Heritage Museum of Orange County

12/06/2023

🖤🎟️🎪Something spooky is brewing on the grounds of HMOC and we’re calling all our fans of uncanny carnivals, sideshow acts and creepy circuses to thrill with us in the upcoming Sideshow of Horrors, a event raising funds directly benefitting the restoration of our historic, and rumored to be haunted Maag Farmhouse.

🦇Vendor applications are open NOW, but won’t be for long.

🖊️Apply directly to join us in this event featuring small businesses, artists, crafters, food trucks, bar service, photo ops, card readers, circus acts, live music, cosplayers and more 🤡

Stay tuned for updates fiends 👀

Vendor application link: https://form.jotform.com/230436630994157

12/03/2023

🫶😊Community outreach night attending Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center’s 2023 Winter Exhibitions Reception!

Their 2 winter exhibitions include celebrating the return of Muzeo Express: spanning two rooms in the historic Carnegie Building the exhibit displays the personal model railroading diorama and train set collection incredibly handcrafted by Adam England, the Chief Operating Officer for The Muckenthaler Cultural Center and our own former Director of Programs, as well as his wife Kathy Williams also our former longtime Director of Education! 🤗 Truly a local moment ♾️

“TRADITIONS” held in the Main Gallery is a special collaborative exhibition, curated by Thinkspace Projects and Tlaloc Studios, celebrating “the many ways we honor heritage, ritual, and family through the artistic expression of working SoCal artists”.

One room of the exhibit features the work of Estevan Oriol an internationally celebrated photographer, director, and urban lifestyle entrepreneur known for his distinct, gritty 35mm black and white portfolio documenting Chicano and Cholo culture.

Muzeo TRADITIONS is on view December 2, 2023 through February 25, 2024 so be sure you stop by!

Taking part in ’TRADITIONS’ are:⁠
Adrian Armstrong | ⁠
Daniel Antelo | ⁠
Jimmy Bonks | .bonks⁠
Brek | ⁠
Danie Cansino | ⁠
Jonni Cheatwood | ⁠
Giorgiko | .la⁠
Elmer Guevara | ⁠
Daniela Garcia Hamilton | ⁠
Sydnie Jimenez | .viciouss⁠
Haylie Jimenez | ⁠
Mario Joyce | ⁠
Larry Li | ⁠
Natalia Lopez | ⁠
Erick Medel | .medel⁠
Mike Meds | ⁠
Kristy Moreno | .moreno⁠
Estevan Oriol | ⁠
Jerry Peña | ⁠
The Perez Bros | ⁠
Carlos Ramirez | .ramirez2323⁠
Jaklin Romine | ⁠
Floyd Strickland | ⁠
Rain Szeto | ⁠
Georgina Trevino | ⁠
Jacqueline Valenzuela | ⁠
Michael Vasquez | ⁠
Daisy Velasco | ⁠
Mario Ybarra Jr. |

11/30/2023

🤩Strolling down memory lane with “Miss hosting socials for all the fun folks who like to dress up. What great memories”. Who’s voting with us for Noele to bring this back?! 🙌

we’d love to host your social clubs and meetups, DM us!

11/28/2023

⏰Today is the last day!! Non-profits thrive on your generous donations and today on Giving Tuesday you can choose to join us in making a difference in the hearts and minds of our community by donating any amount!

Your generous contribution allows us to continue our mission work of preserving and sharing the history, culture, and nature of Orange County through community engagement and hands on immersive educational and historical field trip programs.

We appreciate you, today and EVERY day! 🙏

🔗Visit givebutter.com/hmocgivingtuesday2023

11/24/2023

👐This Native American Heritage Day, HMOC is sharing eight resources on how you might become a better, more informed ally to the indigenous community. Swipe through the slides for clear actionable items you can use, and then visit our blog post for all the links and resources mentioned here! (🔗 hmocmembers.org/post/acknowledging-native-american-heritage, unlocked on our Member Portal for you free of charge!)

Acknowledging the tribal and ancestral stewardship of the land you occupy is a crucially important first step toward educating oneself on indigenous heritage.

