News & Updates from the park

KPDC Membership Early Bird Draw

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Purchase your 2013-14 KPDC membership at Reenders or Rivergrove Pet Valu  by midnight October 31, 2013 be entered to win great prizes!

Alpine Animal Hospital – $50 gift certificate

Sprockett’s Doggy Day Camp – $25 gift certificate

KPDC’s Early Bird draw will be made at the club’s Annual General Meeting at Henderson/McLeod Public Library on November 19th.

Every Kilcona Park Dog Club member is a Winner!

1.    Show your card and get the savings!

Your membership card is your passport to savings at nineteen KPDC corporate sponsors. Enjoy discounts at club events.

2.    Be the first to know!

Through the club’s email system, KPDC members are the first to hear about about issues, events and special sponsor promotions.

3.    Have a say in the future of the dog park!

KPDC is Kilcona Dog Park’s official Adopt-A-Park steward. The club also advocates on behalf of Kilcona dog owners. As a member of the club you’ll be consulted on park matters and club-funded off-leash area initiatives.

 

 

 

Lost Walking Sticks

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Last winter one of our members lost two wooden walking sticks at Kilcona Park. She left one hanging in a tree near the litter basket next to the ball diamond and the other on a picnic table. The sticks are varnished tree branches. One of them is very crooked.

One of the walking sticks has great sentimental value – it belonged to her father. If you have any information that could help reunite our member with the missing walking sticks, please email  president@kilconaparkdogclub.ca.

 

Happy Tails Dog Wash Fundraiser

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KPDC Receives Major Grant for Off-Leash Area Improvements

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Kilcona Dog Park will be getting a major facelift, thanks to a $20,000 grant to KPDC.

North Kildonan Councillor Jeff Browaty made the announcement at the club’s 10^th Anniversary Dog Fest to the delighted cheers and applause of Kilcona dog owners.

Photo credit: Vince Pahkala

Browaty has been a strong supporter of Kilcona Dog Park, expanding it in 2009 to make it the largest off-leash area in Winnipeg. At 49 hectares, Kilcona now makes up half of all the off-leash space in the city. In 2010 the North Kildonan Councillor pledged to make it Winnipeg’s premier dog park.

Browaty praised KPDC’s park improvement fundraising raising efforts. “The club, the volunteers and now too, the corporate sponsors – are raising lots of money. There are lots of opportunities and the City also has a big role to play. That’s why I’m announcing the Land Dedication Reserve Fund grant to Kilcona Park Dog Club.”

KPDC will use the funds to purchase park benches and wheelchair/scooter accessible picnic tables for the off-leash area –  priorities that club members identified in a park improvement survey in July 2013.

In making the announcement Councillor Browaty referred to the recent proposal to reduce the size of Kilcona’s off-leash area. The proposed reduction was a component of a new master plan for Kilcona/Harbourview. The plan has not yet been released for public review and consultation.

The Councillor praised KPDC, its volunteers and corporate sponsors for creating  a sense of community at Kilcona. “It’s great to see the park being used. Today the premier park users are dog owners. When there were proposals put out by consultants that didn’t really know the park  to reduce the size of the park, it was the people here that stepped up and said, “Hey – this is not acceptable”. Thank you for making your voices heard and making everyone understand that this park is well used, very well loved and that off-leash area dog park users are very important.”

The Land Dedication Reserve Fund is a special fund created from cash payments that land developers make to the City  in lieu of establishing parks or green space in new developments. The Fund is dedicated to the acquisition and improvement of land for parks, recreation and community use.

Councillor Browaty and East Kildonan Councillor Thomas Steen awarded KPDC an additional $500 Per Capita grant for for costs associated with Saturday’s fundraising event.

KPDC 10th Anniversary Reflections

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KPDC 10th Anniversary Reflections

 

KPDC’s 10^th Anniversary Dog Fest was a celebration of the club’s past, present and future.

For  longtime visitors to the park, it was an occasion not only to celebrate the club’s history, it was also a time of remembrance, happy memories and nostalgic thoughts  about the dog park – an opportunity to reminisce about the dog park friendships we’ve made over the years and an occasion to honour the memory of many wonderful dogs who no longer join us in the off-leash area.

Old Friends

Strider

Tanner

Zack and Strider

Sadie

Coco

Chico

 Tammy

Franklin

Willie and Kodi

2007 Off-leash Area Boundaries

The 10th anniversary was also a moment to celebrate the present, recognize KPDC’s accomplishments and an occasion to optimistically dream about the future – beginning, but not ending with, new park benches and picnic tables for the off-leash area.

 

It was a day of fun for dogs and all the people who love them and KPDC’s official club photographer Vince Pahkala’s was on hand to capture those memorable images. Check out his photos on KPDC’s Facebook page.

Photo credit: Vince Pahkala

 

KPDC’ Board of Directors thanks its amazing volunteers – the committed team of members that stepped forward to organize and run the event.

The Volunteer Team that Rocks!

 

Dave Brown

 

Sara Brown

 

Lawrence Kyle

 

Kevin Gordon

 

Sasha Emric

 

Michelle Champagne

 

Maria Conley

 

Melanie Bidzinski

 

Julie Johnson

 

Teresa Wiebe

 

Janet Flack

 

Diane Havens

 

Lee-Ann Zacharias

 

Toni Zacharias

Sherri Thomson

Thanks to KPDC corporate sponsors – Sprockett’s Doggy Day Camp and Alpine Animal Hospital for coming out to support the event, to JD Hoggs for supplying  custom smoked hot dogs and sausage, Dogfather Pet Services for providing free day care for volunteers’ dogs, and Shippam and Associates for supplying volunteer tees.

 

Thanks  to event sponsors  Boston Pizza  – Regent and Lagemodiere  who, as  official supplier of ice, uphold KPDC’s reputation for serving the coldest drinks in town! –  and to  Safeway – Henderson and Chief Peguis, our official supplier of sausage and burger buns – freshly baked the morning of the event!

Thanks to Winnipeg Lost Dog Alert and KPDC’s partnering shelters and rescues and adorable adoptables like Wonka, Maggie and Timmy. We hope you were able to find permanent homes where they will be loved and cared for.

Boston Terrier Pug Rescue of Manitoba

Darcy’s Arc

Earthdog Terrier Rescue

MB Great Pyrenees Rescue

MB Mutts

Sagkeeng Spay and Neuter Initiative Program (SSNIP)

Winnipeg Animal Service

And thanks to KPDC’s partner, Recycle Everywhere for  bins that enabled the club to divert another 25 pounds of beverage containers from Winnipeg landfills.  That’s a total of 50 pounds of  recyclables that were reclaimed and re-purposed from club events  in the past two weeks!