SPECIAL FAMILY EVENT: Doggy Costume Party & Potluck for the Humans

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ALL ARE INVITED!

SPECIAL FAMILY EVENT: at Paul Moore Park, Willow Glen
Doggy Costume Party & Potluck for the Humans
Saturday, October 24, 2026; 12:45 pm to 3:00 pm

Cross Promoted with: ***Bay Area Active & Social ***
Hosted by: Michelle Lee W. with: Women's Bold Bonds; The Inclusive Vibe Collective

➡ BRING A POTLUCK ITEM TO SHARE. ✔
➡ BRING A TREAT TO TRADE FOR
EACH FURRY FRIEND IN ATTENDANCE. ✔
➡ BRING A CHAIR OR A BLANKET (MAYBE BOTH) TO SIT ON. ✔
➡ DO NOT FORGET THE: Doggy poop bags ✔

• ❗️❗️❗️Members are encouraged to invite family, neighbors, & friends

• ❗️❗️❗️When you RSVP, please be sure to add everyone attending with you as additional guests so we have an accurate headcount.

• ❗️❗️❗️Please put the name of your furry guest and any other information about them in the chat after you RSVP.

• ❗️❗️❗️Share in the chat comments what you plan to bring to the potluck!

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❗️PARTICIPATION & PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY❗️
By RSVPing OR attending, each participant acknowledges that participation is voluntary and accepts responsibility for their own safety and belongings, as well as the supervision and safety of any children or pets they bring. As this gathering takes place in a public space, participants attend at their own risk and agree that the event organizer, host, and other attendees are not responsible for injuries, accidents, loss, damage, or incidents that may occur.

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QUICK LOOK...

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🐾 Doggy Costume Party & Potluck for the Humans
A relaxed, family-friendly gathering for friendly, socialized dogs and their humans! Bring your family, friends, neighbors, and kiddos along for some furry fun. 💕

🐶 DOGGIES: Friendly, socialized, appropriately vaccinated & on leash at all times

🎃 DRESS UP: Your doggy in their favorite costume — humans optional!

🦴 BRING: A doggy treat for each furry friend attending for Treat-or-Tricking

🍕 POTLUCK: Bring a food, dessert, or beverage to share

🪑 SEATING: Bring a folding chair and/or blanket

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GUESTS: Family, friends, neighbors & children are welcome! Please include everyone attending with you as additional guests on your RSVP.

🐾 PET PARENTS: Please closely supervise your dog and be attentive to their temperament, comfort, and interactions.

✔ MOST IMPORTANTLY: Come ready to relax, socialize, laugh, meet some furry friends, and enjoy a little community together! ✔

💕 Come as You Are & Just Join Us! 💕

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WHAT TO BRING:

• Doggy poop bags
• Water/ Your favorite beverages for you and your guests
• A treat to trade for each doggy, for the "doggy treat-or-tricking"
• A Potluck item to share: food, dessert, or beverage - appropriate disposable silverware, toothpicks, & serving ware for your shared potluck item.
• Bring a folding chair for you and any guests or a blanket to sit on.
• Sunscreen/ Hat/ Sunglasses
• Warm layers if it cools off
• Bug Spray/ Bug bite ointment
• Water bowl & Water for your doggy
• Leash for your dog(s)
• If you have an extra folding table that you can bring for us to borrow during the event, it would be appreciated.

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IT'S IN THE DETAILS...

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WHO:
This special family event is for friendly, well-socialized doggies and the humans who love them! Children, family, friends, and neighbors are welcome to join the fun.
For everyone’s safety, participating dogs should be comfortable and appropriately socialized around other dogs and humans—both big and small—and have appropriate vaccinations. All dogs must remain on leash and under their pet parent’s supervision.

Each family is responsible for the safety and supervision of their own children and furry friends. Pet parents should remain attentive to their dog’s temperament, body language, and interactions throughout the event.

If your dog shows signs of stress, discomfort, protectiveness, or simply needs some space, please lovingly remove them from the situation. Likewise, children should be supervised around all dogs and taught to give them space when needed.

Our goal is a fun, relaxed, and safe gathering for kiddos, grown-ups, and furry friends alike. 🐾💕

QUICK NOTE:
ALL are invited to join us, men, women, others, & kiddos. Neighbors, friends, and family can be added as additional guests when setting your RSVP. This event is created for your furry loved ones. Of course you are invited to attend even if you do not have a furry pup family member to observe and socialize with other members as part of our groups.

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HOW TO FIND US:
Please see the Location instructions on this event page, and the photo's that we have included here on this event page.
We will be meeting at tables we set up, and please look for our new signs with our "Women's Bold Bonds" logo.

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WHAT TO EXPECT?

• A social event for friendly socialized
  doggies on leash and their humans.
• All dogs must be friendly, well-socialized with dogs and people of all ages, appropriately vaccinated, leashed, and closely supervised by an attentive pet parent at all times. 🐾
• Please bring a bag of doggy treats (I will update you all on the amount of peeps registered), so the doggies can go Treat-or-Tricking ... lol
• An area will be set up to decorate a goody bag for doggies Treat-or-Tricking.
• Bring a potluck item to share: Beverage, Food, or Dessert.
• I will bring tables to place the food & beverage items on.
• Dress your doggies up in their fave costume.
• Humans not required to dress up, the spot light is for the doggies!
• This is a non-competitive doggy costume event.
• Enjoy each other's company and co-create a sense of community with us, your family, neighbors, friends, and of course all of our furry friends.

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EVENT REMINDERS:
MeetUp will always send reminders before the event. Occasionally, the leaders will send reminders to your email via MeetUp. Some of us receive our MeetUp emails in our Spam folder. If this is the case for you, our direct emails from hosts through MeetUp will come from **Bay Area Active & Social - 20s, 30s & 40s , "[info@email.MeetUp.com](mailto:info@email.MeetUp.com)"**, so you can use this to search for messages.

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CAN'T MAKE IT?
If you are a "no-show", you may be removed from the group if there are more than three. If you RSVP & cannot attend for any reason, please mark your reservation as "not going" asap, or kindly message me if you find yourself in a bind and are unable to change your attendance before the meeting. I understand that life happens sometimes.

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