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Showing posts with label Special Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Special Olympics. Show all posts

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Volunteering

As a member of royalty, Princess Harlow knows the importance of volunteering.  This past Saturday, we joined AZGRC for the Arizona Special Olympics Fun Day!  If you remember, Angel Sam and I volunteered to help out with this same event in 2012.  We had a great day then, and a great time this past weekend!

Our role there was as "therapy" dogs for the kids after their tennis games.   Harlow of course, likes to always look her best when she goes out....
Tennis bandana provided by AZGRC.
It was the perfect day to wear her flowers!
Harlow made sure to catch up on events from fellow princess, Leilani...
We must have dese meetings more often!
...and spent some time chatting with other AZGRC dogs...
She discovered a magical place where tennis balls rain from the sky...
Photo from the AZGRC Facebook page!  :)
...and had a heck of time with the wind...
I don't know how her flowers stayed in!
She manages to look even more cute when she is windblown.
While waiting for the kids, she reclined in true Harlow fashion...
The Princess has style!  (AZGRC photo!)

Big smiles!  (AZGRC photo!)
She was a pro at letting the kids love on her...
I like dis kid!  (AZGRC photo!)

I love her face in this one!  (AZGRC photo!)
...and wore a smile all day long!
(AZGRC photo!)
Of course, the day wouldn't have been complete without a group photo (we are on the left, bottom row!).
Click to see a larger photo - AZGRC photo
...and of course, some pup decided she wasn't being paid enough to make appearances...  (Thank you, Candy, for catching her drama!)
Click to see a larger photo - trust me on this one!
If you would like to see more photos, make sure to visit AZGRC's Facebook page!

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Special Olympics Tennis Fun Day

 Sam had a very important day today - we joined our friends at AZGRC to participate in the Special Olympics Tennis Fun Day held at Troon Country Club.  This gave us all a chance to share our Golden's with a wonderful group of athletes.
Getting ready for the big event...

Plenty of kids - our dogs all received lots of attention!

Sam ready to start asking for donations to support his favorite rescue!

He was really loving all the attention he was getting!

(It was hard to get photos of Sam interacting with the kids.  When the kids wanted to interact with him, I had to make sure to talk and interact too!  No time for pictures.  He was so well behaved and kind with them.  He performed tricks for them and played fetch.  I was so proud of our little guy!)

Sam wasn't the only pup asking for donations!
The Golden's offered support to whoever needed it.  We didn't go out on the tennis courts, but we were available to anyone who wanted a little puppy love...
...and all were willing to be a little silly!  Here is one boy who enjoys being rumpled!  I wonder if he is related to our Monty?
"Don't stop petting me please!"
Sam made all kinds of new friends!
...and like every little boy, wanted his picture taken with the fire truck.
We weren't the only dog group there - the Arizona Canine Musical Freestylers entertained the crowd with their awesome dance moves!
This big guy even got in on the dance moves!  He was quite stylish!
This poodle was super graceful....
...and of course, more Golden's!  They danced to "I Like to Move It".  (Think Madagascar...)
Stepping out...
They invited the crowd to dance with them, and even Sam and I joined in!  I'm hoping nobody took photos - Sam is an awesome dancer, but I am definitely not!  (...and if there are photos - could someone send them to me, please?)

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The event kept the dogs pretty busy - this is Casey (I hope I remembered the name right!) - he is almost 12 and is such a kind old boy!

Sam had an awesome day - we can't wait to help out AZGRC again!