HUDSON — The Hudson Recreation Division is inviting all pet owners in town to submit funny and creative videos of their pets into the Hudson’s Funniest Pet Video Contest.
The contest will benefit the in-development dog park project at Sauta Fields. It will be done in conjunction with HUD-TV, which will compile the clips for a public screening in January.
Program Coordinator Tiffany Newton said when the Recreation Division was planning the Dog Days at Centennial Beach event, the topic of doing another dog-friendly event in the winter came up.
“This will just keep the community engaged and up to date with the dog park project,” she said.
To enter the contest, applicants will pay a $25 entry fee. The link to submit a video is https://forms.gle/rjjH4uJckn4YjwZ9A. People can also go to the Hudson Recreation website, www.hudsonrecreation.org, and by clicking the link applicants can pay the fee. Within, applicants will find a link to submit their video.
Newton said video clips should be limited to about 30 seconds each, and prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place.
The deadline to submit an entry is Dec. 31. When all of the videos have been collected, HUD-TV will put them together into a viewable format for a Jan. 16 screening at 6 p.m. at the Senior Center.
“As we were thinking about how to collect the videos in an easy way, it was suggested to us that HUD-TV might have the means to do that, and they did,” she said.
All proceeds from the contest will be earmarked to support the future expenses of the dog park, such as “sit amenities, maintenance costs and/or special events created to benefit the park.”
There are many goals for Hudson’s Funniest Pet Videos Contest, including better exposure of the dog park project and community engagement about the process so far.
“We are hoping that people who maybe don’t know about the dog park, but are interested in viewing (or submitting) the funniest pet videos, will come to the event and see our finalized plans,” said Newton.
The goal is that people will learn about what the Recreation Division is doing with the park project, and then community members will become more involved. To that end, Hudson Recreation will be collecting information from anyone interested in becoming a member of the Friends of the Hudson Dog Park group.
Newton said, “We are still working on what exactly the friends will look like, but anyone who may be interested is encouraged to give us their information, and we will send out details as we work to form this group.”
For updates about the dog park project or the Hudson’s Funniest Pet Videos Contest, visit the Hudson Recreation website. For anyone interested in the contest details, call 978-568-9642 or email the Recreation Division at [email protected].
