Just wanted to share this with anyone interested in coming Thursday:
We have finalized plans for our celebration of and press conference for being a finalist in the ZooToo Shelter Makeover. We would like for you to join us. The event will be on April 24th at Kellogg Park in Plymouth, MI.KelloggPark is at the corner of Main Street and Ann Arbor Road. The event officially begins at 9:30AM with the arrival of the ZooToo representatives. Participants will include Richard Thompson, CEO of ZooToo, Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, as well as civic leaders from Plymouth. The media will be covering the event, which will give us some great exposure.
We want to give ZooToo a REALLY BIG welcome to let them know how much our supporters - that's you - think that we should be given the top prize. We also want to make a big splash for the media so that they give us lots of coverage. We are going to have balloons, banners and the like. We'd appreciate it if you arrive at 9:00AM and get organized with us. When our guests arrive we need you to make as big a ruckus as you can - and we have confidence that you are capable of a really big ruckus. Also, enthusiastic and loud cheering at appropriate times during the press conference will be appreciated! So, you get the idea.
After the press conference we'll be off to the shelter to give them a tour. Here is where you come in again. It will take us a bit of time to get to the shelter fromKelloggPark. During that time we'd like you to hustle over to the shelter in order to greet them once again. The intent is that you'll get there before we will and can give them a second warm welcome - reinforcing how much you want us to win! (You can not park your cars in the rescue parking lot - we'll be using it to gather in and we don't want to annoy our neighbors!) Feel free for some of you to gather along the sidewalk of Holbrook to cheer and greet them as we arrive.
ZooToo is looking for a large amount of community involvement in the shelter's it supports. That's why we're asking you to be present at both the press conference inKellogg Park and again at the rescue.
The tour of the rescue itself (in other words inside the rescue) will need to be limited to the ZooToo representatives because space is so limited. Afterwords they will say a few words and you can offer your last round of encouragement for us.
We hope that you will join us. We've come very far in this competition with your support. In fact, the rescue itself has come very far with your support. This celebration should be a fun time to get together and meet some fellow supporters and volunteers. Remember - we are the only all-rabbit rescue that made it into the top 20 in the contest. So come and continue to show your support for rabbit rescue!
Board of Directors
Midwest Rabbit Rescue & Re-home