“It is vital to respectfully acknowledge the caretakers of the land that we now call Heritage Museum of Orange County. Santa Ana sits on the ancestral lands of the Tongva (Gabrielino) people as well as the Acjachemen (Juaneño) people. We honor the Tongva and Acjachemen elders and descendants, past, present, and future, who continue to steward this land and its waters. We are grateful to work on the land of the Tongva and Acjachemen people. We commit to uplifting this resilient community. We commit to learning how we can become better stewards of this sacred land.”

🫶Excerpted from the careful and thorough research provided by Sydney Horner, HMOC Museum Conservator

11/22/2023

📣Friends! Our early fundraising launch is 41% funded thanks to the community’s AMAZING support, but our work isn’t over yet! Giving Tuesday is ONE week away and our site is open and live NOW accepting your generous contributions of ANY amount to help our non profit recover the field trip items recently stolen and to replace worn items such as children’s costumes, antique quilt display rods, craft supplies and more.

🔗🙏
givebutter.com/HMOCgivingtuesday2023

Your gift will allow school children county wide to continue to enjoy the full benefit of our museum’s hands on immersive educational and historical field trip programs.

We invite you to join us in making a difference in the hearts and minds of the community’s youth by donating any amount today!

If you can’t donate financially, you can still help! Every share of our campaign helps spread the word further to the community and helps us reach or even surpass our goal. 🙏 😊 Thank you for being part of our HMOC Family!

11/21/2023

🥂Enjoyed the Travel Santa Ana hosted happy hour meet up at Roquette Cafe where members of the community connected and shared their experiences and visions for the future of Santa Ana destination tourism, including highlighting the vibrant cultural and historical points of interest, like HMOC! It’s an exciting time for growth in Santa Ana, and we’re so happy to be a part of it 🙌

🍮If you haven’t already, go give a follow, congratulate them on their success and recent one year anniversary, and stop by some time to try Chef Sam’s absolutely delicious offerings!

📍And be sure to follow Travel Santa Ana to discover more of the food, culture and activities Santa Ana has to offer! ✨ (Like the upcoming and TamalFest 🤤🫔 who’s going?!)

11/20/2023

🥂🙌We did it! Amidst the most amazing, incredible weekend we quietly passed a milestone and hit 10,000 (and still going up!) followers on IG!

The growth is amazing but each of you are not numbers to us, YOU are HMOC FAMILY, and the reason we’re able to continue to flourish as your local Orange County historical museum and events center almost 40 years after first opening to the public.

In this fast paced world being able to connect on a personal level with members of our community is so important.

Our online presence is an extension of the physical museum, and a way to actively engage, build relationships and perform community outreach every day with all of you! So keep those messages, comments and tags coming, interacting with you and amplifying your voices is why we’re here!

🫶Talk to you soon,
Shandra, HMOC Marketing Manager

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11/17/2023

Watching the prep work for the Creep It Real FESTIVE tonight and tomorrow night is so fun!! The booths are amazing, the cosplay is unreal, the small business shopping is perfect for holiday season, we can’t wait!!! See you at the museum with Creep It Real OC!

11/15/2023

One of our challenges as your local historical Orange County museum is balancing being as open and accessible for the community’s enjoyment and use as possible; while still protecting and safeguarding the property from break-ins, vandalism, theft and worse.

Occasionally we get people who love HMOC so much they sneak in after hours and take pieces of it home with them. As a non profit museum working year round for the community, the need to unexpectedly replace these items is especially hard to try and work into an already carefully planned budget.

Even worse is when a robbery affects our beloved school children who have visited us weekly since 1985 when HMOC first opened to the public for hands on immersive educational and historical field trips.

Recently we had a nighttime break in on the property and the thieves were able to make off with key items used on our interactive Gold Rush and Kellogg House field trip tours including our pickaxe, birdcage, trunk, washboard, drying rack, and more.

We’re asking our community for YOUR help.

Giving Tuesday, the national day of charitable contributions isn’t until November 28th but we have opened our fundraising campaign NOW to try and reach as many community members as possible.

Your generous donations of any amount will allow HMOC to replace the items stolen, purchase replacements for over worked items and strengthen our existing security precautions.

Your gift will allow school children county wide to continue to enjoy the full benefit of our museum’s hands on immersive educational and historical field trip programs.

We invite you to join us in making a difference in the hearts and minds of the community’s youth by donating any amount today!

