happy tails - Second Chance Animal Center

Volume 13, Issue 3 • summeR 2010
HAPPY TAILS
new frOm THe SecOnD cHAnce AnImAL cenTer
newS
THe GreAT HOLIDAY DOG reScue
By Nancy Boardman
There were no Magi in sight, nor a star overhead in the East. And it certainly wasn’t a
virgin birth. But there was a shepherd present, even though it was a she, and she was
of the canine variety. Her name was Mary,
and she played the leading role in a miracle
that happened last Christmas.
Our story begins in mid-December when
Irene “Doc” Fiala, a college professor and
member of the Ashtabula (Ohio) County
Animal Protective League (APL), saw a
www.twitter.com post announcing that a
pregnant German Shepherd mix was due to
be euthanized at a Kentucky animal shelter.
That facility was full, and there was literally not a kennel – or even a manger – available to house the mom and her imminent
litter. Add to that the anticipated cost of
caring for them all, and it looked like only
a miracle would save “Mary.”
When Doc saw the posting, she couldn’t
let it go by. Although the Ashtabula shelter
was maxed out too, Doc did some networking (shelters are very good at that when
animals’ lives are at stake) and found a
place in New York State that would take
Mary and her litter–but only if they could
be delivered to the shelter’s door. Doc was
ellie, the sweet and
once shy mountain Dog,
currently lives in Danby, VT
and gets to go to work with
her new Dad every day!
game for the trip, and off she went, traveling hundreds of miles to pick up Mary and
drive her back to Ashtabula. Then, after a
rest, Doc planned to take her the rest of the
way to New York.
But motherhood couldn’t wait, and on the
way from Kentucky to Ohio, Mary gave
birth to 10 puppies. The APL managers
agreed that one-day-old pups and a nursing
mom wouldn’t be able to make a safe journey, and so they were settled in at the home
of APL president Diane Carr on a foster basis until they were ready for adoption.
In the eight weeks that the puppies were
growing and thriving with Diane, the APL
got busy finding their next residence. The
New York State shelter was willing to take
half the puppies, but that left Mary and the
five remaining siblings.
Now, just at this time, Second Chance
found itself way under booked with dogs
needing to be surrendered–a miracle in itself, as our 14 kennels are usually chockfull and we have a list of canines waiting to
get in. Again, taking advantage of modern
technology, director of shelter operations
Tina Wheeldon linked up with Ashtabula.
“It just happened that other Vermont shel-
Donner – one of mary’s 10 pups. sensitive, yet bold, Donner could be counted
on to put his littermates in their place.
He now resides happily in Danby, VT
ters were low on dogs, too,” she recalls, “So
when we got an e-mail from Ashtabula, we
figured we were fated to help out.”
After many phone calls back and forth, it
was decided that Second Chance would
take the five remaining puppies from
Mary’s litter, as well as seven other APL
adult dogs that needed homes. But again,
what about the transport?
The Great Holiday Dog Rescue continued on page 3
Inside
page
President’s Message....................... 2
Meet our New Treasurer................ 3
Annual Meeting Awards .............4-5
Pet-A-Palooza................................ 6
Honoring Tina.............................6-7
Our Deepest Thanks ...................... 8
Second Chance Animal Center • P.O. Box 620 • 6870 Route 7A • Shaftsbury, VT 05262 • (802) 375-2898
Happy Tails
Happy Tails is published published quarterly
by the Second Chance Animal Center. It is designed to keep friends of animals throughout the
tri-state region informed about the activities of
our organization – report on the efforts of other
animal welfare advocates – build continued financial and volunteer support – and offer advice
to readers so that they may provide responsible,
loving, informed care to their own pets.
Second Chance Animal Center
P.O. Box 620, Shaftsbury, VT 05262
Phone: (802) 375-2898
Fax: (802) 375-0235
Email: secondchance@wildblue.net
Web Site: www.2ndchanceanimalcenter.org
Hours:
Tue, Thu, Sat 11:00am – 3:30pm
Wed & Fri 11:00am – 7:00pm
Sunday
Noon – 3:00pm
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Second Chance celebrated 50 years of service in 2009, saving literally thousands of
animals and last year was no exception. Here are some of the facts:
We took in a total of 657 animals: 515 cats, 138 dogs, two rabbits and two ferrets. We
found homes for 524 animals: 395 cats, 125 dogs, two rabbits and two ferrets.
Our wonderful visiting veterinary team, Drs. Raymond Koch and Amanda Marino, performed 915 spay and neuter surgeries, helping to slow the problem of overpopulation.
