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Bring your pooch to this event put on
by student leaders.
Fun with Dogs

D

o you want to donate to
great causes and enjoy a fun
afternoon at the same time?
On May 11, you can do both at the
third-annual Bring Your Own Dog
(BYOD) event. Brought to you by
the Bloomfield Hills High School
Student Leadership group, this event
includes a rescue dog adoption cen-
ter and a no-leash zone for dogs to
play, as well as a fair where many
local businesses will be represented,
such as Pet Supplies Plus, Premier
Pet Supply, Ruff Life Photography
and more.
As a member of Bloomfield Hills
High School Student Leadership,
junior Rikki Goldman came up with
the idea for the BYOD event in her
freshman year of high school.
“
A friend and I wanted to create a
dog park event because there are no
good dog parks near us,” Goldman
said. “Because our student leadership
class offered us the opportunity to
create a large-scale project, we were
able to make our idea a reality.”
Bloomfield Hills High School
Junior Class President Lexie
Finkelstein, added, “We were unit-
ed by our mutual love of dogs and
serving the greater community. Our
original goal for BYOD still stands
today: supporting local dog shelters
with fiscal donations and awareness,
supporting the local small business
community, and uniting the com-
munity through a fun and charitable
event.”
The $3 minimum admission to

BYOD benefits Detroit Animal Care
and Control as well as Detroit Dog
Rescue; the latter is Detroit’
s only
no-kill shelter.
“We have so many programs at
Detroit Dog Rescue, from caring
for dogs who have cancer to our
outreach program in Detroit where
we’
re reaching out to neighbors and
supplying them with dog food, spay
and neuter programs, and vaccina-
tions,” Detroit Dog Rescue Executive
Director Kristina Millman-Rinaldi
said. “It really is community ini-
tiatives like BYOD that keeps our
movement moving forward, and we
love when younger kids get involved
because there is so much they can
bring to the nonprofit sector.”
The event will also host the
Impasto food truck and face painting
services for additional entertainment.
Bloomfield Hills High School
sophomore Ben Silberman, who’
s
working on the PR for the BYOD
event and serves as the executive tech
adviser for the Student Leadership
group, wants everyone to know that
they don’
t have to necessarily be
dog-people to stop by BYOD.
“You don’
t need to have a dog to
attend,” Silberman said. “If you’
re a
cat person, great! Everyone is wel-
come at BYOD.”
The BYOD event takes place
Saturday, May 11, from 11:30 a.m.-
4 p.m. at 26425 Wellington Road in
Franklin. For more information, visit
byodogteam.wixsite.com/byodogpark
or email byodogteam@gmail.com. ■

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