Harvest, Hounds and Heroes
Fall Fun With a Purpose!
Join Galway Rotary for the first-ever Harvest Hounds & Heroes, a community fall festival bringing together hounds, harvest fun and hometown heroes — all while supporting Galway EMS!
📅 Saturday, October 17, 2026
🕛 Noon–5:00 PM
📍 Dockstader Park, Galway
Bring the family — and the dog! — for an afternoon celebrating fall and our community.
What’s Happening
🐾 Harvest Hounds Dog Costume Contest – 3pm
Dress up your pup and join the fun! Prizes, plenty of photo opportunities and bragging rights included. There is a $5 per entry fee for the contest. Register you and your pet with this form.
🚑 Meet Our Galway EMS Heroes
Get an up-close look at the ambulances, meet members of Galway EMS and learn more about the people who are there when our community needs them most.
🐶 Animal Rescues & Adoption Organizations
Meet local rescue organizations, learn how you can help and maybe even meet a new best friend.
🍎 Local Farms & Harvest Vendors
Shop seasonal favorites from area farms and local producers.
🍴 Food Trucks & Local Eats
Come hungry! We’ll have food trucks and other food vendors serving throughout the afternoon.
🥣 The Galway EMS Soup Sale Returns!
A Galway favorite is becoming part of Harvest Hounds & Heroes. Pick up homemade soup to take home for $10 per quart.
Every Quart Helps Pave the Way!
Help Us Raise $10,000 for Galway EMS
Harvest Hounds & Heroes has a purpose beyond having a great fall afternoon.
Our goal is to raise $10,000 to help Galway EMS with their much-needed parking lot project.
Throughout the festival, there will be plenty of ways to help — from buying soup and entering the dog costume contest to supporting participating vendors and making a direct donation.
Interested in Participating?
We’re currently welcoming pet-related businesses, local farms and harvest vendors, food trucks and food vendors, and animal rescue/adoption organizations.
Participating vendors will not be charged a traditional vendor fee. Instead, vendors are asked to donate 10% of their event sales to Galway EMS.
Animal rescue and adoption organizations are invited to participate at no charge.
Interested in being a vendor, rescue partner, sponsor or otherwise getting involved?
Contact Galway Rotary at GalwayRotaryNY@Gmail.com
Hounds. Harvest. Heroes. Community.
Come spend a fall afternoon with your neighbors, support local businesses and organizations, meet some pretty adorable dogs — and help us pave the way for Galway EMS.
Harvest Hounds & Heroes
Fall Fun With a Purpose.