January 2016 MAS Newsletter

MAS NEWS
Newsletter of the Menominee Animal Shelter
January 2016
Volume 19 Issue 1
Menominee Animal Shelter
N184 Haggerson Court
Menominee, MI49858
Phone: 906-864-PAWS (7297)
Email: animals@mashelter.org
Website: mashelter.org
Staff
Manager: Nancy Dechert
Animal CareTechs: Jennifer Bruce, Rachel Ebbinger,
Denise Kuchenberg, Blake Pogrant, Kathy Smith, Ruth
Smith, Samma Wroblewski
Hours Shelter
Open to the Public Noon – 6 P.M. Tues. – Fri.
Saturday: Noon – 5 P.M. Closed Sun. & Mon.
*Note: Staff is in the Shelter every day, so if you need
something please call, leave a message and your call
WILL be returned as soon as possible.
We will be
happy to arrange private or club tours of our facility or
have a member of our staff or volunteers address your
clubs or groups upon request. Call the Shelter to arrange for tours or speakers.
No Animals in the After Hours Deposit
Box Or Parking Lot
Anyone caring enough to bring an animal or animals
to the Shelter should care enough to see that they
are safe by placing them in the hands of our Staff.
We have no surrender fee. Although we have cats on
a waiting list for acceptance as space is available, we
have never refused to take any animals.
Look for MAS on FACEBOOK
We feature updates on shelter activities and pictures
of our residents along with other pertinent information.
Seniors for Seniors
Senior Citizens can adopt Senior pets 6 years or older FREE!
MAS accepts donations of Vehicles, Boats,
ATVs Motor Homes, Campers, Trailers, & more. All
donations are tax deductible.
Thank you to Louie, November, Adrian and Mary
LeMay along with Romona Gardiner for their donation of stuff for the animals! It will all go to good
Raquel Botbyl had her 12th Birthday party with
all the presents going toward the shelter animals! Thank your Raquel for sharing your special
day with the cats and dogs. And, Happy Birthday!
MAS Serving the Counties of Menominee, MI & Marinette WI
More Donations From Our Communities & Youth
Thank you to the employees of the Peninsula Federal
Credit Union for their donation toward the care of the
animals. You guys are great!!
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employees decided to share with the shelter animals!
Thank and GREAT JOB!!
Thank you to Wisconsin Public Service for thinking of
the shelter animals when giving sharing in the distriThank you to Mighty Pet for hosting their annual Pictures bution of their Foundation Grant.
with Santa, to Kristy Mileski for being the Photographer
and Carl & Jan Muffler for being Santa and Mrs. Clause.
The donations raised from this event went to help care for
the shelter animals and we thank you all for doing this.
The pictures always look great!
Thank you to the employees of the Luther Home for raising money for the shelter animals through their Basket
Raffle! And thank you to the people who donated those
baskets. There was wonderful stuff in there!!
Thank you to Bay Area Medical Center’s SuperHERO
program! They make a donation toward the organization for which an employee donated 30 hours or
more of volunteer activity. Thank you to Julie
Washburnm, Rebecka Moyle and Maria Marra
Shelter Year End Figures 2015
Dogs brought in:
Dogs claimed:
Dogs adopted:
Dogs transferred:
to another rescue
group
Dogs euthanized:
539
267
257
7
Cats brought in:
Cats claimed:
Cats adopted:
Cats died:
Cats euthanized:
482
14
399
5
63
12
We remind our readers that the shelter only euthanizes animals that are too sick or deemed to have
personal issues that would render them unadoptable.
Katie Jo Know and Addison Pristelski played Christmas
Music on the piano at the Goose & Gander Finery and all
donations were given to the shelter animals. Thank you
girls!
Shelter Board of Directors for 2016
The Shore Crest once again had their Guess the
Weight of The Pumpkin contest and donated some of
the proceeds from that to help the shelter animals.
Thank you!
Amanda Nelson
Julie Washburn
Ashley Gutkneckt
June Paprukilo
Betty GregoryPaasch
Kelly Badker
Brittany Strickland
Maggie Doyle
Gloria Nord
Jessica Beauchamp
A big THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS to Resolute Forest Products. They achieved half a million
Julie Derusha
hours with no reportable injuries! Their headquarters
gave them money for this great achievement and the
Lynette Erickson
Maria Mara
Wendy Kelly
Wendy Schultz
MAS Serving the Counties of Menominee, MI & Marinette WI
(both of these items can be
purchased at Janitor's Closet as these
Please consider giving a little of your
are special types of items and they
time by helping with any of the follow- know which kinds we use)
ing volunteer activities!
