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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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