Hundreds of pet lovers from across the region are expected to take part in this years\u2019 \u201cPet Fair\u201d as hosted by the Central Pennsylvania Humane Society.
\nThe event takes place on Sunday, September 14th at Legion Park in Hollidaysburg from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
\nThe fair will feature entertainment, information, food and music. Fair organizers say the event will be \u201cfun for the entire family\u201d and include a pet show, silly pet trick competition, obedience demonstrations, breed rescue information booths, an \u201cAsk the Vet\u201d area, a special bake sale of homemade goods, valuable door prizes and silent auction items and chicken barbecue from DelGrosso\u2019s (must be ordered and paid for in advance) that includes 1\u00bc2 chicken, roll, bbq beans and \u201cfamous\u201d DelGrosso potato salad.
\nOther food, such as hot dogs, sloppy joes, chips & soft drinks, will also be available for purchase on site.
\nNew this year will be a special attraction for the kids \u2013 a \u201cbig, bouncy\u201d inflatable building that children can enter and safely jump around on the air-supported structure.
\nThe event will also involve appearances by local media celebrities such as Steve \u201cFrogman\u201d Kelsey (WFGY radio) and local TV personalities.
\nFair goers are encouraged to bring their pets however, dogs must be on leashes or restrained in a comfortable fashion, cats should be in appropriate carriers.
\nProceeds from the event will benefit the homeless animals at the Central Pennsylvania Humane Society shelter located at 1837 E. Pleasant Valley Blvd. in Altoona.
\nThe event will be held rain or shine according to CPHS officials.
\nFor more information call 942-5402 or 942-2477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hundreds of pet lovers from across the region are expected to take part in this years\u2019 \u201cPet Fair\u201d as hosted by the Central Pennsylvania Humane Society. The event takes place on Sunday, September 14th at Legion Park in Hollidaysburg from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair will feature entertainment, information, food and music. Fair […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}