SPECIAL NEEDS
Front Desk Greeter: We could use a
Large Rubbermaid Bins (for storing
couple people to give a day or two a
bedding)
week helping out at the front desk
Office supplies such as copy paper &
greeting people, answering the phone printer ink HP 564 series and Dell 200
and helping people with paperwork.
series
Volunteer Opportunities
Cat and/or Dog Interaction: As the
weather gets colder, the dogs and cats
would enjoy it if people would come
out to brush and interact with them.
Just sitting in our back room on the
couch and reading a book with a cat or
dog by you is just great for the animals
(and the person too!)
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2016 Up Coming Events
January:

Beginning in January we will be
selling Community Days Coupon
Booklets for Younkers. They will
be available on line on our website or at the shelter. our site in
addition to having them here to
sell. That is coming up this spring,
but I don't know when. Watch
our website or Facebook page for
dates.
Remember AMAZON & MAS
Remember to use smile.amazon.com
not just amazon.com when shopping
at Amazon. Using smile.amazon a por- February:
tion of each purchase will go directly
go to the Menominee Animal Shelter  2/12-13/16 we will be delivering
flowers for Angeli’s Floral. We
at no extra charge to you. Thank you
need delivery “teams” with SUV’s
for helping your local shelter.
if anyone would be interested in
Adopt a Room Cleaner: Helping with REMEMBER smile.amazon.com
signing up. The Shelter gets all
cleaning kennels or cat rooms is a
Also, check out the MAS Wishlist at
delivery money and it’s a great
great form of exercise. Consider
Amazon.com.
thing to do with friends, couples,
adopting a room to claim as your pet
or even family members. Hours
A Big Thank You for Generous Giving!
project. Come in once or twice a week
of delivery are 8am—5pm both
The coin collection-donation cans are
to wash behind, under and on top of
Friday and Saturday. You can sign
the kennels. Clean the ceiling fan and generously supported by the commuup for mornings, afternoons of all
nity and the businesses in the area. A
the storage cabinet in that room.
day. Contact Julie Derusha at
sincere thank you to all of you who put
We’ll clean inside the kennel, you
715-923-2216.
in your coins and bills as these quickly
clean the rest of the room.
add up to support the shelters needs  2-20-16 Rummage Sale (see deShelter Needs List
tails elsewhere in the newsletter
and none of this would be possible if
URGENT NEEDS
the local business owners did not alMarch:
Purina Cat and Kitten Food
low the collection cans to be displayed
 2-31-16 Martinis, Manicures &
Trash Bags (13, 33, and 55 gallon)
in their place of business. Thank you
Massages at Murray’s Pub. More
for making us successful and supON GOING NEEDS
information will follow but tickets
porting the donations cans for the MeDog Treats - rawhide bones and soft
are limited. If you know you
nominee Animal Shelter!
chewies for training purposes
want to attend you can call Julie
Shoe
Drive
Derusha at 715-923-2216 and she
Food (dry) Note: PLEASE! No food dyes
MAS will be collecting shoes again
will hold them for you.
Kitten Food (dry) Note: PLEASE! No
food dyes.
this year after a vert successful
Litter Boxes (dish pans work great)
Old Blankets
Old Bath Towels and Rugs
Disposable Gloves
Bleach
Dish Soap
Dish Washing Sponges
Paper Towels
Rag Mop Heads and Floor Cleaner
May:
shoe collection last year. Please
save any shoes you want to get rid  5-14-16 the Annual Spring Raffle
will be held. Location is not deof for our shoe drive. We will begin
termined at this time but watch
accepting shoes after 2/20/16 since
for future information.
our storage space is limited. Save
those shoes for us!
MAS Serving the Counties of Menominee, MI & Marinette WI
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Office Products-Office Furniture / Cleaning Supplies Break room Supplies / Ink & Toner / Paper And More!
PH: 906.863.7855 | 705 FIRST STREET, MENOMINEE, MI 49858
MAS Serving the Counties of Menominee, MI & Marinette WI
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From the Desk of the Manager …..
