WestieWalk 2006

As promised, here are some absolutely incredible pictures of the WestieWalk 2006 Event.  

If you missed WestieWalk 2006 you missed the Westie Event of the year.  With 121 Westies (and a few honorary Westies) in attendance, this year's outing was the best ever.

Agility	Posing For Pictures	Cute Costumes	Honorary Westies
Westie Shopping	Dogs Rule Resort	Halloween Cuties	Corgis Are Westies, Too!
Lots to See and Do	Family Fun	Clever Puppies	Westie "Stories of Rescue"  Always Touch Your Heart
Too Cute for Words!	Let's GO Mom!	The Blessing	What a Pack!
Picture Perfect	Silent Auction	Lisa Escobar, Marvin Katz and a Rescued Westie	The WRNT Tent
The WALK!	Still Walking....	More Walk....	End of the line.
Westies Love Football, too!	Guess who got away....	Schweeet!	Awwwwwwww
Who said they're spoiled?	Ruthie in the WestieWalk Tent	Such a pretty day	MINE!
Costumed Westies	More costumes!	Too cute!	How Precious!
So much fun!	What a great group.	So many Westies!	A good time had by all

Westies Walk for Cancer

You may have noticed a number of folks (and Westies, too!) wearing hot pink shirts.  The theme of the 2006 WestieWalk was "Westies Walk For Cancer".  One of our dearest Westie Lovers and a great friend to WestieWalk and Westie Rescue, Ruthie Koons, was recently diagnosed with cancer.  Ruthie and her husband, Steve, have been battling this dreadful disease for nearly a year now.  Originally we were told that we would lose our beloved Ruthie to this terrible affliction.  However, after a long and painful road of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, our Ruthie is still going strong and will be with us for a lot longer.  It is only through the love and support of her husband, Steve, and the prayers and love showered over her by countless people that Ruthie has done so well.  

This is our tribute to Ruthie and Steve.  We love you and pray that you'll both be around for a LONG, LONG time!

Ruthie with her Pack

Lisa

Ruthie and Monica

Steve and Ruthie

Group Picture

Here's the whole gang!

Stats about WestieWalk 2006

There were 121 Dogs in Attendance, with 104 of them being Westies.  There were 28 Rescued Westies in attendance, most having been placed through the Westie Rescue program.  Of the 17 "Honorary Westies" at the event, 5 of them were Rescues, as well.

This one-day event raised $5,500.85, including the WRNT Challenge Grant Matching fund.  $1,000.00 was donated to WestieMed and $4,500.85 was donated to Westie Rescue of North Texas.  All costs associated with WestieWalk were privately underwritten, meaning every dollar raised from WestieWalk goes directly to WestieMed and WRNT.

A breakdown of Westies and WestieParents, by city, is as follows:

A sincere and heartfelt THANK YOU to all who made WestieWalk 2006 such a success: Volunteers, Sponsors, Vendors, and most of all - YOU!