News & Updates from the park

KPDC Welcomes Kathleen Kirkman

Posted by Kilcona Park Dog Club / in Information /

KPDC Welcomes Kathleen Kirkman

 

 

Kathleen Kirkman is KPDC´s newest Director. Kathleen has been a regular visitor to Kilcona for about five years. This year she decided to get involved in club events and help raise money for park improvements. She´s been a wonderful volunteer and the Board is pleased to announce that Kathleen has recently been appointed to the Board of Directors as Secretary.

 

Kathleen loves Kilcona. In her own words, “Initially, I was going to Little Mountain Park but decided the atmosphere and size of Kilcona is more ideal for me and my dogs. I love this park because of the ability to ride my scooter around and give my dogs a good run.

 

My dogs, Harry (pink collar) and Shay are ecstatic when they arrive at the park. After a good run, their tongues are hanging to the ground and they quickly fall into a deep sleep in the car on the way home.

 

Harry is a cross between a Lab and German Shepherd and Shay is a Border Collie. Harry was found walking down Logan Avenue during rush hour. The good nature of a passer-by resulted in his being taken to the Winnipeg Animal Services Agency Shelter. He was 2 months old at the time and now is a 4 years old. Shay was a rescue from a owner who could not take care of her anymore. She is 10 years old and even in her fits of abnormal behavior is truly a lovely dog.

 

The atmosphere at the dog park is so friendly and everyone I have met is pleasant and really friendly towards me and my dogs. I love the socialization at the picnic tables and this allows me to get to know people in more depth.

 

The nature, in terms of the wild flowers, trees and birds is incredibly uplifting for me. It is hard to believe this park was built on a garbage heap and still nature flourishes here.”

 

Welcome to the team, Kathleen.

 

 

 

Contact information for Fido Casting Call problems

Posted by Kilcona Park Dog Club / in Events, Information /

Still Waiting for  Photos!

 

 

Kilcona Park Dog Club has received a number of  complaints from dog owners who attended the Fido Casting Call at Kilcona Park last Sunday.

The complaint:

The contest  is biased in favour of dogs from Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. A Manitoba dog has no chance of winning the contest.

The issue:

Event organizers still have not emailed Manitoba dog owners a photo of their dog, although dog owners who attended photo shoots in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver on August 11th and 12th have received theirs. People who attended photo shoots in those three cities and wished to enter the contest have had an unfair two week head-start advantage in accumulating votes for their dog.

KPDC’s President contacted the Toronto-based event organizer, Mosaic Sales Solutions on Wednesday and requested an explanation for the delay in distributing photos. KPDC also requested that the deadline for voting for Manitoba dogs be extended to even the playing field, in the interest of fairness.

Here is Mosaic’s response.

“Chances are [the photos] are queued in the system, and once the devices are back in Toronto and back online, they will be sent to consumers…

 I would estimate that by Friday or Monday we will be able to have them back online and sent out to consumers (they are enroute back to Toronto now).

 I do understand the frustration that consumers are feeling about the voting timelines, but my client has assured me that everyone still has LOADS of time for voting and unfortunately we were not the agency who built the rules or voting strategies for this contest, so as much as I wish we could extend it, this one does not fall into our camp. We have flagged it with the agency in charge, but the decision to keep the contest end date static remains.

 In terms of the contest entry, it states in many areas that consumers are welcome to uploading their own photo to the contest from home to begin receiving votes now. We had actually included that in our messaging “upload the photo and enter the contest now, and then attend our event for a fun afternoon with fellow dog owners” during our pre-promotion.”

 

KPDC advises club members and other Manitoba dog owners who are concerned that the integrity of the contest has been compromised to direct their complaints to Mosaic Sales Solutions at: fidocastingcall@mosaic.com

 

 

 

50/50 Winner announced

Posted by Kilcona Park Dog Club / in Information /

Congratulations to Zoria Low

The winner of $114.50 at the KPDC 50/50 draw held in conjunction

with the Sunday Fido Casting Call event.

KPDC launches its new “Happy Dog” logo

Posted by Kilcona Park Dog Club / in Information /

Meet the KPDC “Happy Dog”

KPDC launched its new “Happy Dog” logo at the Fido Casting Call with club banners, tees and grill master aprons.

 

The new logo wear easily identified volunteers and made them the “go to” folks for information and services.

KPDC Volunteers Kevin Gordon and Michelle Carbotte show off the club’s new logowear

The Happy Dog logo, designed by KPDC’s Marketing Committee, is a recognition tool for the public and is part of KPDC’s branding, designed to promote the club.

To honour the diversity of breeds that visit Kilcona Dog Park, Happy Dog is simply dog-shaped. His smile and cheerful colour are designed to convey the idea of happiness – that Kilcona Park is a pleasant place for dogs to romp, run and play.

The minimalist logo can be used alone or in combination with the club name, seen here in Good Dog Cool style font.

Happy Dog’s simplicity allows him to be produced on club logo wear at a reasonable price. The logo is recognizable even when shrunk down to a very small size, for example, club pins.

Welcome to the club, Happy Dog!

 

KPDC Salutes its Volunteers!

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KPDC Salutes its Volunteers!

Serving up giant, sizzling custom-smoked sausages and dogs from Gold Sponsor JD Hoggs, KPDC held its second barbecue, 50/50 draw and membership drive of the year.
Held in conjunction with the widely publicized Fido Casting Call, the event was designed to increase the club’s brand awareness, attract new members and raise more money for off-leash area improvements.

With strong support from our teams of volunteers sporting the club’s new logo wear, the largest event KPDC has ever hosted went off without a hitch!

KPDC Volunteers at Work

Branding

Director of Marketing Jeff Henry (l), Certified Food Handlers Maegan and Michelle Carbotte, and Director of Events Gerald Carbotte oversee operations at the serving table.

 

Volunteers Tanya Hirsch and Toni Zacharias sell food tickets and club memberships

KPDC’s Auditor Kim Loeb volunteers at the 50/50 draw booth

KPDC newest Director, Board Secretary Kathleen Kirkland and the club’s Certified Food Handler Maegan Carbotte enjoy a lull in the action

Membership Director Lee-Ann Zacharias, volunteers Toni Zacharias and Hercules (l) and Rae Balbo (r)

 

KPDC Director of Events Gerald Carbotte

Volunteers JoAnn Storie and Michelle Carbotte in background

 

KPDC’s legendary grill master Craig Handkamer

 

Sincere thanks from the Board of Directors to the following people for volunteering your time, effort, and your special talents and skills!

Grill Masters

Craig Handkamer

Justin Davis

Food and Beverage Customer Care Team

Kevin Gordon

Maegan Carbotte

Michelle Carbotte

Phil Werbiski

Food and Membership Sales Team

Rae Balbo

Tanya Hirsch

Toni Zacharias

The 50/50 Team

Al Bartlett

Barb Handkamer

Joann Storie

Kathleen Kirkman

Kim Loeb

 The Doggy Day Care Team

Wayne L’Esperance

Sasha Emric