We helped 99 pets in need of emergency vet care, thanks to our Angel Fund, established
by a caring Second Chance supporter. Through the generosity of another benefactor
we established the Shelter Emergency Fund to be used to help shelter animals.
Our humane investigators conducted 70 cruelty investigations. We are pleased to report
that every complaint is looked into within a day of being reported.
Humane Educator Dana Gilbert reached 155 students in eight area schools, teaching
children about responsible pet care, and last summer 64 children attended our summer
camp program
On June 26th, we held our Second Annual Bennington Pet Fest next to the Farmer’s
Market with even more exhibitors, vendors and children’s activities.
(No adoptions are done on Sunday)
In October, the Dorset Walk ‘n’ Wag brought out dog owners and their pets–many
decked out in Halloween outfits - to have fun and raise funds for the shelter.
Shelter Staff:
With the support and hard work of scores of volunteers and staff members, Second
Chance has come a long way in 50 years. Without their daily attention and care there
would not be a shelter. It is that simple.
Closed Monday
Shelter Manager:
Sharon Burnett
Office Mgr/Outreach Program Coordinator:
Michelle Rudd
Animal Care Coordinator: Jessica Hill Nilsen
Education Director:
Dana Gilbert
Shelter Supervisor:
Brandy Cross
Kennel Supervisor:
Heidi Pedersen
Humane Investigators:
Ken Colombraro
Bob VanBenschoten
Veterinary Technician:
Kayla Wilson
Dog Obedience Trainers:
Tanya Casey
Mark DeCrease
Animal Care Technicians: Sarah Colbert, Krista
Flavin, Judy Koch, June O’Boyle, Liz Scholis,
Shannon Steller, Molly Vey, Sandy Williams,
Wren Williamson & Heather Willenbring
Board of Trustees:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Judy Murphy
Nancy Boardman
Patricia Winstead-Fry
Gale Day Audy
Jim Evans, Madeline Kennedy, Scott Kreutz,
Lynne Fonteneau McCann, Karen Russo,
Stephen Saltonstall, Oceana Wilson
Happy Tails:
Editor: Karen Russo
Contributors: Nancy Boardman, Judy Murphy
Design: Trish Weill, delishdesign
We thank the faithful board members - past and current - who, over the years, have kept
the shelter on course. Longtime Trustee Joan LaVigne received the President’s Award
at the annual meeting in April for all she has done over the years for animals and for
the shelter. Bev Sylvester leaves the board, after spearheading many great fundraising
events. Treasurer Tish Russell resigned because her business has become so successful.
She will remain as our bookkeeper. Our thanks go out to all. I am pleased to announce
that Gale Day Audy joined the board in May as our new treasurer. Welcome, Gale.
Today’s board is working hard and setting new goals, including the steps necessary to
realize our vision of a new, state-of-the-art shelter that will better meet the needs of the
animals in our care, our staff, volunteers and the public.
We are bringing in experts to help us with the design and cost estimates; we are actively
looking for appropriate sites, and we are planning for the necessary capital campaign. It
is all very exciting, and we will keep you posted.
Second Chance is blessed with many friends who support the shelter in many ways.
We thank you for enabling us to care for so many needy animals that come to us for
shelter, food, medical help, a kind word and a gentle hand. Your concern, commitment
and kindness truly make it possible for us to keep going, as I know we will for as long
as there are animals that need us.
Sincerely,
“Tails & Ales” at Rattlesnake Café
to Benefit SCAC– Sean Dunleavy, chef-owner
of the Rattlesnake Café in Bennington, and his canine
friend Cody (a husky adopted from Second Chance last
year) will donate $1 for each “Tails & Ales” featured
beer sold on Thursdays throughout the summer. Thank
you, Sean and Cody. What a great way for patrons to
help the animals while enjoying a cold beer.
Judy Murphy
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were sweet and special as well, and they
too found loving homes not long into the
New Year.
Continued from page 1 - The Great Holiday Dog Rescue
Camels not being an option for 12 dogs and
puppies, two SCAC Board members offered to head west on the New York State
Thruway and meet Doc and the dogs halfway between Ohio and Vermont. So, on
Monday, February 15th, driving a rental
cargo van and praying for a trip with no
snow, Pat Winstead-Fry and I left the shelter around 9 a.m. Meanwhile, Doc started
her leg of the trip–unfazed by the fact that
she had driven another set of dogs to Erie,
PA the day before! Checking in along the
way by cell phone, we all rendezvoused on
the dot of 1:30 p.m. at the parking lot of
the Utica Welcome Center, where the volunteer greeter graciously allowed us time
and space for the exchange.
