{"id":126984,"date":"2026-01-21T22:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126984\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T22:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:02:09","slug":"walk-for-the-animals-taking-place-feb-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126984\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk for the Animals taking place Feb. 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ZWD6YBENQ5ENTJKLNH64MIOM4E.png\"  width=\"600\" height=\"337\"\/>VCA Walk for the Animals VCA Walk for the Animals <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 It\u2019s a paw-sitively purr-fect event for the entire family! The 36th annual VCA Walk for the Animals benefitting The Humane Society of Broward County is taking place Feb. 21. Local 10 Animal Advocate Jacey Birch will serve as the event emcee. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The annual fundraiser brings together thousands of animal lovers for a morning of fun, connection and wagging tails\u2014all to support homeless pets. This year\u2019s goal is to raise $535,000 to help provide shelter, medical care and second chances for animals in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe are thrilled to welcome the community back for another incredible Walk for the Animals,\u201d said Walk Co-Chair Carey Morgan. Co-Chair Michelle Watson added, \u201cEvery step taken and every dollar raised directly supports lifesaving care for thousands of homeless pets each year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Those interested in walking can do so individually or form a \u201cpack\u201d with family, friends or coworkers. The one-mile walk takes place at Las Olas Intracoastal Promenade Park, located at 80 Las Olas Circle in Fort Lauderdale. This is The Humane Society of Broward County\u2019s largest fundraiser and features music, entertainment and more than 30 vendor booths.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">There is no fee to register. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/event\/2026walkfortheanimals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/event\/2026walkfortheanimals\">https:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/event\/2026walkfortheanimals<\/a> or call 954-266-6817.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Mayte Padron\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/ff163d72-f807-4d1c-9f44-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Mayte Padron<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Mayte Padron Cordones is an Emmy-award winning journalist and the director of WPLG\u2019s Community Relations Department, overseeing the station\u2019s outreach initiatives to benefit and strengthen the South Florida community. She joined the station in 2001. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandVCA Walk for the Animals VCA Walk for the Animals FORT LAUDERDALE,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-126984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}