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Contributions that deserve recognition:
A big "THANK YOU" to:Spaghetti Dinner THANKS to:
Our many other volunteers including...
Cassie and Chris Sears - For shopping, preparing food the night before and cooking;
Gary Youmans - King of the raffle
Jamie Koliander - baked all the desserts
Lynn Durkan - The dish washing Queen
Ed & Myra Haley, Joann & Chris English, Chris Bonner, Anne Gainsback, Pat CiotoliNatasha Ganesh, Carol Hebblethwaite &Mary,
MaryJean Rhone, Carla & Sidney Simpson, Ellen from PetSmart and her family
The following local businesses donated:
Schneider's of Kirkwood
Ralph's Meats
Park Bench Deli
Butcher Boys
Michelangelo Pizzeria & Restaurant
New York Pizzeria
Brother's Two Restaurant
Donoli's Restaurant
Jim Roma's Bakery
Stroehmann Bakery
Wagner's Cakes & Cookies
The Spot Restaurant
Sam's Club
Price Chopper
PETSMART for helping us find great homes for 3 dogs and 104 cats! (updated). Click here for our old numbers.
Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse of Binghamton
1314 Upper Front Street, 13901
607-762-1000
for donating approximately $175 worth of building materials so that we can creat another Kitten Sanctuary to manage the influx of kittens during kitten season.
A special thanks to manager Dennis Edner
Sun Valley Chevrolet in Chittenango, NY and our many local supporters who made it possible to puchase a slightly used 2006 Chevy Cargo Van to transport our animals and staff safely
Glenwood Elementary School for donating:
322 rolls of paper towels
19 gallons laundry detergent
64 dishwashing liquid
23 boxes of garbage bags
15 misc. grooming/medical supplies
9 bags kitty litter
and various soaps, bleach, pet shampoo and cleaners.
Broome Tioga BOCES for collecting approx. 1461 bottles and cans
We would like to thank the following schools for their donations of time, money, and supplies:
Vestal Hills Elementary
Kenyon Middle School
Homer Brink
The Tioga Social Club for having a supply drive and raising much needed funds to help our shelter!
PetSmart for helping us find homes for our available cats. So far they've found 50 cats great homes and families! Keep up the great work!!
Circuit City for the Hotdog Eating Contest to promote their new line, "FireDog" (October, 2006)
Everyone who helped make the annual $5000 raffle a great success:
Sach (for use of bar), Brenda (for bartending), Schneider's (for donating wings), Nirchies (for pizzas), Mario's (for pizzas), Performance Auto Sports, Carponents, Tech Auto Sound, J & R Upholstery, and all the local restaurants who donated gift certificates!
The Cabaret for the Critters volunteers. The September show was a great success and raised over $900 for the shelter! Thank you to all who participated, and a special thank you to Robin Latham for organizing the event!
Girl Scout Troop 257 for making the Fall Adoptathon, Sept. 30th, a great success with decorating and helping out! For those of you who know Buster, he at last got adopted and rode home with his new family as if he'd always been with them. 9 animals went to new homes thanks to help from the scouts! Thanks also to Walmart whom the scouts got to donate food and cake to entice visitors as well as free dog and cat food to those who adopted.
ILS Organiation for a bottle drive September 23, 2006. The following individuals helped raise the resulting $700 donation: Ashley Cornelius, Joyce Cornelius, Ryan DeSeillier, Amy Folmar, Randy Conner, Dee Conner, Deb Hamlin, Irene Lawson, Jim Rotella. Thank you!
Endicott Learning Center students for having a great bottle/can drive for us. They collected over 1000 cans and bottles for our recycling efforts on May 26, 2006! Thank you!
North Minster Pre-school, Endwell, donated supplies - including food, toys, and treats May 16, 2006. We want to thank them and their teacher (Nadean Schaller) for thinking of the animals!
JC High School Key Club held a supply drive for us ending on March 24, 2006. Thank you to the Key Club and their advisor, Heather Lashier, for all their time and the supplies!
CF Middle School Student Council sold lollipops during their Valentine's Day Carnation Sale and donated the proceeds to us - $150! Thank for all your efforts!
Dr. Renee Fisher DVM and Dr. Amanda Barry DVM (Milan Vet Clinic) for all they have done for us.
Rita and Steve Porter for all their support and monetary donations to our animals and their special vet care needs, as well as adopting and helping a special needs dog, Buddy, who is doing great in his new home! They also adopted the recently featured dog, Scooter, as well!
Noni and Bernie Stopper for all their time and very generous support throughout the years. Noni consistently walks our dogs though all types of weather and spends countless hours with our animals. She and her husband have bought (and fixed up) many of the Kuranda beds our dogs enjoy sleeping on.
Bill Harris (our unofficial "Dad" of the shelter) for all his time and contributions. He had made many, many dog banks - he just made us another 50! He has also fixed/ redone many of our cages, installed pully cage doors and garage doors, plus more handiwork than we probably know around the shelter!
Melita Nagell (one of our wonderful dog walkers) for buying a new washer for our shelter.
Bob of Hockey Bob's who had a 'spare change' drive for the shelter, and the Union Endicott High School students who donated a substantial amount of their spare change! (Dec. 05).
Vicki Griffin for discovery and pursuit of a grant from The Helen Thomas Howland Foundation. Thanks to her efforts and other board members in writing the grant application, we have received our first grant, which goes towards a new furnace and air conditioning for our feline population and isolation areas.
The Helen Thomas Howland Foundation for supporting our efforts at improving the shelter to better aid our animals.
C&D Heating and Air Conditioning (Chuck Davis) for installing furnace and air conditioning at such an affordable rate for us.
Glen Martin of Martins Plumbing & Heating 3908 Waverly Road Owego, NY was kind enough to install a new furnace for us at a greatly discounted rate.
Target, Sams Club and Akels (Giant) for food and litter donations.
All our supporters who donated items for our successul Casino Night 2005.
Pet Depot for supporting our Easter Bunny and Santa Pet Photos events.
Binghamton University Campus Recreational Services for hosting the BU Cycling Marathon.