Givebutter.com/HMOCgivingtuesday2023

If you can’t donate financially, you can still help! Every share of our campaign posts helps spread the word further to the community and helps us reach or even surpass our goal. 🙏 😊 Thank you for being part of our HMOC Family!

11/14/2023

📢Calling our HMOC volunteer crew! Our much anticipated winter fundraiser is fast approaching and the Kellogg House is getting prepped for all the Victorian holiday finery! You can be a part of the fun in helping us prepare, right now we need a few people to assist the day before the tea: Friday Dec 1st from 10am-1pm to help spruce up the Kellogg House tea rooms! Some furniture rearrangement is necessary and the utmost care will be taken to protect everything (and everyone!) involved.

Send an email to our Volunteer Coordinator Kayla at [email protected] and she’ll get you all set up!!

Thank you in advance and stay tuned for all the festive photos coming soon! 🎄

11/13/2023

🙏Happy posthumous 97th birthday to long time Santa Ana resident and the Official Black Historian of Orange County, Harriet Tyler! Harriet’s donation to HMOC of her personal collection of thousands of photographs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures, and artifacts relating to Black history in Orange County, amassed over a lifetime of service to the community, made possible our Summer of Civil Rights Exhibition this past summer at the museum. Through her tireless activism and diligent record-keeping we are able to preserve the history of Orange County’s Black Community in her name.

Born in Shreveport, Louisiana on November 12, 1926 Harriet moved to Southern California at the age of 17, soon after marrying and settling in Santa Ana. She quickly became involved in her local community and joined the Orange County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She also became an active member of Second Baptist Church of Santa Ana, the first Black congregation in Orange County.

In 1969, Harriet founded the Interested Citizens Group of Santa Ana. The Interested Citizens made it their mission to provide scholarships to students in the Black community. They hosted countless “Beautillions,” or pageants, where young men and women debuted in society, showcased their talents, and received scholarships. Later on, the group expanded to include service to senior citizens and became the Interested Citizens Group of Orange County. Harriet was involved in activist and community organizations including the NAACP Orange County Branch, the Interested Citizens Group, Second Baptist Church of Santa Ana’s Usher Board, the Santa Ana Black Historical Society, and countless others.

Those who were close to Harriet Tyler often called her a “powerhouse.” “She had a reputation of being a doer. When you wanted to get something done, you called Harriet,” her memorial program states. Harriet passed away on June 10, 2018 but her legacy and impact on the local community, all of Orange County and Heritage Museum in particular will live on forever. 🙏

(Research contributed by Sydney Horner, HMOC Museum Conservator)

11/12/2023

🗓️We’ve got your Sunday plans! We’re having free museum admission today (Sunday) from 10am to 2pm for any veterans or active duty service members with military ID! 🫡

HMOC Members are also free entrance as always, and community can join us for $10 and $5 for children 12 and under! Enjoy a walk back through time on our historical Kellogg House tour and 12 acre grounds!

11/12/2023

🫡In honor of Veterans Day and all the brave service people in our community HMOC is proud to show our appreciation by offering free museum Public Hours admission to all individuals with valid military ID (past or present) tomorrow Sunday November 12th from 10am to 2pm only. Enjoy your day touring the historic Kellogg House and our 12 protected acres!

General admission is $10, and $5 for children 12 and under, so the whole family can join as well. 🙏

11/09/2023

✨😍Do you believe in magic? We do! Every wedding at HMOC proves to us time and again that the real magic is right there in front of us in true love. We’re so honored and blessed to keep being a part of all the magical love!!

Thanks for another great recap of a fantastic event 🫶

“What a spectacular wedding 11/04/23 with this amazing sweet couple 🥂The way they looked at each other makes me believe in true love! Congratulations Dyson & Michelle Posey 🥂 such a great day with family and friends! Thank you for the pictures! And the last clip of there first dance was phenomenal …. The whole day was a success ❤️ and the bride did all those flowers herself!
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Cake: .cakes
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11/08/2023

🌲 Love this opportunity for everyone to help the environment and have some fun while doing it!! 🙌

Time for a school-wide community service opportunity! If you need your hours, join us on November 11th and plant some trees. Sign up today 🌳🌳 Heritage Museum of Orange County

11/05/2023

🎃Tomorrow! Part of our free event from 10-2 we’re smashing those old pumpkins and you’re welcome to bring yours to participate as well! Pumpkin pieces will be donated to local farms for chicken feed or composted!

