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Dear Lifesavers,
Upon reflection of the first few months in
my new role at the Maryland SPCA, I’m inspired.
I’m inspired by the life-saving support that you
give to the pets in our care, and I’m inspired by
the amazing opportunity we have to do more. I
entered a strong and solid organization, due to
your ongoing support and under the leadership
of my predecessor, Aileen Gabbey. From this
point forward, my priority is taking us to the
next level and doing more to save lives in our
community.
What sets the Maryland SPCA apart from
all other shelters in Baltimore and in the state,
is we are a multi-faceted organization. We are
not just good at finding pets homes, but we are
excellent in saving lives through our adoption,
transport, foster, spay/neuter, volunteer and
behavior programs. Last year, with you by our
side, we helped more than 15,000 pets in our
community.
And, while proud of all of the work the
Maryland SPCA did to help pets and people in
our community this year, we will not rest on our
laurels. There’s still so much to do. We have a
big name and an even bigger responsibility to
continue to be a pillar in our community serving
and improving the lives of pets and people. With
your support and commitment to your Maryland
SPCA, we will be able to help even more pets in
2016.
Sincerely,
Byron Logan
Maryland SPCA Executive
Director
The Lifesavers Impact Report
Spring 2016
Together, we did this.
The homeless pets taken in from the cold streets and provided with
food, shelter and life-saving medical care made a powerful impact in our
community. Take a moment to soak up this victory – and know that, with
your support, we did this. Thank you!
You Gave Hirschel His Second Chance
Hirschel, a seven-year-old Shih Tzu, was found abandoned and
crying in the backyard of a home that caught fire four days prior. After
unsuccessfully trying to locate the owner, Hirschel was brought to the
Maryland SPCA, hungry and dehydrated. He was scared and his fur,
that was full of soot, was matted to his body. After being examined, our
veterinary team discovered that Hirschel was missing one of his eyes,
and his other eye was badly infected.
Because of your support, a member of our vet team was able to
take him to see an eye specialist who determined that he was blind in
his remaining eye and needed to have it removed. He spent several
weeks in foster care recovering and receiving daily pain medication and
antibiotics. When Hirschel was available for adoption, he became one
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of our first foster ambassadors. Our ambassador program
allows pets in foster care to remain there until their foster
parents can find them homes. Being blind and used to
his foster home, Hirschel was the ideal pet for this new
program. His foster parent did find the perfect family for
him. Hirschel was just one of the 1,100 pets that we were
able to send to foster care last year to recover from an
illness, injury or behavior issue. We were able to take on
more difficult medical cases by sending a record number
of pets to foster care. This would not have been possible
without a solid group of foster volunteers and through the
support of our generous Lifesavers Club members.
We receive updates on how loving and happy he is in his new home.
Kitten Rescued from Brutal Winter Temperatures
affection from his foster family, sleeping in their beds, and
eventually playing with other pets. He now calls his foster
parents Mom and Dad, and he enjoys being a temporary
brother for other kittens his parents take in until they can
find their permanent homes.
Tango received life-changing medical treatment from
our vet staff, but was also helped by our behavior team.
Brought to the Maryland SPCA when the temperatures
were dangerously low, Tango was so scared he would
cower into a little ball and tremble when anyone got
near him. When he would try to walk, he would limp on
his hind right leg. Our vet team was able to take x-rays at
our Wellness Clinic and soon learned that Tango had old,
untreated fractures that needed to be repaired and bone
fragments that needed to be removed.
A Maryland SPCA vet was able to complete Tango’s
surgery at our Wellness Clinic. He was then sent to foster
care to heal, but he still was fearful of people. Our behavior
team began working with his foster parent on a behavior
plan that was so successful, he was soon asking for
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Special Thanks to our Maryland SPCA Fundraisers!
Andrea and Jim Stieff collected toys, kibble and charitable gifts at their
December 2015 holiday. This was the fourth time the Stieff’s used their
holiday party as an opportunity to ask their friends and family to support
the homeless pets at the Maryland SPCA. This year’s open house brought in
more than $2,000 and several loads of toys and kibble!