I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to the staff that works at the
shelter and the dedicated volunteers who come in on a regular basis to help. Often, I
encounter people outside of the shelter and they tell me what a good job I’m doing
and how well I take care of the shelter.
Thank you for those kind words, but really, I oversee the running of the shelter. The
staff does the hard work. They work well together as a team and they each have their
own special skill which makes the whole shelter run. They’re always here if an animal is in need. They stay
late or come in early if an emergency arises. They have to come in on holidays. When others are home on
Christmas morning, or having dinner with family on Thanksgiving, somebody is here taking care of the animals. When others have a snow day and everything is shut down, somebody is working their way here to let
the dogs outside and to feed. They are the ones who have to comfort a sick or injured animal when it comes
in and to say goodbye if it has to put to sleep due to the extent of its injuries or illness. They are the ones
who care for, love and play with the animals and then have to part with it so it can go on to its forever
home. They share their love and compassion with each and every dog or cat that comes into the shelter and
makes sure it receives the best care possible while with us. Without the special people who do this every
day, this shelter wouldn’t be the place that it is. And, so I say thank you to the Staff of the Menominee Animal Shelter and to the Dedicated Volunteers!
Nancy Dechert, Manager of MAS
MAS RUMMAGE SALE
Saturday, February 20th 8am-1pm
At the VFW in Menominee
(3937 10th St)
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE
MENOMINEE ANIMAL SHELTER
Get a head start on Spring Cleaning!!
Check your closets, drawers, cabinets,
basements and garages …..
Do yourself a favor!
MAS Serving the Counties of Menominee, MI & Marinette WI
In Memory of Family & Friends
Ken Poisson
Lee Mattson
Glen Havelka
David Thibodeau
Given By
Many Friends & Family
James & Shari Eide
Gerald & Frances Havelka
Frances Smith
Helen Thibodeau
Albert Gerber
Claudia & Rick Ripley
Claudia & Rick Ripley
Theresa
Patricia and Connie Schingick
Marge and Pete Carlson
Philip Ewing and all his dogs
Heather Besaw and her great love for her dogs Pep &
& Charlie Brown
Laura Wiessgerber Lesperance Mary Lueskow
Joyce Kroll
Many Friends & Family
Terrie Hallfrisch
Perry Hallfrisch
Dan Kunesh
Larry & Gail Melgary
Evelyn Meissner
William & Sue Lund
Cindy Speck
Cletus and Michael LaFond
Kristen Pavlik
George F. Kreiling
Karen Miller
Debhora Okray
Brenda Rohde
Glenda J. Kimmel (Beloved Mother) Debra Lexow
Dr. Burnell Stripling
Jane Stripling
Ken Frydych
Helen Campbell
Ursula Peterson
David Peterson
Rosemary Kircher
Beverly Englund
Jim Hodge
Marvin Mayer
Ron Peltier
Marvin Mayer
Inez Bader
Alvin Greason
Gene Fabry
Ken Fabry
Ervin and Frances Mouritsen
Marilyn Mouritsen
Will Meulbroek
Pep and Jerry
Dorothy Galbraith
Eleanor Rakowski
Janet Klingbile
Uncle BB Brechlin
Karen, Jay, Lola & Esme
Brechlin
Jean Gerondale
Michael & Linda Combs
Terrie Hallfrisch
Perry Hallfrisch
Barbara Scheinert
Charlotte Larson
Iver Johnson
Joan Johnson
Jake and Violet
Steve and Cathy Cox
Cathy Nowack
Sally Zimmer
Rene Rocque
Paul & Jane Mundinger
Cathy Nowack
Sally Zimmer
Maggie May Lorenz
Cathy Gaddy
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In Honor of Family & Friends
Given By
Tom & Wendy Schultz
Bob & Linda Schultz
Mary House’s 28th Anniversary Jack House
Molly
Larry & Jane Bourgeois
The Elmwood School Hofer Girls Patty Schuring
Ronald Plemel
Elizabeth Tebo
Mary House
Jack House
Dr. Anderson & Dr. Firnette
Kathleen and Walter Shier
Jim Mottl
James and Sharon Mottl
Nadine Beland
Caroline Beland
Lucy Smith
Jennifer Horan
Missi & Brian Taylor
Mandi Wojciehowski
In Honor of all her grandchildren
Joyce Kmiecik
Tom Dawson & Mary Rose Teves Eleen & Matt Dawson
