set up prize display, registration table, silent auction, drink station, bingo supplies, decorations, etc. We will need help Friday afternoon to cart in supplies & set up tables & chairs.
Shifts available any part of FRI 2-9pm & SAT 2-5pm.
FOOD PREP
Help with cooking spaghetti, preparing salad and garlic bread & setting up & replenishing the food buffet. Help wash pots & pans, etc.
Shifts available any part of FRI 3-9pm & SAT 2-9pm (suggest 2-6pm, 5:45-9:30pm).
CUPCAKE DECORATING or BAKING
Help decorate “spaghetti & meatball cupcakes” with squiggly piped icing & chocolate truffles! We will provide the icing, tools and instructions. It is super easy and fun!
FRI March 9th 6-8pm
Or help bake the cupcakes FRI at 2pm
BINGO CALLERS
Charismatic volunteers needed to take turns calling the bingo games. Instructions & some suggested scripting will be provided in advance.
SAT 5-9pm
REGISTRATION/SALES
Check in participants & help with selling bingo cards & raffle tickets
Shifts available SAT 5-7pm, 5-8pm, 5-9pm, 7-9pm
CHECK-OUT
Check out participants, help with processing payments of auction items, etc. Pack up registration table supplies at the end.
SAT 8-10pm
CLEAN-UP
Help clean up, pack up supplies & cart them out to the van. We will also need help putting tables & chairs away.
SAT 9-11pm
Please let Laura know what shift or shifts you can do and a phone number to reach you the day of the event. Email specialevents@homewardtrails.org Thank you!!
DONATE
There are many other ways you can help make this event a success. Please contact rebeccag@homewardtrails.org if you can help with any of the following.
Donate Silent Auction Items
Do you have an item of gift card to donate? Do you have connections to a business who would like to donate goods or services? Are you willing to help solicit donations?
Donate Bingo Prizes
Do you have fun items or small gift cards to donate for bingo prizes? Are you willing to buy a few prizes to donate? We will need prizes for adults and children
Donate Food and Supplies
Can you help cover the cost of food by donating spaghetti, pasta sauce, salad dressing, Parmesan cheese, soda, water or grocery store, Costco, or party store gift cards? The more we can get donated the more money we can raise for the animals!
Bake Desserts
Calling all bakers! You can get involved by donating your delicious baked goods for our dessert table. Can you help us provide a nice variety of yummy desserts by baking cookies, brownies, cupcakes etc.?
Thank you so much for your help! We look forward to another great event!
We are thrilled to announce our next “Express Trail Home” events featuring free and reduced adoption fees on select cats and dogs the last Saturday of every month.
Check out our Adoption Event schedule
View adoptable cats
View adoptable dogs
Enjoy a relaxing yoga session surrounded by puppies, and feel your stresses melt away. Adoptable Homeward Trails puppies who will be running around, doing puppy things, or just sleeping during your class. Feel free to participate in the yoga class, or just spend your time playing with the puppies. Whatever you feel like. A portion of each registration will go to support Homeward Trails.
Class is lead by a licensed yoga instructor and is appropriate for beginners to advanced practitioners. Please bring your own yoga mat and blocks, as these will not be provided on site. Please be prepared for puppies to act like puppies…they bark and go potty like cute puppies do! Class will start on time, so feel free to arrive a few minutes early. Class will last 30 minutes with the final 15 minutes for you to play with the pups (45 minutes total).
Preregistration is required. All sales are final and non-refundable unless the class is canceled. You may transfer your registration to an alternative participant. All participant must sign an exercise waiver at the event.
Parking: Please park on the street and not in the Caring Hands Animal Hospital parking spots. The Caring Hands Animal Hospital spots are reserved for dog and cat patients. We are grateful to Caring Hands for allowing us to use their facility.
Please email doodlebugdogwalker@gmail.com if you have a party of 4 or more people for a discount code.
