Local car dealership MINI 91原创 hosted a few mini 鈥� and not-so-mini 鈥� hounds and their owners on Sunday afternoon for a photography session.
Club OpenRoad facilitated the event and offered pictures with Santa Clause, with donations going to support (LAPS).
Joanna Ho, a representative with Club OpenRoad, said this was the first year the organized the furry photo shoot, but said the response was overwhelmingly positive.
鈥淎 pre-register email went out to all of our members and we got more than 70 RSVP鈥檚, and that doens鈥檛 include drop-in鈥檚 we hope to have as well.鈥� Ho said.
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From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., people could drop in at 6025 Collection Dr., and donate a minimum of $10 to get a picture snapped by a professional pet photographer.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been going to different OpenRoad auto dealers, in this case, MINI 91原创, and asking the local animal shelters if they wanted to team up to put on an event,鈥� Ho added. 鈥淲e hope to raise around $1,200 for LAPS, with another 500 donated by Club OpenRoad.鈥�
The day wasn鈥檛 exclusive to dogs either; a few felines were expected to drop in to have their meeting with the man in red as well.
Established in 2012, Club OpenRoad is a program that allows guests to earn points that can be redeemed towards new and used vehicle purchases.
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