One Sick Puppy Helps PAWS
Southtown Star, IL - 10 hours ago
White Sox fan Kelly Mrozek, of Homer Glen, and Holiday, her 12-year-old Labrador retriever.
The tickets for Thursday's event gave two people and one dog the chance to enjoy the festivities, including the pregame "pup rally" parade.
"To me, it's like the best of everything. I mean I love being with my dog, and I love the White Sox - to me it seemed like it would be a blast," the Homer Glen resident said.
However, her date, her 12-year-old black Labrador retriever named Holiday, fell ill. Not wanting the tickets to go to waste, Mrozek decided to raffle them off. The tickets cost $80, but Mrozek got $180 for them in the raffle.
Mrozek donated the proceeds to a fellow animal lover and friend Ruby Wilson, who is a volunteer humane investigator with the PAWS animal shelter in Tinley Park. "I just know that she's really into animals and a proponent for dogs and has a really good heart," Mrozek said.
Shenequa A. Golding can be reached at sgolding@southtownstar.com or (708) 633-5991.
