Wounded War Vet & Service Dog To Be Honored by Baltimore Humane Society - Tickets Still Available

Decorated American veteran Captain Luis Carlos Montalvan and his service dog, Tuesday, will be the honorees at Baltimore Humane Society’s Black Tie & Tails Gala on Saturday, March 23^rd.  The Honoree, Captain Luis Carlos Montalvan, is the best-selling NY Times author of Until Tuesday; A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him.  He and Tuesday are also the subjects of the upcoming Disney movie, Until Tuesday.  Captain Montalvan has become a well-known advocate for the use of service dogs for war veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and people with disabilities. 

The other featured speaker will be Lieutenant Colonel, Jeffery Camp, Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Paws for Purple Hearts, a veterans helping veterans organization that originated under Walter Reed National Military Center.  The first program of its kind, it helps heal returning combat veterans by teaching those with psychological scars, including PTSD, to train service dogs for fellow wounded vets.

Baltimore Humane Society supports Captain Montalavan’s  and Paws for Purple Hearts’ work and is also looking to expand its relationship with groups who train shelter dogs to be service dogs for veterans.  The non-profit animal shelter believes it is an effective way to help “save the lives” of two underserved populations.

Tickets are still available for the Gala.  The evening will feature an elegant seated dinner, live music, dancing, raffles, and silent auction hosted by WJZ Chief Meteorologist, Bob Turk.  Guests are invited to bring their pets.  They will be dancing the night away and bidding on silent auction items including Joe Flacco signed memorabilia, a behind the scenes tour of the zoo with a rhino/zebra experience, a private wine-tasting party, and much more.  All funds raised from Black Tie and Tails support the care of the animals at the no-kill shelter in Reisterstown. 

Pets Welcome!  Black tie optional.  Sense of humor required.

Date:    Saturday, March 23^rd  

Where:  The Grand Lodge, 304 International Circle, Hunt Valley, MD   21030

Time:     7 p.m. -11 p.m.

Tickets are $125 per person. (Well-behaved animals attend for free.)  They can be purchased at http://bmorehumane.org/events/black-tie-a-tails or by calling 443-388-2407.

About The Baltimore Humane Society:

The Baltimore Humane Society, founded in 1927 by Mrs. Elsie Seeger Barton, is an independent, non-profit, no-kill animal shelter, which offers low-cost veterinary care to the public, and a pet cemetery with grief support services. We receive no operational funding from the local or federal governments, or any national animal welfare organizations. For more information about BHS, and how you can contribute, volunteer, adopt, or foster, please visit www.bmorehumane.org.