By Alessandro Powell
Special to the Register
HAMDEN — A fundraiser tonight at Aunt Chilada’s, 3931 Whitney Ave., will benefit the Hamden Responsible Dog Owner’s Group, known as R-DOG.
Money raised will go toward the upkeep and improvements of the Hamden Dog Park at Bassett Field.
Vice President Lenny Young said the 10th anniversary of the park is a milestone because the park has provided a safe, reliable, free playspace for dogs from all over the state.
"We have a wishlist," Young said.
Among the changes R-DOG’s new board would like are to make the agility area permanent, to remove a dead tree, to install a new brick memorial, necessitating more benches, and to initiate a sanitation program. The program would call for spring, summer and fall purging of naturally forming bacteria.
Tonight, 20 percent of all money spent at the restaurant goes towards the cause, but patrons must bring event fliers that are found at the Hamden Dog Park and at www.HamdenDog.org.
The new R-DOG Board hopes to do something new for the park each month in order to raise and awareness.
"We are already handicapped accessible," said Young. "But a lot of people don’t even know we exist.
Alessandro Powell is a Register intern.