11/04/2023

💥 THIS Sunday we’re bringing you a FREE family and pet friendly community event that you’re not going to want to miss!

Together with Macaroni Kid Santa Ana, CA from 10am to 2pm we’re bringing you the Santa Ana Children’s Business Fair!!! Shop for your holiday gifts from our kidpreneurs and enjoy the many activities from our sponsors!!

🎸School of Rock Santa Ana is returning to emcee and we will have games, crafts, food trucks and more! 🛻 You don’t want to miss out!

🛍 55 Kid Vendors
🎼 Music by
🏬 Resources
👧🏻 Children’s Crafts
🍲 Food from and Luna’s Catering
👪 Family Friendly
🐾 Pet Friendly
🎟️ Free Admission

👗👖The event will also host a clothing swap courtesy of Festiveknicknacks Sustainable Parties (bring 10 clothing pieces to donate).

The Children’s Business Fair presented the opportunity for our local kids to develop a brand, create a product or service, build a marketing strategy, and then open for customers at our one-day marketplace and launch their very own startup business, while learning about becoming an entrepreneur in a practical and fun way! Join us in supporting our littlest entrepreneurs!

(🎃Bring those used pumpkins too for some free Pumpkin Smashing fun with HMOC’s !)

🏠Children 12 and under receive 50% off admission to our historic Kellogg House tour during the event!

11/02/2023

🤩We had SO much fun last month with all the HMOC community events we hosted, we decided to keep it going in November!

🎃🎄Come see the spooky side of Christmas at Creep It Real FESTIVE Nov 17th & 18th! With special guests, spooky characters, themed photo ops, LIVE entertainment, HMOC Kellogg House ghost tours (with the purchase of a NEW V.I.C. Ticket), spooky Holiday vendors selling their arts and crafts, food trucks, sweets and treats and even spirited drinks, there’s no shortage of spooky festive fun to be had to cure that Halloween hangover! 🎁 Creep It Real OC

👧🫶🧒Join HMOC, Macaroni Kid Santa Ana, CA and our team of local parents, teachers, and entrepreneurs as we support our community’s children this Sunday Nov 5th at the free community Children’s Business Fair! We presented the opportunity for our local kids to develop a brand, create a product or service, build a marketing strategy, and then open for customers at our one-day marketplace and launch their very own startup business, while learning about becoming an entrepreneur in a practical and fun way! (🎃Bring those used pumpkins too for some free Pumpkin Smashing fun with HMOC!)

👻Spooky season never really ends when you’re ghost hunting with the best, Haunted Orange County and ghost host Darcy Staniforth at HMOC’s historic Kellogg House! Hear the true tales, ghost stories and history of our OC Victorian jewel as you share the mansion with the rumored ghosts of the Kellogg family! ⏰Tickets are limited this month and going quick so don’t wait!

⏳📍We’re so happy to have everyone back to join us for our HMOC public hours this month, every Sunday from 10am-2pm! Admission includes the historic Kellogg House tour, unique exhibits, prizes for scavenger hunts and Gospel Swamp Farm games, self led trail hikes, special guests and more! As always one of the benefits of being an HMOC Member is FREE entry to Public Hours! If you haven’t yet supported our nonprofit museum by joining us, ask us how!

🪴Make sure you check out the Gospel Swamp Farm page HeritageMuseumOC.org/gospel-swamp-farm to see the fun and educational lineup of Gardening lessons offered this month! We’re starting off this Saturday the 4th with Farm Manager Sam teaching you about Soil Basics and the Food Web from 9am-10am! 👨‍🌾

10/29/2023

🎉🧡Happiest of birthdays to the woman who’s had a hand in SO many of HMOC’s successful weddings and events, our friend and partner ! Diana has played a huge role over the years as one of our FAVORITE day of coordinators, and as our sales manager for our HMOC caterer , in short she can do it all! She’s gathered a loyal group of fans from her commitment to ensuring every event she produces has her heart and soul in it and many of our happy couples can attest to the impact she’s had on their special day. We’re so lucky to have you in the HMOC family Diana 😍🙏

10/28/2023

🙏🧡🫶What an amazing night. We thank all of you so very much for attending, sharing your photos with us, spreading the word about the event…everything we do is for the community, and you are all so very appreciated!

