10/18/2026
💙 Eight Years of Walking, Wagging, and Making a Difference! 🐾
Our hearts are full of gratitude following yesterday’s 8th Annual Walk & Wag!
For eight incredible years, Dani and her wonderful staff have chosen All Paws Are Perfect Rescue as the recipient of this generous event, raising much-needed funds for the dogs in our care. Being invited back year after year is something we never take for granted.
We see and appreciate the extraordinary amount of time, thought, and attention to detail Dani pours into making this event such a success. From organizing the walk to preparing all the wonderful swag for participants and their dogs, and even personally putting together many of the beautiful raffle baskets, she truly thinks of everything!
What makes this event especially meaningful is the way it brings people together. It reaches beyond Columbiana, welcoming people from surrounding communities, introducing new faces to our rescue, and reminding us just how much good can happen when people come together for a shared purpose. 🐾
We also had a wonderfully successful basket raffle! Thank you to everyone who donated baskets, purchased tickets, and helped make it possible.
We would also like to extend a very special thank-you to Aaron Brandonisio of Higgins Water Treatment , who, for the second consecutive year, has made an incredibly generous and substantial donation to our rescue. Aaron, your continued kindness and belief in what we do mean more than we can express. We are truly grateful for your support!
And while we are recognizing this extraordinary generosity, we want everyone who contributed to know that every single act of kindness matters. Whether you donated a basket, purchased a raffle ticket, participated in the walk, gave a few dollars, or simply helped spread the word, your support is equally appreciated. It is the collective generosity of so many people that allows us to continue helping dogs in need. 💙
To our amazing volunteers, we have a little extra gratitude to share this year.
This has been a challenging year for several members of our rescue family. Life has brought personal hardships, losses, and responsibilities that have sometimes made it difficult for all of us to be fully present. Yet somehow, when it’s time to show up for the dogs, people continue to find a way.
Yesterday, we had two major fundraising events happening on the same day. That is no small undertaking for a volunteer-run rescue, especially when so many are already juggling busy lives and personal challenges.
Seeing people give up their weekends, share the workload, support one another, and come together for something bigger than themselves is both humbling and deeply meaningful. These gatherings remind us how fortunate we are to have such a dedicated rescue family.
At the end of the day, we all do this for the dogs. The ones we’ve saved, the ones still waiting for their chance, and the ones we haven’t met yet.
To Dani, her staff, Aaron, our generous donors, every walker and their four-legged companions, our raffle supporters, and every volunteer who showed up for us yesterday, thank you.
Eight years of generosity, community, and compassion. We are so grateful to be part of something this special, and even more grateful for the people who make it possible.
From all of us at All Paws Are Perfect Rescue, thank you for continuing to walk alongside us. 💙🐾
We wish we had taken the time to gather more photos of this amazing event and all the participants and their costumes. The few we took definitely captured the moment.