Tina and Doc’s extensive prep work paid
off in terms of the ease and quickness of the
transfer. Each of the 12 dogs went into a
crate set up in the rental van before our departure, along with complete notes detailing their names, individual health records
and personality profiles. There was nary a
whimper or a bark from the dogs on the trip
In the spirit of holiday sharing, SCAC and
the Ashtabula shelters are looking forward
to working together again, whenever one
or the other has a surplus, or a shortage, of
dogs.
And what about Mary, whose plight set this
entire miracle in motion? Well, she stayed
right where she was in Pierpont Township,
Ohio, in the foster-turned-forever home of
her own special angel, Diane Carr.
Skip, the “cuddle king”, was also
fostered temporarily and now lives
in Adams, MA where he insists upon
sleeping between his new parents
each night!
back; after all, they were seasoned travelers
both in utero and later!
Once Pat and I neared Shaftsbury, we
phoned ahead to Tina, who was waiting at
the shelter to help us unload and settle the
dogs in their temporary digs.
Needless to say, the adorable puppies garnered lots of attention from our staff and
volunteers, and found their forever homes
in record time. (In a switch from the sacred to the profane, they had been given
the names of Santa’s reindeer, and who
could resist a black and brown bundle of
affection named “Cupid”, Donner” or especially “Rudolph?”) The young adult dogs
Griswold, Ellie’s kennel mate in Ohio
and at SCAC, found a loving home
in Cambridge, NY with a family who
simply adore her.
Editor’s Note: Thanks go to Nancy Boardman and Pat Winstead-Fry for driving all
the way to Utica to pick up the dogs and
to staff and volunteers, working together, to
make these happy endings possible.
Isabella, who was fostered temporarily,
finalized her adoption in May after she
was spayed and has been reported to
be the “perfect dog”.
Meet Our New Treasurer
Second Chance is pleased to announce
the appointment of Gale Audy, our newest
Board Member, as Treasurer.
Gale has worked in banking for over 32
years and is currently the Branch Manager of Berkshire Bank’s Richville Road
Branch in Manchester Center. She lives
with her husband Brian and four children
in Sandgate along with Buddy, the German
shepherd, Josie, the flat coat retriever, and
three cats, Chili, Little Bit and Daisy.
Add Your Name to SCAC’s
Email List – If you would like
to receive interim news of shelter
happenings, press releases and notices
of upcoming events, just let us know
by sending your email address to
secondchance@wildblue.net.
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Tina Wheeldon with Meg Oceanna – Volunteer of the Year
Judy Murphy with Timothy Pinsonneault, Jr. – Humanitarian Award
Second Chance Animal Center
51st Annual Meeting, April 23, 2010
By Karen Russo
What a lovely evening and what a great turnout! A chance to meet old friends and make
new ones before the actual meeting got
underway. Special thanks go to the Second
Congregational Church for allowing us to
hold our 51st annual meeting at its church
in Bennington.
Following a social hour over egg salad
sandwiches, shrimp, a selection of cheese
and crackers, various hors d’oeuvres,
homemade cakes and cookies, and punch
and coffee, Judy Murphy, president of the
board, called the meeting to order.
Judy began by introducing the board
members. Moving on, she cited the many
achievements of Second Chance over the
preceding year and covered the shelter’s plans
for the future (please refer to the President’s
Message on page 2 for details). Judy finished
by announcing some of this year’s awards.
Joan LaVigne was presented with the
President’s Award in honor of the many
years (decades in fact!) that she has been
serving Second Chance in various capacities
including board president. Although Joan is
leaving the board this year, she fully intends
to continue helping SCAC wherever and
whenever she can. Thank you, Joan!
Photographs courtesy of Lynne Fonteneau McCann
This year’s Humanitarian Award was
presented to Timothy Pinsonneault, Jr.
for rescuing a tiny, little kitten that was
thrown away as just so much trash – sealed
in a plastic bag and tossed into a garbage
can. Initially, Timothy brought the kitten
to Second Chance, but he couldn’t get the
kitten out of his mind and so he later decided
to come back and adopt her as his very own
cherished pet. Thank you, Timothy, for
reminding us that each of us can make a
difference.
