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The Murray State University Vet Tech/Pre-Vet Club (VT/PVC) is sponsoring a 5K run and 1 mile dog walk to benefit the programs of the Humane Society of Calloway County. The Mutt Strut is Saturday, April 29 at 15th and Olive Streets at the gate to the Murray State campus.

The 5K Run will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the walk at 9:30 a.m. Preregistration by April 15st is $30 for the 5K run and $20 for the 1 mile dog walk and will include an event t-shirt as well as a chance to win a $25 Pockets gas station gift card!!!

Check in and race day registration begin at 7:30 a.m. and is $35 for the 5K run and $25 for the 1 mile dog walk. Race day registrants will receive a t-shirt as long as supplies last.

Register at www.runsignup.com prior to pre-registration. Forms and details are available at the Humane Society office at the Weaks Community Center from 10 am to 3 pm on Monday through Thursday, via humanesociety@murray-ky.net or call 270-759-1884 or 270-519-4643.

Sponsorships in any amount are welcome. To be a sponsor, contact the Humane Society at 270-759-1884 by April 12. Sponsors donating at $100 and $50 levels will have their names on the shirt.

Well-socialized canines are welcome to participate in the Mutt Strut. Canine participants must have proof of current rabies and distemper/parvo vaccinations. Humane Society adoptable dogs will join the walk.

The run and walk courses begin at the Murray State University Gate at 15th and Olive Streets. The dog walk proceeds west through campus to 17th Street then comes back east through campus to the starting point. The 5K runners will go South on 15th Street, west on Sycamore, north on 18th Street, east on Ryan and Calloway Avenues, then through the center of campus back to the starting location. Maps of both courses are available.

Please print and post the attached flier if you have a location!

Community Service Chair of the VT/PVC Jenna Albertson is coordinating the event. “The VT/Pre-Vet Club wanted to do something to help animals, to give back to the community and give dog owners a place to strut their mutts,” says Knaszak. “The run and walk will do that through fundraising and awareness-raising for the Humane Society and will be a fun event for people to participant in with their canine family members.”

The VT/PVC’s main goal is to provide extracurricular opportunities in animal health and veterinary medicine. Students hear speakers from across the country discussing issues in large animals, equine and small animal care programs, participate in campus activities and host community wide events.

For additional information about the Mutt Strut, contact the Humane Society at humanesociety@murray-ky or call 270-759-1884 or 270-519-4643.