Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Lawrence, Kansas

 

 

WHEREAS:       Don “Red Dog” Gardner started Dog Days in the summer of 1984 when, as a volunteer high school trainer, he started an exercise program to help student athletes physically prepare for sports; and

 

WHEREAS:       Following the start of the program, it grew each year and Red Dog encouraged the kids to bring their siblings; and

 

WHEREAS:       In 1992, Dog Days was opened to the community and today has a total of more than 1,300 participants for the summer sessions; and

 

WHEREAS:       Dog Days has grown from one session in the evening to multiple session today, including two sessions of a run on Saturday mornings; and

 

WHEREAS:       2008 marks the 25th Anniversary of Red Dog’s Dog Days;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Michael Dever, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby recognize Thursday, July 17, 2008 as

 

“THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

OF RED DOG’S DOG DAYS”

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                      

                                                     Michael Dever, Mayor

 

                                                     July 15, 2008