Morgan Flynn, a 4th grader at Bennington
Elementary School, was honored with the
year’s Special Achievement Award for
starting a collection drive at his school and
church to benefit the animals at Second
Chance. Best of all, Morgan intends to
expand the drive this coming fall when he
returns as a 5th grader. Thank you, Morgan,
for your concern and for bringing the plight
of the homeless animals to the attention of
your classmates.
Next, Tina Wheeldon took the podium and
introduced and thanked the many individual
employees and volunteers who contributed
so much to the success of Second Chance
over the past year. She then announced the
remaining awards.
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Meg Oceanna was presented with the
Volunteer of the Year Award for providing
loving foster care to a long line of formerly
feral and special-needs cats over the past 18
years. Thank you, Meg, for turning many of
these cats into adoptable pets. You truly are
our “cat whisperer”.
Kayla Wilson, by a vote of her colleagues,
was chosen as Employee of the Year in
recognition of all her hard work. When the
shelter was without one of its key employees,
Kayla stepped up to the plate and helped to
fill the void. Thank you, Kayla, for your help
during this very critical time.
Wrapping up the evening was our guest
speaker Anne Zepernick, assistant editor
of Best Friends Magazine and an instructor
at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
where she teaches literature and a course
on animal rights writing. The focus of her
talk was the treatment of animals in our
society and how we can improve the lives
of animals in our own community. (Note:
Best Friends, located in Kanab, Utah, is the
largest animal sanctuary in the U.S. and a
leader in the no-kill movement nation-wide).
Thank you, Anne, for sharing the evening
with us.
Walter & Dana Gilbert, Education Director
Joan LaVigne – President’s Award
Tina Wheeldon with Kayla Wilson –
Employee of the Year
Board Members Steve Saltonstall and Jim Evans
Morgan Flynn –
Special Achievement Award
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Judy Murphy – Board President
Anne Zepernick, Assistant
Editor of Best Friends
Magazine
Channel 10 and Curtis Lumber
Team Up To Save Lives
Saturday, June 19th, dawned hot and
only got hotter as the day progressed.
But inside the air-conditioned Curtis
Lumber store on Rt. 7 in Hoosick, NY,
there were some pretty cool cats. Quite a
passel of felines had been brought to the
store for the first-ever Pet-A-Palooza, a
joint effort between Channel 10 meteorologist and animal advocate Steve Caporizzo, and the folks at Curtis Lumber.
Thanks to Jay Curtis and his wife Kendra and the Curtis family of over 600
employees, all 22 Curtis Lumber stores
in New York State and Vermont hosted
the event in their towns, inviting animal
shelters, rescue groups, veterinary practices and other pet professionals to participate throughout the day. Second Chance was delighted to be included so that we could showcase some
of the wonderful cats, kittens and dogs
that we have for adoption. Our volunteers brought six kittens and three adult
cats that had been shelter residents for
far too long. Pictured here is Spirit, one
of the eight pets adopted during the Hoosick Pet-A-Palooza. Henry the beagle
and Jack the Jack Russell were also on
hand to strut their stuff, and they drew
lots of interest as well.
Joining us at the Pet-A-Palooza were our
friends from the Bennington County Kennel Club, Collie Rescue League of New
England, St. Francis of Assisi feral-cat
rescue, West Mountain Animal Hospital,
the Handsome Hound, and Shih Tzu and
Furbaby Rescue of Crompond, NY. are adopted within the following week.”
(Final tally was just over 500). Store manager Kevin Kees and his associate, Carol Folgert, facilitated the
morning set-up and late-afternoon takedown, and the entire staff was incredibly
welcoming and accommodating during
what was the usual busy Saturday with
contractors and do-it-yourselfers needing
help throughout the day with their own
projects. On the porch was a volunteer
grill team, serving up hot-dogs and sodas
to benefit Second Chance, as well.
What made the Pet-A-Palooza unique
was that every adopter, once they had
passed the requisite veterinary and landlord checks determined by each participating rescue group, had the adoption
fee waived. Instead, a voucher was submitted to Channel 10’s Pet Connection
noting what would have been the adoption fee. That amount will be totaled and
a check sent to every adopting agency,
up to $75 per pet. What a great deal for
everyone–most of all, the animals!
According to Kevin, the Pet-A-Palooza
was a roaring success in all the stores.
“Our goal was to have 250 pets adopted,
but at the end of the day the total was
300,” he reports. “And that’s not counting the pets who will still qualify if they
Kevin says that Curtis Lumber is so happy with the success of the event that they
are planning to do it again next year. We
sure hope so, and we look forward to being there with the 2011 crop of wonderful pets looking for their forever homes.
