Events

From the Animal Rescue Foundation website:

Sunday, May 20, 2012
10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Broadway Plaza – Walnut Creek
Fundraising Pet Walk
Registration 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Walk 10:30 a.m. Sharp

Best Dressed Pet Contest
Immediately following Pet Walk on main stage

Pet Wellness Fair and Vendor Booths
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Follow your passion for pets to the 12th annual Animals on Broadway! Join ARF in celebration of the special bond we share with our furry friends at this spectacular free community event that brings people and pets together.

Kick off the festivities with the nearly one mile Pet Walk to help dogs and cats in need of a second chance. Help ARF reach our goal of raising $75,000 to support our life-saving work by registering to walk with or without your pet. Get a head start collecting pledges with your own easy-to-create fundraising webpage, or in person with our printable pledge form.

After the Pet Walk, head to the main stage for the Best-dressed Pet Contest and cheer on your favorite dapper dog and fanciful feline participating in the Walk.

Delight in the many offerings for pet lovers lining both sides of the street: have your dog washed by ARF volunteers, shop vendor booths showcasing pet items and children’s activities or listen to live music from SixString. Many dogs and cats will be available for adoption — visit the ARF Adoption Mobile and many other rescue group booths to fall in love!
Visit the Pet Wellness Fair for an assortment of individual services such as nail trimming, weight assessment, dental check, ask the vet, certified doggie massage, blood panel and rabies vaccination for a small donation to ARF. Donate $25 for a Pet Passport which entitles furry festival-goers to receive all these services. Micro-chipping and additional low-cost vaccination will also be available at the VIP Petcare Services booth.

Animals on Broadway brings out the best, rain or shine! Gather up the family and join ARF and the Broadway Plaza retailers in Walnut Creek to celebrate Animals on Broadway — and don’t forget to bring your “best friend.”

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From the Contra Costa Crisis Center website:

When: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Where: Heather Farms Park (Ygnacio Valley Road & North San Carlos Drive, Walnut Creek)

9:00am Check-in
10:00am Walk begins
11:00am Food, Music, and Friends
Registration $20 individiual, $30 family
Fee includes T-shirt, food, and entertainment

To Register as a Walker Now Click Here
To Sponsor a Walker Now Click Here

“The mission of the Contra Costa Crisis Center is to keep people alive and safe, help them through crises, and connect them with culturally relevant resources in the community. 24-hour crisis and suicide prevention lines, face-to-face grief counseling programs, homeless services, youth services, and 211 information and referral programs
are offered free of charge.”

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Photo by Flickr user ren_norman

From the Walnut Creek Police Department:

On May 15, Stage 3 of the Amgen Bicycle Race will pass through a 4-mile section of Walnut Creek in the Northgate area. The route includes North Gate Road, Oak Grove Road and east bound Ygnacio Valley Road beginning at Oak Grove.

Roads along the route could be closed as early as 1:00 p.m.; drivers should anticipate possible delays between 1 and 3 p.m.

Cyclists will enter Walnut Creek on North Gate Road from Mt. Diablo State Park. They will turn right onto Oak Grove Road and then right onto Ygnacio Valley Road.

Racers are expected to take about 9 minutes to cover the 4-mile distance.

The California Highway Patrol is handling road closures. Roads will open immediately behind the end of the race.

Walnut Creek PD will have an extra team of officers assigned to the race. Two officers will be stationed in the neighborhoods east of Oak Grove Road in advance of the race to handle any emergency calls.

City staff members have been working with Amgen Tour organizers to minimize the impact on the community. Principals at Northgate High School and Foothill Middle School have been contacted and asked to share the race information with their students and their parents, and message boards alerting residents to the upcoming race will be place in the affected area.

The City does not have the authority to deny use of public streets for the race.

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