The Greyhounds of Fairhaven and FastDogs-FastFriends Greyhound Rescue and Adoption co-sponsored a picnic in the park at Roadrunner Park in Phoenix for the 2nd Annual Greyhound Planet Day.

Greyhound Planet is a day chosen each year to honor the Greyhound and its relatives (Galgos, lurchers, etc.) throughout the world. The purpose of this international event is to raise the public's awareness of the wonder and magic of Greyhounds as pets, educate others on the current status of Greyhounds around the world and to honor those Greyhounds who have left us already. The American-European Greyhound Alliance is serving as an information source for individual groups around the world as they plan their Greyhound awareness events.

Despite the heat, we had quite a turn-out of Greyhounds and their people. There were Greyhound Planet Day T-shirts and Celebrating Greyhound calendars for sale, Greyhound Art done by school kids (inspired by our school-day presentations), a raffle for some greyt greyhound prizes, and some greyt vendors, including Greyhounds of Fairhaven sponsors Marsha's Martingales, Etc. and Carpe Canem.

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