Mutt Strut is our annual pledge driven walk, and is one of FAMD’s largest and most important fundraising events. It is a celebratory event for you, your dog, your family and your friends! This year, the walk will be held in person at the MaryAnn Wright Animal Adoption & Education Center on Saturday, May 21, 2022. With previous fundraising limitations due to COVID-19, this event is even more important than ever to ensure care for the over 2,500 animals we take in each year.
By participating in the event, you’ll be saving the lives of animals throughout southeast Michigan and beyond. Your support will help FAMD provide a wide range of programs and services to meet the needs of the communities we serve; including adoption, low-cost spay and neuter, pet training, animal surrender, and transport.
You and your team can register by visiting here.
Registration for walkers is $35 and includes an official Mutt Strut shirt. Once you are registered, we encourage you to set up a personal fundraising page to help support the animals in our care, and share with your friends and family why you want to make a difference in the lives of the animals who come through FAMD.
Each person who registers will receive an event t-shirt. Preferred sizes for the 2022 Mutt Strut shirt are guaranteed to those who register before 4/29/2022.
T-shirts for those who have registered will be available for pick up on event day, Saturday, May 21, 2022 at the registration tent beginning at 8am. This year’s Mutt Strut will be held at the MaryAnn Wright Animal Adoption and Education Center located at 16121 Reckinger Road, behind the Dearborn Police Station.
If you do not live locally or are not able to attend the event to pick up your shirt, please contact FAMD to make other arrangements.
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Registration opens at 8am, and the event begins at 9am, with our walk kicking off at 9:30am. Festivities continue at the Adoption Center until 2pm.
The walk route can be as long or as short as you make it! The goal of Mutt Strut is to raise money for FAMD, and enjoy a fun day with your dog. While we will have a planned route along the walkways through the complex, you are able to turn back at any point to make the walk doable for you and your pup.
Even if you can’t join us at the event on May 21, you can still participate!
Mutt Strut is a several month-long fundraising event that ends with our event celebrations on May 21. All funds collected before and during the event help save the lives of animals in need. You don’t need to participate in the festivities on May 21 to make an impact on the animals – although we’d love to have you! You can create a fundraising page and share it with your family and friends and encourage them to donate to this great cause.
Checks should be made out to Friends For Animals of Metro Detroit or FAMD and can mailed or dropped off at FAMD along with a completed contribution form:
FAMD
Attn: Mutt Strut 2021
2661 Greenfield
Dearborn, MI 48120
All donations are tax deductible and FAMD’s tax ID number is 38-3171570. If you register for the event online, we will input all check donations into your personal fundraising page once they have been processed.
Contact us and we’d be happy to help!