Kathy and John Lochary collect gifts from friends and family in memory
of their daughter, Erin, and said, “We honor our daughter’s memory by
continuing her support and love for animals. Erin’s dream was to own a
large property with plenty of room for a menagerie of domestic, furry, fourlegged pets. Although Erin did not live long enough to bring her dream to
fruition, we believe that our support of the Maryland SPCA, made possible
through the generosity of our family and friends, enables many cats and
dogs to find their ’forever’ homes. We know this pleases Erin immensely!”
In December of each year, Amy and Charlie Lester drive from Fulton, MD,
to the Maryland SPCA with a carload of food and treats for the MD SPCA’s
Kibble Connection program and toys for the pets in our care. They make this
effort in memory of their beloved cat, Snow, and in honor of their MD SPCA
adopted cats, Chipper and Reesie.
Note from 2016 Lifesavers Club Chairs
Diane and Peter Nachtwey: Your Donations at Work
Pictured: Peter and Diane Nachtwey
You belong to an exceptional group of
supporters whose gifts help the Maryland
SPCA meet its areas of greatest need.
Supporters like you, who generously gave
$1,000 or more in a calendar year ,brought in
$1,036,000 from more than 300 supporters
last year. With your support, we were able
to serve 15,000 pets through our spay/
neuter, adoption, wellness, behavior
and outreach services.
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2015
Adoptions and Rescues: 3,459
Spay/Neuter Surgeries: 8,643
Transports from Other Shelters: 1,399
Wellness Clinic Patients: 5,173
Behavior Training Assistance: 650
Foster: more than 1,190
Kibble Connection: 6 tons
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Cheers to Volunteers!
Maryland SPCA volunteers are a big reason why the Maryland SPCA has been so successful
in saving thousands of lives each year, and we are very thankful for their involvement. Here
are what four Lifesavers Club members and volunteers have to say!
LINDA SCHNEIDEREITH
SHELLEY DONALD
Witnessing the employee
and volunteer devotion to all
the animals is a reward unto
itself. I’ve been volunteering
for the Maryland SPCA for
16 years, and being able to
place the perfect kitty with
the right adoptive family
brings great pleasure.
Eleven-years-ago I moved
back to my native Baltimore
and was in search of an
animal
shelter
offering
foster care opportunities.
What set the Maryland SPCA
apart for me was that they
had an established foster
care program that I am truly
proud to support and be a
part of. Simply put, fostering
saves lives and makes a
difference in our community.
GINA CAMPBELL
I have been volunteering in
the cat room for 12 years.
I still eagerly look forward
to my shift with the other
volunteers and staff whom
I have become very fond of,
hoping to experience yet
again the deep satisfaction
of matching a customer with
just the right cat so both will
be happy. I also try to be
sure each week that I am not
just helping to see to it that
the cats are physically well taken care of, but that they
feel loved. Who, whether wrested from their comfortable
home or lost or abandoned, doesn’t need that as much as
anything else?
JUDIE GOLDING
My time and support go to
the Maryland SPCA primarily
because of Zappa, Watson,
Fudge, Checkers, Haiku and
Mozart, all amazing cats and
dogs that found a forever
home with my family and
me. My time at the MD SPCA
is filled with the joy that
happens when a dog or cat
and a human find each other
and know it’s for good. The
MD SPCA treats each animal with respect and gives them
the support that they need. I want to give the MD SPCA the
support that it needs.
Are you interested in volunteering? From dog walking to cat cuddling to bringing awareness of our mission
out in the community, you can make a difference in a homeless pet’s life. Complete the volunteer application
at www.mdspca.org/volunteer.
In Good Company
Many companies offer matching gift programs encouraging employees to contribute to charitable organizations. Most of
these programs match contributions dollar-for-dollar, and some will even double or triple the amount of your gift! Please
check with your Human Resources department to see if your company offers a matching gift program.
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THANK YOU TO OUR 2015
Lifesavers Club Members!
