Autographed Hounds of Broadway

Available at the Auction at Broadway Barks!

Saturday, July 11, 2009
3:30 p.m.
Shubert Alley, between 44th and 45th Streets, just west of Broadway
New York City

Each year at Broadway Barks, one-of-a-kind stuffed dogs that are signed by the casts (and in some cases, decorated by the wardrobe departments) of some of Broadway's hottest shows are auctioned to raise money for the Picasso Veterinary Fund of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals.

Here's your opportunity to own an Autographed Hound of Broadway from among some of Broadway's most popular shows and at the same time help NYC's homeless animals! Some of the 20 shows represented are All My Sons, Billy Elliott, Blithe Spirit, Equus, Hair, Hairspray, 9 to 5, South Pacific, West Side Story, and more. There is also a special hound honoring Broadway Barks, signed by founders Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore.

How Does This Auction Help Animals?

The Picasso Veterinary Fund, founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore in 2003 and administered by the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, pays for extraordinary medical care for sick and injured dogs and cats that come in to Animal Care & Control of NYC (A&C) and are transferred to other Mayor's Alliance Participating Organizations — shelters and rescue groups — that find them new homes. These are animals who, without the aid of the Fund, would likely be euthanized because the resources to care for them simply aren't there.

How Do I Bid on the Hounds?

The Autographed Hounds of Broadway will go on display beginning Friday, June 26, at the Christofle boutique at 680 Madison Avenue. Pre-bids will be accepted at the store until July 10. (Later in the month, Christofle will host two special shopping days, when it will donate 15% of the store's sales to the Picasso Veterinary Fund.)

Bidding will continue at Broadway Barks on July 11 beginning at 3:30 p.m., where final bids will be accepted in the silent auction.

Bids will start at $150.00. Payment may be made by check, cash, or credit card.

Picasso Veterinary Fund  •  c/o Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals  •  244 Fifth Avenue, Suite R290  •  New York, NY 10001  •  (212) 330-0033  •  picasso@AnimalAllianceNYC.org