10/27/2023

💀🧡🌼Tonight! Click to see the timeline of performances and offerings, we’ve got a wonderful night planned for all of you, so you don’t want to miss a minute of our community Dia de Los Mu***os celebration! This is a night for all ages with free admission!

🎶Enjoy musical performances by non profit youth orchestra members , 💃🏽a Baile Folklorico performance by , 🐆a special Danza Azteca presentation by , as well as food and drinks from 🌮 and 🍹, 👨‍🎤DDLM themed face painting by and 🎨free DDLM themed arts and crafts in our Quilters Cottage!

🕯️🌼Enjoy an evening with us honoring and remembering lost loved ones at our community Ofrenda (Altar), while engaging in the culture and experiences!

No registration necessary, see you tonight! 🫶

10/26/2023

🧡Tomorrow! Our family and pet friendly community Dia de Los Mu***os celebration is free admission and a night for all ages!

🎶Enjoy musical performances by non profit youth orchestra members , 💃🏽a Baile Folklorico performance by , 🐆a special Danza Azteca presentation by , as well as food and drinks from 🌮 and 🍹, 👨‍🎤DDLM themed face painting by and 🎨free DDLM themed arts and crafts in our Quilters Cottage!

🕯️🌼Enjoy an evening with us honoring and remembering lost loved ones at our community Ofrenda (Altar), while engaging in the culture and experiences!

No registration necessary, see you tomorrow! 🫶

10/26/2023

🍻🎃 Get ready to brew up some spooky fun at Brewers Mash 2023! THIS SATURDAY 10/28 at HMOC! 🎉 Unlimited craft beer tastings, epic food vendors, live entertainment, and costume contests await. Don't miss out – secure your tickets now at events.ocbrewers.org ! 🎟️

10/26/2023

✨There’s always magic in the air at an HMOC wedding, but we think this wedding brought the extra spark!! 🥰 every little detail that our couples add to their special day that is 100% just *them* makes every wedding 100% unforgettable! 🙌

🤩So many thanks to everyone who came together to pull this one off, including:

👩‍❤️‍👨Our fabulous couple (1/2 of anyway 😄)
📸 (with assist from HMOC coordinator on the last pic )
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🎨 .eliana (we can’t wait to see this finished portrait!)

And everyone not listed as well!

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10/24/2023

This is so interesting! Enjoy!! 🙌🌼

10/24/2023

🚨Tickets are LIVE and WILL SELL OUT FAST for this rare opportunity to enjoy a traditional Victorian Tea in the historic HMOC Kellogg House, which will be all decked out in Victorian holiday finery!🎄

🫖Gather your friends and enjoy a specially prepared holiday menu featuring a sparkling beverage, scrumptious scones, an assortment of sweet and savory delicacies, and a selection of fine teas.

🤝The Victorian Tea Society with the Heritage Museum of Orange County hosts this annual fundraising event benefitting the museum and it is a fan favorite every year so don’t miss out, once seatings are filled, there won’t be another opportunity until next year!

Tickets here! givebutter.com/HMOC2023HollyBerryTea ⏰

10/22/2023

There’s still time to submit your loved ones photos for our Dia de Los Mu***os altar and celebration! Email [email protected] TODAY!

10/22/2023

Have you visited HMOC lately? Today is the day, we’re open til 2!

10/21/2023

🐛Are caterpillars good for the garden, or bad? Find out this Sunday at 10am during Public Hours at the museum when brings back “Art at the Farm” and invites the public to learn about some of the beneficial (and not so good) bugs of the earth while making large format art that will be displayed! 🎨

🪴Normally “Art at the Farm” is on Saturdays but THIS Saturday Farm Manager Sam will be representing HMOC and GSF at the Orange County Farm Supply event happening at their location in Orange from 11:00 to 12:30 talking about cool weather gardening!

We hope you can join us for both!