The Maryland SPCA Lifesavers Club
members make a significant difference
in the lives of thousands of needy and
homeless pets. Your donations save lives.
Thanks to you, the homeless pets who came
through our door in 2015 in great need
had a second chance at a happy life in a
permanent, loving home.
FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE
($25,000 or more)
William H. Miller III
Joanne and Mark Pollak
Laverna Hahn Charitable Trust
Saul Zaentz Charitable
Foundation
1869 CIRCLE
($10,000-$24,999)
Peter and Anne Askew
David and Eric Beard-Sackett
Rebecca Besson and
Stuart Cooper
The Besson’s Landing
Foundation, Inc.
Sibley and Ward Classen
Lacie and Eric DeCosta
Nancy Dorman and
Stanley Mazaroff
Elizabeth Drigotas
Robert Brager and
Judith Golding
Dave Imre and Tom Crusse
Sharon Kroupa
Amy and Charles Lester
Diane and Peter Nachtwey
Ginna Naylor and Jim Potter
Jonathan Ruckdeschel and
Jane O’Leary
Charlotte and Randy Robinson
Richard M. Ruane
Anne L. Stone
Trust U/W of Helen M. Hughes
Peter and Marylu Wallerich
Don and Sandy Pyle Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Evelyn Johnson Charitable
Foundation Inc.
O’Neil Family Foundation
USALCO, LLC
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Elizabeth and George Van Dyke
Dorothy Wagner Wallis
Charitable Trust
Chris and Jim Wright
EVERGREEN ON THE
FALLS CIRCLE
($2,500-$4,999)
Susan and Mark Adams
Elizabeth and Kenneth
Aneckstein
Drs. Katie and Eric Bass
Aurelia and Perry Bolton
Barbara Boudreau and
Donna Arbuthnot
Anne and Toby Broadus
Ann and Brian Brooke
Harold and Glenda Brooks
Jennifer & William Burgy/
The Progress Family
Foundation, Inc.
Greg Byers
Ann Clapp
Delores Cress
Dina and George Davis
Richard DeMeo
Cheryl and Roger Fiery
Janet Freeze and
John F. Rediske
Neal Friedlander and
Virginia Adams
Jonathan Gargiulo and
Stiles T. Colwill
Spaulding and Cynthia Goetze
Harvey Goldberg
Claire Inayatullah
Rodica I. Johnson
Louise Keelty
Dr. Joan D. Kramer
Jennifer and Jeff Pruitt
Steve Leaderman
Robert H. Leininger
Jody and Jim Lemken
Vicki Margolis
Adelbert W. Mears Trust
Edward and Katherine Mitzel
James A. Moro
Martin Neary
Rodney and Cathy Ortel
Linda Lee Panlilio
Betty W. Parker
Paypal
Mary-Ann and Wally Pinkard
Peter Rennert
HUMANE HEROES
CIRCLE
($5,000-$9,999)
Ted Alban
Baltimore County Kennel
Club, Inc.
Day and Ray Bank
Randy Befumo and
Andrea O’Dell
Anonymous (1)
Bonnie and David Bonn
Robin and Toby Bozzuto
Randy Brinton and
Hillary Michaud
Cathy Cahnmann
Tracey and John Chessare and
the Charlotte Palmer
Phillips Foundation
Karen and John Colvin
Bruce and Lindsay Fleming/
CANUSA Corporation
Patricia Gallagher
Martha and Tad Glenn
Charles O. Goldsmith, Jr.
George Grose and Amy Macht
Rebecca Gyi
Bear Hansen
Jacksonville Jaguars
Foundation, Inc.