To get your tickets click here
Puppy Yoga
Caring Hands Animal Hospital,
2601-A Wilson Blvd – A
Arlington, VA 22201
Wed, March 27th 2019 – 6pm & 7pm sessions
Wed, May 1st 2019 – 6pm & 7pm sessions
Wed, June 5th 2019 – 6pm & 7pm sessions
Wed, July 17th 2019 – 6pm & 7pm sessions
Wed, August 14th 2019 – 6pm & 7pm sessions
Wed, Sept 18th 2019 – 6pm & 7pm sessions
Wed, Oct 16th 2019 – 6pm & 7pm sessions
Wed, Nov 13th 2019 – 6pm & 7pm sessions
Wed, Dec 4th 2019 – 6pm & 7pm sessions
Barley Mac is teaming up with Homeward Trails, a local non-profit, no-kill rescue center for cats and dogs. Please join us Sunday, July 15th from 4-7pm for specialty cocktails and treats! Adoptable dogs on site! Monetary and/or supply donations for Homeward Trails preferred. We’ll see ya there!
As you have all seen and generously supported, HT has been working hard to assist the dogs of Puerto Rico by covering medical care for them as well as transport off the island to adoptive homes here for over three years. This has been a rewarding experience as we have taken more than 290 dogs over this time, We have participated in both small and larger transports. Each fuzzy face that has arrived represents an amazing story of survival.
Most of our partnering has been with the The Guanica Animal Rescue Project (GARP), an amazing group that was founded by Lynn Descoteau who moved to Puerto Rico from the US and was quickly overwhelmed by the number of animals needing help. She had to do something and contacted HT more than 3 years ago to partner. Her efforts have been instrumental in saving the lives of so many animals. She is a hero on the ground!
However, as we all know, transferring animals is only a small part of the solution to a much larger problem. Transporting off the island alone will never solve the growing problem. While we continue to bring dogs to the US, the population of homeless dogs is growing, made worse by so many pet owners abandoning the island after Hurricane Maria and leaving their pets behind. And thus, we have decided that the time to further invest in this area and these animals has come.
Starting on April 1st, Homeward Trails will be opening a branch in Guanica, Puerto Rico, the community in which we have been working for the last three years. What will this mean?
We will continue with working the GARP founder under the umbrella now of HT. We will also be working in partnership with with several veterinarians in the area including our long-time partner, LaSuissa Vet Cinic. We are also very excited to have the support of the Guanica Mayor, who has officially invited Homeward Trails to Guanica to partner with his office and our vet partners to provide TNR (trap, neuter, return) programs for cats, ongoing transport for adoptable dogs, low-cost vaccines and spay/neuter for owned animals and community outreach programs about humane care of animals.
We will have a full-time staff person on the ground in Guanica overseeing the animals we rescue and preparing them for shipment here. We will be increasing the number of transports we do in order to continue moving dogs off the island. We are SO grateful to the Animal Welfare Institute who has donated funding to purchase a transport van which will make larger transports possible!
We will be implementing a targeted TNR program for cats. No one is talking about the cats and it’s heartbreaking to see all the homeless kitties who continue to multiply. We are thrilled to announce that we have received a donation of 20 traps which will be used to trap cats for TNR and dogs who are n need of prompt medical treatment.
We will be working in conjunction with our partners to host community events where we will offer low-cost vaccines, education on TNR and humane animal care, and volunteer recruitment! We will be providing community outreach to residents including information on vaccines, spay/neuter, humane care of community animals and ways to get involved and assist our efforts.
We also hope to begin offering hands-on volunteer opportunities for HT volunteers to travel to Puerto Rico to participate in these activities! There is SO much work to be done and we can’t do it without you.
So much to do and we are SO excited to get started on this next phase. We are kicking off this program with a two-day fundraising event on February 26th and on 27th to celebrate WORLD SPAY DAY! For every $50 donated a cat will be spayed/neutered. Please consider a donation of any size to help us save kitties.
***We will post an announcement with the link to donate on Feb. 25th. Every dollar will make a difference and save lives.
Join us on this new and exciting mission to alleviate suffering and bring long-term solutions to the animals of Puerto Rico who desperately need us. LET’S DO THIS HOMEWARD TRAILS!!