10/20/2023

🚨We’re hiring and we want YOU to join our HMOC Family!! We are actively hiring for :

several openings for
🤝Museum Attendant(s): Perfect for theater and history lovers, the Museum Attendant position is a fun opportunity to engage HMOC visitors in learning experiences and guide them through small group History tours of the buildings and ground during field trips and events. These tours bring history to life by helping our visitors actively discover what life was like in different time periods through hands-on activities.

🤝Volunteer Coordinator: UPDATE, this position has been filled!

📍Visit HeritageMuseumOC.org/careers to apply and start your new HMOC path with us!

10/18/2023

💀🔥🌼We’ve planned a very special community HMOC Dia de los Mu***os celebration and you’re invited!

🍴Bring your appetite for the delicious local birria and barbacoa food truck ,
🍸Sip on craft cocktails by Latina mixologists ,
🎶Enjoy musical performances by members of the multi-cultural non-profit youth orchestra ,
👨‍🎤get into the spirit with DDLM face painting by ,
🎨Explore your creativity with DDLM themed arts and crafts,
📝learn with an educational Q&A about the culture of Dia de los Mu***os and more!

🕯️Our ofrenda (altar) is a community project of love, and we encourage you to email us your digital photos to have them printed and placed on the altar to be part of the remembrance of those who left too soon.
🐾 Animal family member photos are welcome too!

🗓️Photo submission deadline is Sunday October 22nd
Email photos to [email protected]

HMOC Dia de los Mu***os Community Altar and Celebration
October 27, 2023
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Entrance is free, family and pet friendly!
📍

10/18/2023

💀🔥🌼We’ve planned a very special community HMOC Dia de los Mu***os celebration and you’re invited!

🍴Bring your appetite for the delicious local birria and barbacoa food truck ,
🍸Sip on craft cocktails by Latina mixologists ,
🎶Enjoy musical performances by members of the multi-cultural non-profit youth orchestra ,
👨‍🎤get into the spirit with DDLM face painting by ,
🎨Explore your creativity with DDLM themed arts and crafts,
📝learn with an educational Q&A about the culture of Dia de los Mu***os and more!

🕯️Our ofrenda (altar) is a community project of love, and we encourage you to email us your digital photos to have them printed and placed on the altar to be part of the remembrance of those who left too soon.
🐾 Animal family member photos are welcome too!

🗓️Photo submission deadline is Sunday October 22nd
Email photos to [email protected]

HMOC Dia de los Mu***os Community Altar and Celebration
October 27, 2023
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Entrance is free, family and pet friendly!
📍

10/17/2023

👻 Can you spot the ghost that invited itself to this photoshoot? You may have *heard* the ghost stories about the Kellogg House, but have you SEEN them?! 👻 See it pointed out and enlarged, what do you think, is it proof?

Don’t miss out on ghost hunting and hearing all the historic haunted stories of HMOC with Haunted Orange County and , there’s 3 spooky season October tours left, but they’re floating away quick! Visit hauntedoc.com/ghost-tours/the-kellogg-house/ to book!

10/14/2023

🐞🐛🪲Tomorrow, come prepared to get dirty as we create art! Each month HMOC’s “Art at the Farm” features a new large format art installation that the community helps create to be exhibited at Gospel Swamp Farm. This month, with Farm Manager Sam, you’ll learn about the beneficial bugs that help our gardening and earth as we create permanent art to be exhibited on the grounds! Suitable for all ages and free to the public! We invite you to join us as a walk-in or pre-register at [email protected] 👩‍🎨🎨

10/10/2023

🕯️🌹Help our community ofrenda (altar) honor your lost loved ones this Dia de Los Mu***os! Email your photos to us at [email protected] through Sunday 10/22 to have their cherished memories be included in our community celebration of their lives Friday October 27th from 6-9pm!

“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.”
"La vida de los mu***os está en la memoria de los vivos".
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

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10/09/2023

🩷The costume creativity keeps getting better and better at Bark Bash! 🫶 What an amazing day we had with all the puppies, vendors, and all of YOU! Keep tagging us in your posts so we can keep adding them to our IG highlights, and stay tuned for our recap reel soon! 🐶 🦴

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Barbie: PLEASE tag them!!!! 🙌

10/08/2023

🐶Today!!! Barks of Love Animal Rescue much anticipated Bark Bash 2023 is happening and we’re so excited! Who’s coming?