Legg Mason
Bill Magruder
Patricia B. Maring
Patricia A. Metz
Beverly and John Michel
Petco
R&H Toyota
Joan S. & Rajeev Ranadive
Jeanne and Tom St. Ville
Jeff Sube
Kay and Cliff Terry
The Elsie P. van Buren
Foundation
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John Reynolds
Gail & James Riepe Family
Foundation
Rouse Company Foundation
Karen Schaefer
Linda Schneidereith
Barbara L. Simmons
Jamie Mason and Paul Stagg
Janice Urban
Elizabeth and George Van Dyke
Mrs. Dorothy M. Ward
Marie and John Wells
Anne and Chris West
Paul Wolman
Judith A. Wood
PRESIDENTS’ CIRCLE
($1,000-$2,499)
Jeanne and Kurt Aarsand
Matthew Adkins
Dr. Mahmood and Linda Alikhan
Ammon Heisler Sachs
Architects
Anonymous (6)
Beth Ashton
Brenda Ashworth and
Donald Welch
Ilene Asner and Rick Kramer
Charlotte and Rishpal Aujla
Susan Baisley
William P. Baker
Banner & Witcoff, LTD
The Susan A. and
Kenneth S. Battye Fund
John Bennett
The Hon. Helen D. Bentley
The Berguis Family
Jules Berman
Tien Le and Clarke Bessent
Jeanne and Michael Biemer
Sylvia Binder
Bobbie and Glen Bjorklund
Cheryl and John Blenko
John & Carolyn Boitnott
Bonnie & John Boland, Ph.D.s
Janet Boss
Evelyn Brian
Brian Brown
Howard Brown
Dr. Lynn Buhler
Pearl and Ronald Burdynski
Gina Campbell
Judith Campbell-McKennis
Jennifer Carle
Jeremy Cassels-Smith
Shawn Castellanos
Michael Cirangle
Barbara Clapp
Kathleen Coakley
Laura and David Cole
Deb and John Colmers
Keith Counsell
John Covington and
Claire M. Weitz
Anne Culbertson
Diane Curry
Barry Daly and Jane Dowling
Helen Davis
Nancy Glazer Dickman
Family Foundation
Shelley and Peter Donald
Sharon and Gary Dorsch
The Eliasberg Family
Foundation, Inc.
Hartley C. Etheridge
Shirley Evans
John Fioramonti
Stephen W. Fisher
Charles S. Fiske
Ruth and Bernard Fleishman
Pam Flemke
Charlene Fletcher
Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell W. Furr
Thomas Gayler
Susan Gillette
James F. Gilroy
Doug & Corie Godine
Francine Graillot-Holman
Joyce and Clarke Griffin
Michelle and John Guinee
Mary Therese Gyi
Mary and John Hammond
Rebecca Hanst
James Hart III
John and Laura McNulty
Jim and Leslie Meek
Janet Mohr
Yvonne Molotsi
Sandra and Frank Morabito
Amy Mullen
Howard C. & Marguerite E.
Muller Charitable Foundation
Celeste Nader
Irvin S. Naylor
Robert Nelson, Jr.
Amy Newhall
Jill Gerston Newman &
Jay Newman
Margaret Obrecht
Carole and Bill Oliver
Sheila M. O’Neill
Amanda Owens
Anna M. Page
Sally Palmbaum
Diane Pappas
James Patton
Thomas Payne
Alan Penczek
Margaret Peterson
Marilyn Phelps
Karin Piorreck
Rollin C. Plitt
Julie and Tim Polanowski
Linda Reiter
Pauline Reznicek
Nicole Ripken
Paul and Tammy Rivas
Barbara Robinson
Stephen Rosenbaum
Cynthia and Peter Rosenwald
Patricia and Robert Rubino
Amanda Santanello
Elaine and Bob Schaefer
Barry Schapiro
Anne L. Schepler
Howard and Fran Schloss
Stuart Cook and
Linda Schneider
John Hawks
James Hawthorne
Mary Jean Herron
Mary and Charles Hesdorffer
Donna and Steve Hill
Heather Holt
Garry E. Hopple
Hunt Valley Tile & Stone
Kelly and Richard Hupfeld
Kimberly Jackson
Kate and Erland Jakobsen
Margaret S. Johnson
Jeff Kalinowski
Margaret Keating
Dr. Gabor Kelen
Richard Kendrick
Rick and Carol Kenney
Townsend and Bob Kent
Mary Ellen Kiehne
Bonnie and Alan Kingman
Patricia Kinlock
Susan Kirchner
Dawn Kirstaetter
Regina Kotowski
Bruce Kramer
Ruth Finglass and
Kevin Kubach
Carolyn Kulbicki
Sherri Landauer
John Lawrence
Carin and Brian Lazarus
Susie and Sam Macfarlane
Drs. Ciro R. Martins and
Thomas W. Koenig
Rand Mason
Maxim Healthcare Services
Catherine McCahan
Sandy McLelland
Betsy and Stephen Scott
Diane and Joe Seeger
