Brightside Animal Center is announcing, and acting on, the importance of being ready for disaster with public events and collaboration with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Emergency Services Unit.
This weekend at Bark in the Park there will be microchipping and tag engraving available for your pet. Come on out Saturday, September 7, to Centennial Park, 750 SW Evergreen Avenue in Redmond. The donation-based microchipping clinic from 1-3pm is sponsored by ASPCA and Subaru of Bend. Tag engraving will be customized at the site. A collar and tag are the first resource looked to when a pet is lost. A microchip ensures that your pet can find you and their home even if that collar and/or tag come off.
National Preparedness Month is recognized each September to promote family and community disaster and emergency planning now and throughout the year. The 2019 theme is Prepared, Not Scared — from ready.gov/september. Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Manager, Sgt. Nathan Garibay stresses the importance of preparedness and including your pets in your plan. “Your pets are an important part of your family and can also be impacted by natural or man-made disasters.” Sgt. Garibay says. “We encourage you to include your pets in your planning and make sure your emergency supplies consider your animals’ needs.” You can find preparedness materials specific to Central Oregon including information for your pets at sheriff.deschutes.org/preparedness_handbook.pdf.
There will be many other, end-of-summer-family-fun, activities at the event like a bouncy house, vendors, food and music. Meet some adoptable dogs! Bring the whole family and friends from 10:30am to 4pm. Here are more details: Melanie Hirata of Silver Fenix yoga will be hosting Bunny Yoga at 10:30am, with rabbits provided by Ember’s Wildflower Animal Sanctuary. Band Zipline will be providing live music from noon to 2:30pm. Food will be served by Outlaw Dogs, Little Makana Shave Ice and Dump City Dumplings. Beer garden is to be provided by Wild Ride Brewing.
Brightside Animal Center is working with Emergency Services to define how to best serve Deschutes County and City of Redmond in the case of an emergency. The plan will include actions to be taken if evacuation of the shelter is needed, if homes with pets are threatened and how to distribute needed supplies in the case of pets and their families being stranded.
Of course, we all hope that the worst will not happen, but it is critically important to be prepared all the same!
Saturday, September, 7 from 10:30am to 4pm at Centennial Park, Redmond.
brightsideanimals.org • brightsideanimals.org/event/bark-in-the-park
