By Isabella Zarate
With Halloween just around the corner many are in search of the perfect costume, whether it be for themselves, their kids, or even their pets, that’s right pets.
As silly as it may sound, more and more people have been embarrassing their often unwilling pets with quirky costumes.
With that in mind, if you are the type of person who finds joy, or humor in dressing your dog up as a round pumpkin, an unruly cowboy, a pun intended hot “dog”, or anything else it might be then Kirsten Schaefer has just the event for you.
Schaefer, a senior at St. Joseph Ogden high school, has been hard at work organizing a service event for the National Honors Society. Schaefer combined her love of pets with her admiration for the Champaign County Humane Society and came up with the idea to host a pet costume contest.
While the costume contest is expected to be a fun event, Schaefer’s intentions are to collect funds for the Humane Society.
“It’s the organization that I feel strongest about,” she said.
Schaefer went on, “With gas prices and food being so high, the shelter, they also are hit because some people have to return their pets.”
Thus, Schaefer, with the help of her peers, will be hosting a Pet Halloween Costume Contest on October 29, starting at 11 a.m. Festivities will take place at B.J. Hackler Park in St. Joseph.
Pets of all sorts are welcome to enter the contest and strut their stuff for a chance to take home one of five prizes: best pet group costume, best pet/human group costume, funniest/most creative, cutest costume, or best overall.
Registration for the event is completely free, though there will be opportunities to donate the day of.
For more information, and early registration visit this link.
