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Paint Something Pawsome
Written By: David Stroud - Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society | Issue: June 2024
Paint Your Pet is a fun and frisky time built on love and beauty – Monday, July 22, at Sapphire Valley Resort Community Center. To register or for more information, visit to chhumanesociety.org/paintyourpet.
I have always said that I can’t even draw so much as a good Stick-Man.
And it’s true. So, when I first heard about the concept of Paint Your Pet, my immediate reaction was “Count me out.” That is one time I am glad I didn’t listen to my first instincts.
I had the time of my life. And if you thought I was having fun, just look at this picture and see the expression on my beautiful bride’s face.
This was taken last fall at a Paint Your Pet event in Bryson City to benefit my wife’s shelter. We’ve always talked about doing a joint fundraiser to benefit both no-kill shelters, and we’re finally doing it.
We’re bringing Paint Your Pet to Sapphire next month, and it’s our first-ever combined fundraiser to support Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society and PAWS Bryson City.
No painting skills are necessary.
In fact, the less artistic you feel you may be, the more fun you will have. Just ask me. Send us a head shot photo of your pampered pet when you register (details below) and our artist partner with Be a Light Painting will have customized for you that evening a line drawing sketch of your pet on a 16” x 20” canvas ready for you to paint. Brushes, paints and aprons will all be supplied. Attendance is limited, so please register soon.
Paint Your Pet is Monday, July 22, from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Check-in begins at 4:30 P.M. Early check-in is encouraged so that you have two full hours to paint your pet. Paint Your Pet takes place at the Sapphire Valley Resort Community Center, 207 Sapphire Valley Road in Sapphire.
The cost for Paint Your Paint participants is $50 ages 16+, and $30 children ages 8-15. To register, pay and upload your pet’s photo, please go to: chhumanesociety.org/paintyourpet.
And the fun doesn’t stop at 7:00. Our animal-loving friends at Slopeside Tavern are offering a special dinner promotion for Paint Your Pet participants. After you have created your pet’s masterpiece, walk right next door to Slopeside Tavern after the event and present your Paint Your Pet ticket, and not only will you enjoy great food and friendly service, Slopeside will donate 25 percent of each dinner’s purchase to our shelters.
Net proceeds from this event will be split 50/50 with the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society and PAWS Bryson City, both 501(c)3 non-profit no-kill animal shelters rescuing, caring for, and finding forever homes for abandoned and neglected animals in western North Carolina.
