Mutt Strut 2025 is a day of canine, enjoyable and neighborhood in Union City

On the scenic hills by the Masonic Homes in Union City, locals will collect with their canine for a day of strolling and household enjoyable. On Saturday, Sept. 20, Union City will host its annual Mutt Strut, an occasion the place contributors stroll their canine alongside the hills to fundraise for college students on the New Haven Unified School District.

The occasion will start at 8am with attendees gathering for breakfast, as music from DJ Bennett performs within the background. At 9am, Union City Mayor Gary Singh will formally open the Mutt Strut, and by 10am, the festivities, together with contests and leisure, can be in full swing.

Throughout the morning, attendees can take images with themed backdrops, get pleasure from pleasant competitions for each homeowners and their canine, together with a playground pet trick contest, and earn prizes. As individuals make their approach alongside the hillside, they’ll have the prospect to see views overlooking the bay.

Vendors reminiscent of Kona Ice can be there, serving treats to households, in addition to native companies and repair organizations internet hosting cubicles. “We have dignitaries and sponsors showing up, but we also have your regular mom-and-pop businesses that are going to be there. Everyone’s pitching in to make it a great event,” says Arthur Barinque, who has deliberate the Mutt Strut. 

This 12 months, the Mutt Strut will function a canine yoga session (which can be led by Hungry Tailz Rescue), Boswick the Clown and a canine costume contest, which Barinque thinks attendees will stay up for seeing essentially the most.

The occasion is extra than simply enjoyable—proceeds of the Mutt Strut are given again to college students and academics within the district by way of the New Haven Schools Foundation. In the previous, funds have gone towards scholarships for graduating highschool seniors and classroom grants for academics, which offer college students with know-how, provides and alternatives to have interaction in extracurricular actions.

I feel the spirit of the Mutt Strut is absolutely neighborhood coming collectively and spending the day with the individuals they love and their companions.

Arthur Barinque

This 12 months’s proceeds will proceed the mission of supporting native training. Students, academics and directors from the New Haven School District can even be available to volunteer and take part in actions. 

For many, the Mutt Strut is an opportunity to be taught extra about native organizations and work together with friends and associates. Barinque says, “I think the spirit of the Mutt Strut is really community coming together and spending the day with the people they love and their companions.” With laughter, music and loads of wagging tails, this 12 months’s Mutt Strut guarantees to convey the Union City neighborhood nearer collectively.

Mutt Strut 2025

Saturday, Sept. 20

8am – 12pm

Masonic Homes

3440 Mission Blvd., Union City

NHSFoundation.org

$40 particular person; $60 household