The Jones Creek Library located at 6222 Jones Creek will be hosting an Adoption Day Event for the Capital Area Animal Welfare Society (CAAWS) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday July 28. There will be cats and dogs at the adoption event so bring the family and come out to adopt a pet or just to meet our animals.

CAAWS is a no-kill shelter we are 100% non-profit, 100% volunteer organization, no one in our organization gets a paycheck. All money donated goes to caring for our animals or directly back into the community through our spay/neuter outreach programs. 

We would like to thank our community for the support you have shown us over the past 33 years and would like to continue to save animals for 33 more. We hope to see you at our adoption event and we hope to place some of our animals in loving homes. If you would like to make a donation to CAAWS, volunteer or to find out more information about CAAWS visit out website at http://www.caaws.org. We also have a facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/CAAWSBR. Remember don't shop, adopt! You really do save a life.

Harley-Davidson of Baton Rouge, located at 5853 Siegen Lane, will be hosting a dog fashion show to benefit local non-profit Spay Baton Rouge. Dubbed the “Harleywood K-9 Fashion Event” it will be held Saturday, July 21, from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. and will include Hollywood flair. Registration will be from 11 a.m. to noon and the fashion show will run noon to 1 p.m.

Open to the public, dog owners are invited to enter their dressed up pet and accompany them down the red carpet. Contestants will have the opportunity to win a “Pawscar” in three categories and have their picture taken by the “puparazzi.” Celebrity judges will be Murphy, Sam and Jodi of 96.1 the River, and host Michael Hackett—owner of Petz Plaza—will serve as emcee. Attendees will be treated to food provided by Izzo’s Illegal Burrito and all dogs will leave with a swag bag of treats.

“We are thankful for Harley-Davidson hosting the dog fashion show, as well as Murphy, Sam and Jodi, and Michael Hackett giving of their time,” says Executive Director Sandra DiTusa. “The event, designed for people and their dogs to have fun, will also allow us to raise awareness of what we are about.”