Beneful Team, Burien Toyota and Chevrolet and Local Dog-Loving Volunteers to Prep Dog Park for Debut, Community Members Invited to Help

WHAT: On Thursday, November 5, Beneful team members will work side-by-side with Burien dog park volunteers, Burien Toyota and Chevrolet employees and community members to aid construction efforts at the future Burien Off-Leash Dog Park. The crew of more than 20 volunteers will put on their work gloves to help with landscaping, clean-up of branches and shrubs, and building and installing park essentials like benches, garbage cans and a timber stairway.

Interested community members are invited to in join the crew to help as the park moves closer to its public opening. Volunteers may check in at the Lakeview Park entrance at 9:00 a.m. (day-of) or in advance at Pit Stop Bottle Shop to receive a free T-Shirt. Pit Stop Bottle Shop will also provide food after the hard day of work. To ensure the safety of all furry friends, we ask for only two-legged helpers – no dogs, please.

The volunteer day comes in tandem with a $20,000 donation the Beneful team made to the City of Burien to jump start the dog park project nearly a year ahead of schedule. The support of the Burien community is part of the Beneful Dream Dog Park Project, a program created to help bring new dog parks to life or improve existing ones through a combination of financial support, hands-on volunteerism and shared dog park expertise by the Beneful team. Through the Dream Dog Park Program, the Beneful team learned of the Burien community’s remarkable efforts to create an off-leash dog park and is happy to join sponsors like B-Town Dog Volunteers at $15,000, Burien Toyota and Burien Chevrolet at $10,000, and the City of Burien at $15,000 in helping make those dreams become a reality.

WHEN: Thursday, November 5, 2015
Media Check-in at 8:30 a.m.; Event Begins 9 a.m.

WHERE:Lakeview Park
SW 160th St & 6th Avenue SW
Burien, WA 98166

OPPORTUNITIES:
Interviews with Moronke Tyler, Beneful Team; Steve Roemer, Burien Parks Development & Operations Manager; Kellie Bassen, B-Town Dog Owners Group Volunteer Leader
Visuals of more than 20 volunteers working hard to get the dog park underway

MEDIA CONTACTS: Lorie Westhoff, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
Tel: 314-982-2122 | Day-of: 314-378-0401 | Lorie.Westhoff@purina.nestle.com
Nicholle Connolly, Cone Communications
Tel: 617-939-8378| Day-of: 617-212-9100| nconnolly@conecomm.com