Bill:  Collingswood does not charge community groups or any other group to walk in the parade.  Again, the reason the shelter dogs walked with the collingswood dog walkers is that my daughter was in the hospital recovering from a collapsed lung that almost took her life.  I was organizing all the community groups for the parade before my daughter got sick.  the shelter dogs were going to have their own group and space, but because of my daughter's illness I was not able to organize it.  Rich very kindly offered to let the shelter dogs walk with them.  At the last minute a few shelter volunteers agreed to bring a few dogs to the parade. 

 

Nancy Welsh