Paws for Peace Walk and Run 2024

Paws for Peace Walk and Run 2024

Can you imagine leaving your beloved pet behind with someone who might hurt or even kill them? Neither can we. 

In 2012, the Paws for Peace Kennel was built on our emergency shelter campus in response to a nationwide survey which revealed that 65% of domestic violence survivors delayed leaving their abuser out of fear that their pets would be harmed or killed by their abuser.  

Since then, your support of this event continues to ensure that domestic violence survivors in Orange County don’t have to choose between their own lives and the lives of their beloved pets. 

By participating in this event, you help raise awareness about domestic violence issues in our community and raise critical funding to ensure that pets and their people remain safely united and cared for while in sanctuary at Harbor House of Central Florida. 

Whether you register as an individual, family, or team, you will have the opportunity to set up a fundraising page and invite friends and family to walk or further support this important cause with a monetary gift.  

This year marks the 13th Annual Paws for Peace Walk, and we're shaking things up with our first-ever twist on the event: introducing a 5K Fun Run!

*Select from the Doggie Dash Walk or 5K Fun Run (You cannot participate in both).

*The Doggie Dash Walk is pet-friendly. The 5K Fun Run does not permit pet participation.

DATE:

Saturday, April 27, 2024

LOCATION:

Blue Jacket Park - 2501 General Rees Avenue, Orlando, FL 32814

PARKING:

Please park at Glenridge Middle School

TIME:

8:00am to 9:30am - Registration, Packet Pickup, and Activities
9:30am to 11:00am - Doggie Dash Walk, 5K Fun Run, and Activities

REGISTRATION: 

General Registration 

*Available April 1, 2024 through April 26, 2024

• Doggie Dash Walk: $35, includes t-shirt
• 5K Fun Run: $40, includes t-shirt

Day of Event Registration:

*Available April 27, 2024 at event

• Doggie Dash Walk: $40
• 5K Fun Run: $45

*Child Registration (10 and under) is free and does not include t-shirt.

WALK AWARDS 

(Entered to win upon registration)

• Largest Individual Fundraiser

• Largest Fundraising Team
• Largest Team

(Entered to win at event)

• Largest Dog
• Smallest Dog
• Best Sci-Fi-Inspired Pet Look 

5K FUN RUN AWARDSPACKET PICK-UP

• Top 3 Males & Top 3 Females 

PACKET PICK-UP

Date and time: Wednesday, April 24, from 5pm-7pm and Thursday, April 25, from 9am-12pm

Location: 708 E. Colonial Drive, Suite 202, Orlando, FL., 32803

*You do not have to check-in/register the day of the event if you pick-up your packet in advance. Please wear the wristband provided in your packet to the event, so we know you checked in, in advance. *Pick up your packet in advance and be automatically entered into our raffle for a chance to win a $50 Target gift card!

EMBARK ON A STELLAR OFFER

You can support the Paws for Peace Kennel by making a qualifying donation in honor or in memory of your beloved pet that will entitle you to have your pet’s portrait hand painted in a mural on our outdoor Paws for Peace Kennel wall or a tile placed in a mural at the entrance of our Paws for Peace Kennel. Purchase your tile or mural today!

This mural will showcase your pet's beauty and serve as a meaningful reminder to survivor families living in our emergency shelter that someone in our community, whom they have never even met, is rooting for them and supporting their family's journey toward a safer, more hopeful life - now that's powerful!

The Paws for Peace Kennel allows survivors to bring all family members to safety. Thank you for saving the life of a much loved pet. You can help fundraise for the cause once you register for the event. Or just make a donation. 

Interested in supporting this event as a Sponsor, Vendor, Silent Auction or Mystery Bag Item Donor, or Volunteer? Contact Events@harborhousefl.com

Thank you to our sponsors! 

BIG DOG

• Harper Family Charitable Foundation, Inc.
• Sand Lake Animal Clinic

WIGGLE-WAGGLE

• Massey Services, Inc.
• SeaWorld Orlando
  WKMG News Channel 6