The Shelter Says Good-bye
and Thanks to Tina Wheeldon
this area in 1997,” she said. As it worked
out, after she joined the ranks of feline
care technicians in 1998, her hobby job
turned into a passion that postponed her
retirement for 12 years!
June 1st marked the last day of tenure for
our long-time Second Chance friend and
colleague Tina Wheeldon, as she packed
up her office and headed off toward a real
retirement. “This was going to be my retirement hobby job when I moved back to
Although Tina’s career at the shelter followed two other, more disparate ones–
first as a retail management executive
in New York State and then as head of
a subsidiary of Associated Club Management in Texas–it was a natural for her to
wind up working with animals. “I grew
up on a 14-acre non-working farm in
North Cambridge, NY and was always
a big 4-H-er. I lived for the Washington
County Fair, where I showed my sheep
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and geese every summer. I was the kid
in the family who was always rescuing
birds and other orphaned or injured wildlife,” she says. “I think that my mother
went back to work to pay for my fourlegged habit.”
Once she started at Second Chance, Tina
took on more and more responsibilities,
eventually being promoted to Director
of Shelter Operations. She has made a
host of significant contributions during
her time with us. When visitors speak of
how clean and sweet-smelling our facility is, it is because Tina devised the protocols that not only keep the place from
smelling “doggy” or like bleach, but also
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limit the incidence of disease
that can easily sweep through a
shelter with the sneeze of a cat,
endangering all the animals living there.
Tina recruited scores of volunteers who help us keep the place
running smoothly–including the
folks who walk our dogs daily,
interns from local schools and
colleges who learn the ropes of
animal care at SCAC, and the
people who give us a morning
a week or a month to clean cages, scrub floors and do laundry.
Also, thanks to Tina, we have a
myriad of “camp critters” that
enliven our summer youth camp
and teach kids the day-to-day
responsibility of caring for pets.
And no one gives a better shelter tour than Tina, or looks cuter
in her elf costume at the Holiday
Open House!
We wish Tina all the best in her
retirement, although we can bet
that she won’t be idle for long.
For one thing, she has her cat and
three dogs (two of which were
adopted from Second Chance)
to keep her busy. We look forward to seeing her at our events,
and hope she’ll volunteer her
energy, enthusiasm and expertise for the benefit of SCAC and
its animals, including helping us
plan the new shelter facility we
want to build.
When she packed away her final file the day she retired, she
remarked, “This has been the
most satisfying and psychologically rewarding work I’ve
ever done. I truly believe in all
the parts of the Second Chance
mission.” She added, “It’s nice
to know you can make a difference in the lives of animals and
their people.” Tina certainly did
all that, and more, and we will
miss her.
Meet Our Second Chance
Alumni
Cooper and Mini (the redhead) were
adopted last summer by Stephen and
Leah Langstaff of Dorset after originally being found abandoned under a
porch at the tender age of two weeks.
Stephen writes “They rule the roost,
and we are their happy subjects. Whoever fostered them until they could be
adopted did a spectacular job.”
Gail and Michael Wellington reside in
Adams, MA, along with SCAC alum
Ginger, shown here in her 2009 holiday
finery. Gail writes, “She is a sweetie, and
we love her!! Thanks for all you do for
God’s creatures.”
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Julie Bowen of Bennington sent us this
picture of Shadow, who was rescued from
a situation where she was going to be shot.
Writes Julie, “Adopted from SCAC in 2008,
she is now a loyal companion to the Bowen
family. She loves her daily walks, and enjoys lots of TLC!”
Beatrix (aka “Trixie”) is an obviously gorgeous Siamese cat that Jan Marinec adopted
from Second Chance two years ago, when we
held an outdoor adopt-a-thon at Camelot Village in Bennington. She now lives in Scotia,
NY and is “very much loved!”
We think YOUR pet ought to be in pictures! Snap a
photo of your Second Chance alum, and we will feature
it in an upcoming issue of Happy Tails. Send it along to
Nancy Boardman, P.0. Box 540, Arlington, VT 05250.
Be sure to let us know how he or she is doing! Our DeePeST THAnkS!
Your help means so much to us. Caring for the
animals is not only stressful, it is expensive. And
we deeply appreciate each and every contribution. It is heartwarming to know that there are so
many good people out there who truly care about
the animals and want to make a difference in
their lives. To the following (to name but a few),
we offer our sincere and heartfelt thanks:
Jim and Patti Evans for their generous donation
which enabled us to purchase a new and desperately needed blood machine. Being able to run
our own blood tests means we can get the results
immediately, and we also save money on outside
lab testing.
