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Happy Tails Celebration & Fundraiser 2024
Our Happy Tails event on May 18, 2024, at the Music Academy was a big success with $165,000 raised to assist pet families in need! At the same time, we celebrated C.A.R.E.4Paws’ 15-year anniversary. View our event highlights, photo gallery and fabulous sponsors below.
Video Highlights 2024
Nonprofits partner to help pet families in Oceano
PetSmart Charities and C.A.R.E.4Paws
Wellness services for Central Coast pet families
Help for pet families experiencing homelessness
Pet families share their heartwarming stories
Senior receives lifesaving support for her dogs
A heartfelt thanks to our 2024 Happy Tails sponsors!
PLATINUM PAW SPONSOR: $5,000
Avalan is a comprehensive wealth management firm that works closely with clients and utilizes a consultative approach to financial, business, investment and personal planning needs. Through its defined wealth management process, Avalan provides counseling for a limited number of high-net-worth individuals, closely held corporations, trusts and pensions. The firm’s goal is to enter into long-term, mutually-beneficial relationships, which it develops to not only be lifelong, but multigenerational as well. Therefore, Avalan engages in new relationships only after its team determines that its services add substantial value in assisting clients to achieve their goals and all that is important to them. In every aspect of Avalan’s work, the firm provides an uncompromising commitment to administer world-class client service while striving to accomplish each of its clients’ highly individualized wealth management needs.
PLATINUM PAW SPONSOR: $5,000
Chrissie’s Fund is a private foundation that supports programs that reduce dog overpopulation, promote adoptions and help eliminate the suffering of dogs. Its funding is allocated primarily for bully breeds, large dogs of any breed and mix, and seniors. Chrissie’s Fund is not only a generous supporter of C.A.R.E.4Paws’ Mobile Community Medicine & Spay/Neuter Outreach program, for years, but a sponsor of our events, including Happy Tails!
PLATINUM PAW SPONSOR: $5,000
Mike and Pam Dennis moved from Anchorage, Alaska, in 1988 to open Klondike Pizza in Arroyo Grande. Back then it was called Klondike Cafe, but too many people expected them to serve meatloaf and mashed potatoes (their idea of “cafe food”). So when the Dennis family opened a second location in Santa Maria in 1996, the name was officially changed to Klondike Pizza. Not only does Klondike serve incredibly yummy pizza, but its compassionate owners, manager and whole team love to support local causes, including Animals In Need Fund (AINF), which operates as a program under C.A.R.E.4Paws as of 2024. Mike and Pam learned about AINF when they adopted a 12-year-old dog, Lucy.
A rescue volunteer found Lucy tied to a trailer and starving. She was fostered and rehabilitated and then the Dennises adopted her. Lucy lived to be 17 and is the inspiration behind an annual March fundraiser for AINF. This year, the campaign brought in more than $10,000!
GOLD PAW SPONSOR: $2,500
Advanced Veterinary Specialists (AVS) is a state-of-the-art 24-hour emergency and specialty hospital located near downtown Santa Barbara. AVS provides pets with diagnostics and therapeutics that complement the care provided by your trusted family veterinarian. Many of AVS’s doctors are board-certified specialists who have extensive training in fields such as Internal Medicine, Surgery, Oncology, Cardiology, Emergency and Critical Care, and Dentistry.
GOLD PAW SPONSOR: $2,500
Outsource Marketing believes that storytelling is the most powerful way to cut through the digital noise. Founded in 2000, OMG is a woman-owned content marketing company specializing in Pharma and Finance. They research, interview and write compelling narratives that captivate audiences around the globe. From economic reports to the latest breakthroughs in science and medicine, OMG crafts top-tier journalistic articles and consumable digital news stories. Their marketing and communications channels include TV, Radio, Print, Social Media, Direct Mail, Blogs, eBooks, Email, PR and media coverage in premier online publications. OMG knows that strong corporate messaging is not possible without engaging stories that resonate across all forms of multimedia content and communication.
SILVER PAW SPONSOR: $1,000
In the fall of 2014, Rincon Brewery opened its door in the quiet beach town of Carpinteria, CA, striving to provide delicious craft beers and quality food for the local community. With strong ties to community, the ocean and thriving farms, Rincon Brewery (RB) has continued to hone its beer selections and menu offerings, all while continuing to grow its brand, reputation and RB Family. Lovers of Rincon Brewery can now enjoy all that the brand has to offer in Carpinteria, Ventura and Santa Barbara’s “Funk Zone.” The awesome team from Rincon Brewery will be there to serve its tasty brews at C.A.R.E.4Paws’ Happy Tails event!
SILVER PAW SPONSOR: $1,000
Whiskey ‘N Rye is an American smokehouse and tavern that features a varied menu of barbeque classics along with an eclectic mix of modern wine-country cuisine. Our dining experience focuses heavily on grill and smoke cooking techniques, with several unique signature dishes including our Hickory Smoked Brisket and Baby Back Ribs, Grilled Romaine Caesar, Smoked Spaghetti Squash, BBQ Chicken, Grilled Flatiron Steak with Chimichurri, and our Whiskey ‘N Rye Brisket/Short-rib Burger, just to name a few. Enjoy your meal with our full bar featuring Signature Craft Cocktails, Zero-Proof Elixirs, and more than 60 specialty whiskeys from both local as well as national and international distilleries. With both covered patio and cozy indoor dining areas, Whiskey ‘N Rye is the perfect spot to enjoy a relaxed afternoon lunch or evening dining experience.
BRONZE PAW SPONSOR: $500
Miss Machine LLC is a full-service professional assistant company with 20 years of experience in industries of taste makers, exotic niche-
businesses and high-net-worth families. A masterful Jane-of-Many-Trades, Miss Machine provides Southern California’s diverse clientele with services in personal and business organization, bookkeeping, event production, Trust management, specialized animal care, automotive, medical advocacy, hospitality, real estate and property management. Owner Lisa is known for her New York flare, versatility and unique decision-making abilities. In her leisure time, she likes to read, garden, listen to music, volunteer and help rescue animals.
BRONZE PAW SPONSOR: $500
As dog owners, the Rubyloo team knows what life with dogs really looks like. That’s why this innovative company develops meticulously researched and tested products that actually benefit you and your dog. Their products help your dog feel part of the family and make your life better together. Also, since Rubyloo’s owner, Susie Minier, and her family rescued Ruby, a Red Fox Lab, it’s been the company’s mission to help find homes for dogs who only ask for a family to love. With Rubyloo’s “Every Dog Should Have a Home” initiative, your purchase will help a rescue find their forever family. A portion of the profits and products go to provide the company’s rescue partners with the financial help and product donations they need most.
DIAMOND PAW PATRON: $10,000
Andrew & Kendra Feshbach and Bill & Kathy Borgers
PLATINUM PAW PATRON: $5,000
Bob Bourgoin & Beth Climo
John & Karen Jostes
Greta Hansen
Hazel and Shadow
Suzanne Von Drehle
Ron & Betty Ziegler
GOLD PAW PATRON: $2,500
Barbara Hilaire
Nick Pierce & Donna Peterson
Deborah Steffen
SILVER PAW PATRON: $1,000
Ed & Ann Brady
Charles & Jan Clouse
Gary & Peggy Finefrock
Marilyn Makepeace
Jill Price
Lyn Proctor
Elizabeth Skatoff & Larry Sferra
Charles J. Queenan
Ed & Caroline Woods
BRONZE PAW PATRON: $500
Trela Cowan
Jagger D’Wagger
Mary Shepherd
Manuel & Theresa Valdes