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Welcome to the official website of the 2009 Village Green – DOGS GO GREEN, a Pet Sitters International's Take Your Dog To Work Day event.

What is TYDTWDay? "First celebrated in 1999, Take Your Dog To Work Day was created to celebrate the great companions dogs make and to encourage their adoption from humane societies, animal shelters and breed rescue clubs. This annual event encourages employers to experience the value of pets in their workplace for this one special day to promote pet adoptions." On Friday, June 26, 2009, pet sitters, animal shelters and businesses of all sizes will come together to recognize the great companions dogs make. PSI, along with Village Green Companies and others, will join pet lovers around the world to celebrate man's — and woman's — best friend.

This annual event, now in its 11th year, brings people and pets together in a special way on a special day. Dogs go to work. Hearts are touched. And as a result, homeless dogs will be adopted. "PSI's Take Your Dog To Work Day is the day for dogs." (www.takeyourdog.com)

Village Green has participated in this dog-gone fun event for the past 9 years. In 2008, Village Green employees and other auction participants raised over $4,500 and this year plans are to exceed that amount with your help. A minimum donation of $25 is required from Village Green employees, at our Corporate and Regional Offices, if they wish to bring their Best Friend with them to work on that day. Items donated by our various sponsors will be used in a raffle and an Online Auction (open to the public). Employees are invited to enjoy a delicious lunch provided by The Outback Steakhouse (West Bloomfield location, www.outback.com), for a small donation. We also have Jennifer Trombley back from Gentle Paws Pet Massage (gentlepawspetmassage.com) to give the visiting pooches massages for a small donation. All the money raised from this event will benefit the homeless dogs of APB – The Animal Placement Bureau, located in Lansing, MI and will be used towards their medical expenses, training and care. (www.apbpets.com)

• Check out our Dog Day Agenda so you will know when to watch the Pet Training Presentation by Amy Johnson of Teacher’s Pet (http://www.teacherspetmichigan.org/) on our live web cam.
• Watch the Parade of GO GREEN DOGS as they strut around the office.
• Check out the items in our online Auction – You can bid on any of these items as our auction is open to the public.
• Use Pay Pal to make a donation for your auction item or just to donate to the homeless doggies of the Animal Placement Bureau
• Sponsor one of our APB Foster Dogs for a day and take part in Take Your Dog To Work Day while helping out APB

This year, Village Green Community on-site Employees could participate by submitting a photo of their Dog and join in on the fun by showing off their ‘Green Dog’.

This event is made possible by the many generous donations from local businesses and others. Please take some time to review our list of sponsors and consider them in the future.

Also, a big Thank You to Christian Flickinger who spends many hours each year putting together the Village Green Dog Day website. He is responsible for this entire interactive website which allows us to share our event with dog lovers across the country. You can contact him via his website: www.nexdot.net.

Your Take Your Dog To Work Day Coordinators,

• Christine Eluskie
• Chloe, 2005 TYDTWDay Poster Dog
• Patti Flickinger
• Christian Flickinger (Website)