Progress on the Kingsman Field dog park and the efforts of Hill Hounds have recently been highlighted in two Capitol Hill Publications:

The Hill is Home 

Hill Rag

Through iGive, you can help Hill Hounds when you search or shop! It's free and easy.

A penny a search and a portion of each purchase will be donated to Hill Hounds for free. How often do you search or shop online?

Go to http://igive.com/hillhounds to sign up.

Searching or Shopping means a donation. A penny or more per search, a $5 bonus for your first purchase and up to 26% of your purchases at over 730 stores like Amazon, eBay, Travelocity, Home Depot, Staples, and many, many more. Plus you SAVE money with exclusive coupon codes, free shipping deals, and sale alerts.

If you're a member of Facebook, there's a new way to help Kingsman Field Dog Park! The park now has an official "Cause" page on Facebook at http://apps.facebook.com/causes/390922 in addition to our "Fan Page" at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Washington-DC/Hill-Hounds/53568602452

And if your birthday is coming up in the next 30 days, you can ask your friends to donate to the park as your birthday wish.  After you join the cause at the above link, go to http://apps.facebook.com/causes/birthdays/new?cause_id=390922 to set up your birthday wish.

A big thanks to the Capitol Hill Community Foundation for granting $2,500 to Hill Hounds to contribute to amenities at Kingsman Field Dog Park! Here's some information about this great organization from their website:

The Capitol Hill Community Foundation draws on the generosity and idealism of our neighborhood to help build a stronger and more caring community—a place where families can flourish and where every resident can share in a better future.

We support activities, projects and organizations that enrich the lives of residents and celebrate the history of our Capitol Hill community.

Since its founding in 1989, the Foundation has directed more than $4 million to a broad range of projects. Funded entirely by annual donations from members and friends of the community, the Foundation proudly directs every dollar contributed to grants. All administrative costs are covered by the members of the Board of Directors.

Amazing! On Thursday, we put out a call for folks to donate toward the last $500 we needed in order to meet our goal of raising $15,000 by the end of May. Within hours, the goal was met.  And then folks kept donating!  And in four days we raised $1,600!

Thanks to everyone who made a contribution! These funds will go a long way toward adding amenities to Kingsman Field Dog Park and maintaining the park once it's finally built! We also got some great new brick inscriptions, which will be posted soon.