We are excited to announce CARA’s 17th ANNUAL DOG DAYS OF SUMMER EVENT!
When and Where
Saturday, June 6, 2026
10am-3pm
LeFleur’s Bluff State Park,
3315 Lakeland Terrace, Jackson MS
(just off Lakeland Drive)
Admission Fee
A voluntary monetary donation or donation of dry and/or canned dog food (Purina Products preferred) is the admission fee to the event!!
Mark your calendars for a fun day for the entire family (including your four-legged members) to help us raise funds for our fur babies!!!! For more details and updates go to our Facebook page www.facebook.com/CARACares
Our Sponsors
VSS, LLC is our host sponsor again this year! We still need more Event Sponsorships on every level from $5000 (Corporate Event Sponsor), $2500 (Corporate Area Sponsor), $1000 (Corporate Sponsor) $500 (Partner Sponsor) and $250 (Support Sponsor)!!
If you or your company are interested in being a sponsor, please contact Denise Cantrell at [email protected] or 601-842-4404 for more information. Sponsorships help cover all the expenses of the event as well as approximately 50% of the revenue raised, so please consider joining us this year!!
Event Sponsor
Corporate Sponsors
Partner Sponsors
The event will include:
- Lunches by Lost Pizza & Outback Steakhouse ($5)
- Raising Cane’s Iced Tea & Lemonade ($3)
- Children’s Carnival ($5) with tons of activities (such as a Petting Zoo, Face Painting, blow ups, Blue Bell Ice Cream, etc.)
- Dog Agility Demonstrations
- K-9 Demonstrations
- Pet Parade & Pet Contests ($5)
- Blessing of the Animals Ceremony
- Silent Auction
- CARA Store (items 2/$5)
- Micro-chipping ($15)
- Arts & Crafts Vendors, adoptable CARA Dogs and much more!!
Volunteer to help!
If you’d like to volunteer and help out in any way, please sign up online and we’ll find a spot for you.
Vendor reservation
The arts & crafts area is back! Join us as a vendor at this year’s Dog Days! Each vendor will receive a 10’x10′ spot for a $35 fee. Get more details and sign up below.
Monies raised from events like Dog Days of Summer go toward the day-to-day expenses of running the shelter as well as the care of our precious fur babies, so we can give these precious babies a new wonderful live that they deserve!