The third-annual Jake & Cooper’s Bark Park 5K-9 Walk & Run, which also features a one-mile mutt strut and a best-dressed dog competition, is slated for May 18.
The event helps raise money for the bark park in its effort to help those struggling with mental health, and it honors Jacob Schaffer, who struggled with social anxiety, depression and addiction before accidentally overdosing in 2021.
When he passed, Jacob had an eight-month-old Australian shepherd, Cooper, which eventually led to the formation of Jake & Cooper’s Bark Park…