LouAnn Seils, Linda Russell &
Karen Brechlin
Amy Vogeltanz
A gift by Georgie & Sophie Given by Rose Barker
In Memory of Our Animal Friends Given By
Fred
Kathleen and Walter Shier
Teddy and Tanker
Sherry Homa
Jenny
Ken and Linda O’Brien
Brady
Wendy and Neil Kelly
Mikey Scholz
Henry & Toni Johnston
Molly
John & Sandi Cecco
Misty
Kristine Gabriel
AJ and Porter
Beverly & Charlie Mundt and Betty
Paasch
Auggie & Annie
Sharon Wachal
Jenny
Ken & Linda O’Brien
Thissle
Margy Renner
Screech
Dick and Peggy Menuier
In Honor of Our Animal Friends
Fred
Teddy and Tucker
Jenny
Brady
Mikey Scholz
Molly
Misty
AJ and Porter
Auggie & Annie
Jenny
Kathleen and Walter Shier
Sherry Homa
Ken and Linda O’Brien
Wendy and Neil Kelly
Henry & Toni Johnston
John & Sandi Cecco
Kristine Gabriel
Beverly & Charlie Mundt and Betty
Paasch
Sharon Wachal
Ken & Linda O’Brien
We say this in every MAS Newsletter but
please know, we don’t take your support lightly! Thank you to all our other ‘Regular’ donators who consistently give money, time, food,
treats, home-made blankets and other things
to help the shelter care for the animals. We
couldn’t make it without your ongoing generosity and support.
MAS Serving the Counties of Menominee, MI & Marinette WI
Winners of the December Shopping Spree
The following individuals were winners of the
2015 Shopping Spree Raffle we held in conjunction with Jacks Foods in Marinette.
Grand prize $300 Shopping Certificate Mike Burde
2nd & 3rd $50 Tommy Olson & Stacey
Marineau
4th & 5th $25 Karen Krok & Natalie Harmon
6th – 10th $10 Sabrina Vieth, Boni NeratHeckel, Maria Marra, Karen Kriedmann,
John
Christopherson
Interested in MAS Clothing?
Show you support for the shelter and its residents
by ordering t-shirts, sweatshirts or hoodies. This
is a special order—not just ordering to have in
stock at the shelter. You will need to call the shelter or stop in and talk with Nancy. There are a
wide variety of colors and sizes available and the
traditional design is the big logo on the back and
small on the front. For and additional charge you
can get the hearts and paws on the sleeve if you
so choose. CALL NANCY AT 906-864-7297. YOU
MUST CALL SOON. THE ORDERS WILL BE
PLACED ON FEBRUARY 1, 2016. Let’s see, I’ll
have a long sleeve tshirt in pink, a hoodie in navy
and maybe a yellow …….
New Year’s Eve Pictures
If You would like to see more pictures from New Year’s
Eve you can go to Capsulecam, which is a site we created for the NY’s Eve party To get to the site, go
to http://trycapsule.com/login. You will be guided
through and will eventually have to “Join an
event” Our code is dd6dv. That will get you to the
Rockin New Years Eve event and you click on that and
the photos should appear. Check it out.
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New Year’s Eve Was Happy!
“What an amazing, magical, fun way to bring in
2016!!!”, “Can’t wait for next year”, “The BEST New
Years Eve celebration I’ve been to in years”, “Chuck
Johnson was a great asset”, DJ Big, Pat Burley~ sure
knows how to keep the dance floor full and the guestsentertained.” Yes, these are just a few of the comments from our 1st ever Rockin New Years Eve Celebration.
Everything went beautifully, Riverside did a wonderful
job, the food was terrific and the decorations transformed you to another place! Guests in costume represented Johnny Cash, June Carter, Screech, Marilyn
Monroe, Ozzy Ozborne (who came in yelling SHARON? Looking for his wife), SPARTY the Michigan
State Spartan, Bobby’s Girl, Sharon Stone, Liz Taylor,
and many others who just wanted to be themselves! The shelter made some money, those attending had a great time, and PEN us IN for NEXT
YEAR! It will only get bigger and better every
year! Thank you to all who attended, helped and donated!! After a night like that, 2016 started Perfect!
PLEASE SUPPORT THE MENOMINEE ANIMAL SHELTER
100% of your donation will go directly to the Menominee Animal Shelter!
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