The Roberta and Russell Housman Charitable Foundation, The Manchester Lions Club,
The Bennington Lions Club, Jeanne Petersen,
Philip J. Pugliese, Jr. and Abacus Automation
in Bennington for generously providing funding
for our Summer Camp Scholarship Program.
Briggs-Fowler Insurance Agency in Manchester
Center, and the following Bennington businesses
Cameron’s Floor Covering, Winburn Law
Offices, Wills Insurance, O’Malley’s Pet Supplies, Greene’s Oil, Inc, The Beverage Den and
Smokeshop, Wassick Tire Service and WBTN
1370-AM for underwriting our pets for adoption
ads which appear in the Bennington Banner each
month.
The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation for providing a generous grant in the amount of $10,000
in support of our mission.
Hewlett Packard, General Electric, Energizer,
the Bank of Bennington and Massachusetts
Mutual for making an employee matching donation to Second Chance.
Dr. Raymond Koch of Manchester Center for
donating his time and participating in a rabies
vaccination day open to the public at the East Arlington Fire House.
Jane Wright for the magnificent quilts that she
makes each year so that they can be raffled off by
SCAC to raise money for the animals.
Nancy Cooke, a long time volunteer, for buying
two pre-lit, artificial Christmas trees to brighten
the lobby and meeting room during the holiday
season.
Greylock Animal Hospital, Bark N’ Cat and
West Oil (all located in North Adams, MA) for
regularly sponsoring our pet adoption ads in The
Advocate.
The employees of Dunkin’ Donuts in Manchester for their continuing generosity in donating all of their tips to Second Chance.
The Sarah K. de Coizart Article Tenth Perpetual Charitable Trust for generously providing Second Chance with a grant in the amount
of $20,000.
Irene Goyette Photography in Bennington for
once again holding a photography fundraiser during the holiday season to benefit the animals.
Vermont Country Store Manager’s Contribution Program for choosing Second Chance year
after year to receive a financial award to further
our mission. This year’s donations were made at
the behest of Mary Ellen Hart in the E-Commerce
Dept and Kristi Smith in the Creative Dept.
Damir & Stefan Wade of Petersburg, NY who,
in celebration of their birthdays, brought in boxes
of goodies for the animals.
The Gordon Family Trust Fund at the request
of Jennifer Lovett for a generous grant to support
our mission.
Karen Rose of South Windsor, CT for the lovely
crocheted cat mats that she makes and sells to raise
money for the shelter at various craft shows in the
Manchester, VT area where her parents live.
Black Dog Wines & Spirits in Cambridge, NY
for once again setting up a “Dog Bone Tree” during the holiday season to benefit Second Chance
and for a matching gift from the owners’ dogs
Deets and Greta.
Steve Caporizzo of WTEN in Albany for regularly featuring our pets on his TV segment “Pet
Connection”.
Al Ducci’s Italian Pantry in Manchester Center for, once again this year, raffling off a giant
Easter egg to raise money for the animals at the
shelter.
Yarns for Your Soul in Manchester Center for
the beautiful “Snuggles” -- hand-knit blankets
in various sizes so that our animals would have
a cozy cage lining while they awaited adoption.
And each pet will take its own Snuggle along to
his or her new forever home!
The Bettina Garthwaite Lowerre Fund (at the
behest Paul and Ursula Lowerre) for awarding
Second Chance a generous grant to further our
mission.
Gina Pare for the lovely hand-made knit cat pillow she donated for us to raffle off.
The corporate offices of the Vermont Country
Store for providing us with a very generous cash
award as well as funding the installation of exhaust fans in two of our cat rooms.
Tractor Supply Co. of Bennington for their continuing generosity over the years.
Cambridge Antiques Center in Cambridge, NY
for offering a selection of vintage magazines and
suggesting that people may wish to drop a donation into Second Chance’s counter-top Donation
Bank in return for a magazine.
The Daniel and Heather Maneely Family
Foundation for a generous grant to be used for
the health and medical care of the dogs at our
shelter.
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Harvey Bruneau, Martha Henderson, Mary
Roff and a silent donor for participating in our
Guardian Angel program. (Dax, pictured above
is one of the dogs at the shelter recently sponsored under the program). If you would like to
become a sponsor, just let us know.
Memorials AND Tributes–SUMMER 2010
What better way to honor or memorialize a person or pet than by helping needy animals as they
await their new homes? Gifts of $50 or more will be featured in Happy Tails so that friends will
know of your kindness. But gifts of any amount are most welcome and greatly appreciated!
