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Kiroli Foundation Launches First-Ever West Monroe Pet Mayor Contest

Proceeds from the contest will be used for needed project and improvements at Kiroli Park

By Missy Robertson, Publisher, Macaroni KID Monroe-West Monroe May 7, 2025

🐾 BREAKING MEWS: West Monroe is Going to the Dogs... and Cats, and Bunnies, and Parrots?! 🐾

Hold onto your leashes, folks, because the Kiroli Foundation is unleashing something paws-itively amazing — the first-ever West Monroe Pet Mayor Contest! Yes, you heard that right. It’s time for the real local leaders to step forward (or waddle, hop, or trot): our pets.

Think your fur baby (or scale, feather, or shell baby) has what it takes to rule the city with charm and a wagging tail? 🐢🐱🦜 Nominations are open now through May 31 at www.wmpetmayor.com, and it’s just $20 per pet to throw their collar in the ring. But hurry — there are only a limited number of nomination slots before the competition gets too ruff!

Once all the hopefuls are in, voting begins in June — just $1 per vote, so campaign early and often! Bribing your friends with dog treats to vote? Morally questionable, but adorable.


πŸ₯‡ The crowned Pet Mayor of West Monroe will:

  • Be honored at a special ceremony at Kiroli Park this summer
  • Snap an official paw-trait with Mayor Staci Mitchell at City Hall
  • Appear on West Monroe Parks & Rec social media (move over, influencers)
  • Take center stage at Kiroli Park’s 100th Birthday Bash on October 18, 2025
  • Earn their human a family membership to Kiroli Park and a fancy mayoral proclamation

All proceeds go toward making Kiroli Park even more paw-some for visitors of all species.

πŸ“§ Questions? Email kirolifoundation@westmonroe.la.gov or bark—I mean, call—(318) 396-4016.

Ready, set, fetch that nomination form! πŸ•πŸΎπŸ‘‘


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