PugFest VI will have a PugStock Theme!=

Comical Event to Raise Funds for Southwest Florida Readi= ng Festival

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Fort Myers, Florida, January 11, 2011 – The Lee County Library System announced PugFest VI: PugStock will be held from 12:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Sunday, January 30 at the Bell Tower Shops, corner U.S. 41 = and Daniels Parkway, in Fort Myers, Florida. The PugFest, now in its sixth year, is a dog-friendly fundraiser for the Library System’s annual Southwest Florida Reading Festival.

This year’s theme is PugStock! There will be sever= al contests including most Psychedelic Pug, Rock & Stop, a dog fashi= on show, open to any dog breed and a Chinese Auction with dog- gone good prizes. More than 1,500 animal lovers and 500 dogs attended the last event

Lee County PugFest organizers are grateful to their sponsors, = Bell Tower Shops and LITE 93= .7, as well as their Master of Ceremonies John T. Hulbert III whose fun commentari= es and music soundtracks make the contests and fashion show so enjoyable.=

Admission is free, but a $5 donation per family is suggested.&= nbsp; All funds raised benefit the Southwest Florida Reading Festival, a free community event to showcase the library’s programs and resources, and= to promote reading and literacy.

The Lee County PugFest started when Dan Yaccarino, author and illustrator of the book “Unlovable” about a Pug, was scheduled = to attend the Southwest Florida Reading Festival in 2005. Festival coordinators asked Dan to stay an extra day for PugFest which would be mode= led after the original PugFest event in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 2005, the event has taken off and attracts about 1,200 people and 500 dogs and has ra= ised more than $11,000.

For more information about PugFest or the Southwest Florida Reading Festival, call 239-337-READ (7323) or visit http://readfest.o= rg.

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