Thank you very much!
Second Chance Animal Center • P.O. Box 620 • 6870 Route 7A • Shaftsbury, VT 05262 • (802) 375-2898
In Honor of:
Susan Stuermer’s “special birthday” from
Judy & Bob Sussman, Julie Kuhn, Carolyn &
Ray Smith, Barbara Reilly
Southern Vermont Computer Services in
gratitude from DW
Sandy Read & Paul Parker from Paul Gerding & Sally Holland
“All the sweet animals that have enriched my
life” from Karen Russo
Charles Gardner, Jr. & Lisa Armstrong from
Judy Jones
“Maya” & “Cheyenne” from Betty Kane
“Waylon/Buddy” from Eileen & Robert
Baughman
In Memory of:
Jean Ams from Charles Ams & Josiah Allen
Real Estate Inc.
Nancy Boardman from Jane Burkhardt
“Violet” from Patricia Panza
“Max”, an SCAC alum, from Penny Supina
Mrs. Helen Brown’s birthday from Elizabeth
Eschbach
“Stubby” the cat from Claire Perrone
Linda Miller’s birthday from Joan Adelberg
“Libby”, a Second Chance alum, from Barbara
& Robert Newell
“Sam”, the dog, & in memory of Dan Manpely, from Betty & John Little
“Spencer”, another SCAC alum, from Anne
Stetson
Judy Murphy from Brooke Lacey
“Bob”, the Second Chance dog, from Linda
Burnett
Judy Jones, Mrs. Karl La Pine & Pat
Brewer–”Laundromat Buddies” from Mary
Culverwell
“Erin”, a former SCAC resident, from Mary &
Chris Kochenour
Our two adopted dogs from Beverly Rancourt
“Benzi” from William C. Grant, Jr.
Becky Gyanto from Henry & Alice Bratcher
Gertrude Manahan’s “beloved Second
Chance dog Rocky” from Nancy Norris
“Taylor” from Christine Preble
Freida Sears from Sonny’s Blue Benn Diner, Inc.
“Tomahawk” from Corinna Wildman
Ruth Wasco from Anna Travis
Bob Doggett’s dog “Lily” from his friends at
the Vermont Country Store
Shirley Mears from Mary Jane & Norman Scott
“Shadon” from Judy Boehlert
Paul Frank from Patricia Frank, Joanne &
Michael Shea
“Furro the Cat” from Audrey Lachant &
“Solomon Kat”
Lindalee Hayden’s “Calvin” from Jon
Gramhofer
Marion Cyr from Turboprop East, Inc.
Joseph Lauricella from Kathleen Edwards
Gertrude (Trudy) Manahan from Nancy
Norris, Mary Condit & the “Loose Ladies”
“Calvin” from Jon Gramhofer
“Henry Houdini” from Cindy Thomson
Carol Walter from Martin Walter
“Spunky” the cat from Kathee & Bill McMahon & Nancy Boardman
Dr. Abraham Moskovitz from Ann Fair
“Oliver” from Maxine Abner
Marilyn Duckless from James Lovering
Marianne Congello from Nancy & Allan Lorge
Shirley Gardner from Gerald & Mary Lou
Albert, MacDonald Secor Associates, George
Haynes, W.T. Martin Plumbing & Heating, Carriage Traders, The Bank of Bennington, Gary &
Kitty Lewis, Carmody’s, Joseph Baity, Richard
& Linda Bump, Charles & Mabel Whitman, the
Garner Family, Crossroads Accounting & MSK
Engineering & Design
Dr. Douglas Sargent from Ruth Levin
“McKinley” from Ralph Colin, Jr.
Leah Faye Rousseau from Peter & Nancy
Scattergood Donavan, Anna Travis, CSSI, Inc. of
Washington, D.C., Gerald & Veronica Markey
Wilson Jepson from Judith Houghton Eleanor Howard from the employees of St J
Stitching
Donna Hunter from Bob & Cora May Howe
“Sophie Mae,” owned by Toney Pozek &
loved by many, from Mary Squire
Continued on reverse side...
