So, as I arrived at Pet Pal Animal Shelter this past Wednesday for what I thought would be a fairly typical day at the shelter, I heard some pretty exciting news. One of the starting pitchers for the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, Jake Odorizzi, would be coming in that afternoon for a photo shoot with some of the adoptable dogs! Those lucky dogs...wish I could have been one of them posing for pictures with him!
I've always been a baseball fan in general but, since coming to Pet Pal and learning about all the awesome things the Rays do to help support the shelter, I've become a true fan of this team...even if they are having a bit of a rough time this year! LOL! I just love all they do for the animals in the community!
Besides the great fund raisers and events they do as a team at Tropicana field, for the past couple of years Pet Pal Animal Shelter and the Tampa Bay Rays have also put together the "Players and Pooches" calendars featuring photos of players and their own favorite furry friends. These have been wildly popular and a huge win for all! We're already looking forward to the 2015 calendar!
Another cool thing they do periodically is invite Pet Pal to bring a few of their adoptable dogs to hang out and watch the game from a designated area of the stadium. Shelter staff and volunteers are there to hand out information and answer questions about Pet Pal to help raise awareness. This also gets the dogs out of their kennel for a few hours and helps socialize them with people and other dogs.
Pet Pal Animal Shelter and their dogs will be at Tropicana field this coming Sunday, September 7th, so come on out to the game and visit with them. You might just find your very own all star who will become your own #1 four-legged fan!
Let's go RAYS!
Happy tails to you until we meet again!
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