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Article: REGISTER NORTH: 'Waggin' their way to Santa;' Christmas party for pets benefits Happy Tails Foundation
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- New Haven Register
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- December 8, 2006
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Pets got into the Christmas spirit when they dressed for a holiday
party and posed for pictures with Santa. All the barking and meowing
was to benefit the Happy Tails Foundation, a nonprofit foundation
formed in March to benefit the proposed animal shelter in town.
Incorporated by Dolores Giannini and Karen Hickerson, Happy Tails
held a holiday fair Sunday at the M.L. Keefe Community Center.
More than $1,500 was raised as a result of people bringing their
pets to pose for pictures with Santa. Employees from Hamden
Government Center provided baked goods that were sold to benefit
Happy Tails.
The money that was raised from "Waggin' Our Way to See Santa" will