In Memory of:
Mary Gunther from Jan Rogers, Community
Resources/Good Neighbors Fund of Erie, PA,
& Alpine Products, LLC
Ruth Wyman from WCW Inc. of Hoosick Falls
Thomas Johnathan “Stonewall” Jackson
Walling,, the cat, from Ken & Mary Walling
Donald Santako & “Specs” from Marlene
Santako
“Begonia Rose” from Shellie Carroll
Olga Hagelberg from Darrell & Lucy ShelShel
burne
“Mittens”, “Lucky”, “Smokey”, “Sundown”,
“Misty” & “Hoover” from Frank & Lillian
Mugavin
“Daisy” from Frances Holbrook
Natalina Ransom from the employees of
Lovejoy Chaplet, Michael & Susan Taylor, &
Maureen Sprague
Helen Cardwell from Warren Cardwell
“Bond, James Bond”,
Bond” from Lyn & Richard
Bernasco
“Mr. Blue” from Christopher Ogden
“Mercedes” from Lisa Remillard
“Sam” the cat from Robert & Carolyn Noble
Mary Ann Lucas from Matthew Gosch
Henry Edwards II & “Bo” from Judy
Edwards
Donald Lorom & Edith Dewey from Nancy
Andersen on behalf of the Georgia Hume Evans
Memorial Inc.
Anne Sykes Hoffman from the New York AthAth
letic Club Rowing team, Sandy Killen, Natalee
Everett, Patricia Hoffman,& Alva Solomon
The Ferrarin family pets from Marie & Ray
Ferrarin
Andy Beauregard from Gail Beauregard
Ruth Mindling & all her wonderful dogs
from Jim Mindling
“Tolkien,” Anna & Axel Mundigo’s
Mundigo’s “gentle,
sweet dog”
Joan Grant from William Grant
Lee Goldsmith from Freda & Byron WaterWater
man, Mark & Margaret Wilson
“Arnie”, John & Nancy Landon’s beloved
golden retriever, from Walter Rosley
Sarah Scott Gibson from Walter Gibson
Bruce Sprague from Arden Scranton
Tinker Loveland from Lesley Olin
“Boy Kittie” from Alan & Kathy Sollien
“J.C.”, beloved cat of June Bentley, from
Philip Elwell
“Frederica” & “Violet”, two lovable Basset
hounds, from June Gutbier
“Niko” & “Gina” from Steve & Ellen
Saltonstall
“Buddy”, “Bentley”, “Ruby”, “B.J.” &
“Dudley” from Nancy Vallencourt
“Toby”, “Cricket” & “Princess Cleo” – three
formerly homeless dogs – from Mary Evelyn
Jerome Lindsay
Joyce Moffitt LaFlamme from Charlene
Moffitt
Freida Sears from Jennifer Brophy & Bryan
Pello
Mabel Fritts Bovey from Karen & Jim Prieur,
Fred & Barbara Bodner, John & Leslie Turner
“Barnaby”, “Willie” & “Abigail” from DonDon
ald & Christine Russ
Alice Filiault from John Mucci, Robert &
Geraldine Kastner
Muriel Hubbard from Nancy & Barry
LaPorte, James Lourie, Paul & Louise Shaw,
& the co-workers of Muriel’s son John
Mildred Katz from Jeune & Philip Kirmser,
Gene & Karen Huber-Rowley
“Muffin” from John & Ella Duhnoski
Mavis Hale Carson Hampton from Lisa
Hampton
Shirley Peabody from Cheryl & Maydene Mort
Ida Mae Hardy from James Fitzgerald, &
Anesthesiology Associates of Bennington
Mrs Hubbard from Brenda Levey
“Luke, the best – we miss our daily visits”
from Linda & Kristen Mattison
Linwood Wardwell from Warren W. Fane
“Teddy & Brindle” from Sheryl LaFazan
Marion Brown from Nancy R. Fish
“Jasper” from John & Judy Strachan
Audrey Palmer from Wayne, Judy, Caroline &
Patrick Diegel
Bill Belickis from Sue Rose, Margaret Gibson,
Barbara & Edward Simoneau, & The Ladies
Who Lunch (Diane Curley, Nancy Miller, Pat
Zimmerman, Christina Donohue, Karen Grant,
Linda Sartoris, Karen Gaul, Donna Celeste,
Mary Frances Callanan & Karen White)
Ralph McCulley from Frances & Erlon
Broomhall
Jane Marino from Ethel Pratt
Barbara Ann Ward from Cindy Loudenslager
“Zoey” from Patricia Troumpe
“Katie” from Lawrence & Judith Raab
Mark O’Brien,
O’Brien, a lover of all animals, from
Toni & Ivan Peelle and Marjorie & Alan
MacNeil
Thank you
so much!
Memorials and Tributes
received after 7/9/10 will
appear in the Winter
issue of Happy Tails.