Bark Park at Unger Needs Your help to 'Grow' Some Funds for its Dog Park Project

Monsanto sponsored program is aimed at helping non-profit organizations with their projects

Bark Park at Unger has held its fundraisers, done its research and formed several committees aimed at establishing a dog park in St. Louis County's Unger Park in the Fenton area. Now, organizer Darlys Preslar is hoping everyone will keep its paws crossed that the group will win a grant from Grow St. Louis, a Monsanto initiative aimed at supporting non-profit groups in the St. Louis area by awarding grants of up to $20,000. Preslar says the Bark Park at Unger has been selected as a finalist for a $20,000 prize and it needs everyone's help. To win the grant, the Bark Park must tally enough votes on the Grow St. Louis Facebook page. Voting begins Monday. To show your support and cast your vote, you'll need to "like" the Grow St. Louis …

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Donations Needed for Bark Park Rummage Sale

Proceeds from Rover's Rummage Sale will benefit the creation of a dog park at Unger Park in Fenton.

Organizers with the Bark Park at Unger are seeking donations for a rummage sale in May. Proceeds from Rover's Rummage Sale will benefit the proposed permanent dog park, which would be built at Unger Park in Fenton. Organizers are trying to raise money for a shelter building, some fences and a dock from which water-friendly dogs can leap into the lake. The event will be held at 924 San Sebastian on Saturday, May 11 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. A presale is scheduled for Friday May 10 from 5 - 9 p.m. There is a $5 fee for entrance to the presale. Donations for the sale can be dropped off starting Sunday, May 5 at 924 San Sebastian. Volunteers will be on hand to price the items.  For more information on the event, email barkparkatunger@gmail.com or …

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How to Help Puppies and Kittens Through Trivia

Bark Park at Unger teams up with the Animal House Cat Shelter to raise funds for programs and facilities.

The Bark Park at Unger organization, which hopes to build a dog park in Unger Park in Fenton, is teaming up with the Animal House Cat Shelter on a trivia night that will benefit both organizations. The event will be at 6:30 p.m. Mar. 2 at American Legion Post 162, 9305 S. Broadway, in Lemay. The Animal House/Bark Park Trivia Night will feature cash prizes for the three top teams, a variety of raffle baskets, attendance prizes, and mulligans. Animal-friendly vendors also will be there displaying their wares. The event is $20 per person, with up to eight people per table. The price includes beer, soda and water. Trivia players should bring their own snacks. The doors to the Legion Post will open at 6:30 p.m. with the game beginning at 7 p.m…

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Sunday Was a Dog Day Afternoon at Unger Park

Bark Park at Unger kicks off its fund-raising efforts with "Woofstock."

It was a brisk, breezy, beautiful dog day afternoon Sunday as the organizers of a drive to build a dog park showed off their location in St. Louis County's Unger Park at an event it called Woofstock. A few vendors battled the light winds as a wide variety of dogs strolled along the park's hiking trail sniffing the merchandise and each other. Some even took the opportunity to take a swim in the large lake in the park. Check out all of the photos from Woofstock on the Fenton High Ridge Patch Facebook page. The event was the creation of the Bark Park at Unger organization, which is making plans for a permanent dog park on the Unger property, as soon as it raises the necessary funds for a shelter building, some fences, and a dock from which …

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Mark Your Calendar for Sunday's Free 'Woofstock' Bark Park Event

A hippie dog contest and plenty of dog tricks will be part of the featured entertainment.

Free 'Woofstock' Event to Show Off New Bark Park Location

Hippie dogs, pet tricks and exhibitors to be part of an event that marks the debut of the location for a proposed dog park in St. Louis County's Unger Park, in Fenton.

The organizers of a proposed dog park in Fenton - Bark Park at Unger - have announced the list of activities scheduled for its first fund raiser, called "Woofstock," to be from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 7 at St. Louis County's Unger Park. The Bark Park at Unger committee needs to raise $100,000 to $125,000 to construct the basics of a dog park. It will be completely funded by the nonprofit group which will raise the funds and maintain the park.  Future plans include a dock where dogs can leap into the lake, a beach area for wading, an agility area and separate fenced areas for small and large dogs. Bark Park at Unger Committee Chair Darlys Preslar recommends keeping an eye on the group's website - BarkParkatUnger.com - for more details, input, tax-…

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'Woofstock' Scheduled as Dog Park Event

The dog-friendly event is the first fund-raiser by the Bark Park at Unger group in an effort to build a dog park within Unger Park in Fenton.

The committee to establish Bark Park at Unger, the first dog park in a St. Louis County Park, has scheduled it's first fundraiser - “Woofstock” - from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. Louis County's Unger Park in Fenton, sort of a "peace, love and yappiness" affair. The Bark Park group also will be making appearances at the Fenton Days 175th Birthday Party on Aug. 25, at Kirkwood's Green Tree Festival Sept. 14-16 and at a Corvette show at Jim Butler Chevrolet on Oct. 13 At the events, the nonprofit group will be meet the public, answer questions, and learn about what pet owners would like to have in a new dog park and how a dog park would affect their lives Woofstock is the first official fundraiser for Bark Park at Unger. Unger Park is located behind …

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