WASHINGTON 鈥� A charity art auction being held Saturday聽at Reagan National Airport offers an opportunity to play dress-up with your dog.
罢丑别听 fundraiser, to be held in the original Terminal A historic lobby,聽bills itself as “a dog-friendly, elegant event.” It features original artwork from local artists to benefit Homeward Trails Animal Rescue, based in Arlington, Virginia.
“You can actually bring your dog,” Kate Brown said on behalf of the group.聽“There’s lots of goodies to buy, lots of great art to look at and buy, lots of things to eat and drink, live music聽鈥� and Fido gets to be there with you.”
罢丑别听 coalition of volunteers and foster homes throughout the Mid-Atlantic region聽rescues and transports animals from overcrowded kill shelters, the meat trade overseas and disaster areas such as hurricane-ravaged Texas, and works to get them into forever homes.
“Homeward Trails has this incredible聽network of people,”聽Brown said. “The network of people is just immense.”
The features聽more than 100 donations that include items, services, events, vacation packages and聽gift certificates聽to various spas and restaurants. include聽an African safari, private villa in Bali, box seats to a Redskins game and a Walt Disney World package.
As for the event’s name? It’s a combination of animal 鈥減aws鈥� and聽the artist Picasso.
“There’s a sense of humor in it 鈥� which, everybody knows, if you love dogs and cats and animals you have to have a fair amount of a good sense of humor,” Brown said. “My dog is actually standing on the coffee table right now looking at me, and he’s not supposed to be doing that!”
is Saturday, Nov. 4, between 6 and 10 p.m.聽Tickets start at $75.