Don and Deborah Selig
Shepard Family Private
Foundation
Mengli Shi
Joseph and Kristie Shields
Ashley Short
William C. Sigismondi
Paul and Emily Singer
Family Foundation
Sandra Skidmore
Rona and Norman Smith
Carole Stafford
Phyllis Steiner
Robert and Barbara Stevenson
Doris Sweet
Janet and Lee Taylor
Kathy Thomas
Laura and George Thomas
Cindy and Frederick Thompson
Richard Thornton
Peter S. Tinsley
Jennifer Tittsworth
Susan Tonascia
Barry Vaughan
Joseph Verbalis
Stephanie Warlick
Mark Warren
Mary Jane and Sherren Waung
Michael Plaisted and
Margaret Webbert
Sylvia Wehr
Welch Mechanical Designs LLC
Brian Wesner
Allison and Jay West
Butch and Peggy West
Mark E. Wible, Jr.
Mary and Scott Wieler
Sandra L. Wighton
Barbara and F. L. Wilson
Michelle Wittig
Andi and Dan Worthington
Dorothy and Rian Yaffe
William Young
Carol Younts
For more information about your Maryland SPCA
Lifesavers Club membership, contact Director of
Development Sarah Walton at 410-235-8826 x132 or
by email at swalton@mdspca.org.
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Welcome new board members
PETER ASKEW is a strong supporter of several animal rescue
organizations, including the Maryland SPCA. He has been
on the MD SPCA Development Committee since 2012, and
he and his wife were Co-Chairs of the Lifesavers campaign
in 2012 and 2013. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer
of USALCO, LLC, a chemical manufacturing company that
he co-owns with his brother. He lives in Homeland with
his wife, Anne, and three daughters. He has had several
Labrador Retrievers over the years and now lives with two
Labs and a Deutsch Drahthaar.
JODY LEMKEN has previously served two terms on the
Maryland SPCA Board. During her previous service, she
was on the Development Committee and was Chair of
the Board Development Committee. She rejoined the
Development Committee in 2015. She is also a member
of the Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle. She graduated
from the University of Richmond (B.A.) and Georgia State
University (M.B.A.). She worked in Atlanta with Lend Lease
Real Estate Investment, Inc. as a Vice President in the High
Net Worth/Private Client Group and as an analyst in the
Research Group. She retired in 2001 to raise her children.
She and her husband Jim have three children, ages 8 to14,
and two Pugs.
DEBRA SCHUBERT is a sole practitioner whose law office is
in Towson. She specializes in guardianship, elder law and
estate administration. She recently served as the President
of the Maryland State Bar Association (June 2014 – June
2015) and has been very active in this organization for
many years, serving on its Animal Law Committee since
2013. She is also active with the Baltimore County Bar
Association having served on numerous committees and
as its President in 2006-2007. She graduated from the
University of Texas (B.S.) and the University of Baltimore
Law School. She lives on a farm in Harford County with her
fiancé and a Pit Bull mix named Tilley. She also has eight
horses, a donkey, three cows and a bull on her farm.
HOWIE
WOLFE recently became involved with the
Maryland SPCA and currently serves on the Development
Committee. He graduated from Yale University and NYU
Graduate Business School. Now retired, he has worked in
the fields of investment banking (White Weld & Co.), private
equity (Landmark Management) and venture capital
(New Enterprise Associates, New Venture Partners, and
Landmark Venture Capital Partners). Howie is currently on
the board of the Irvine Nature Center. He lives on a farm
in Owings Mills and is married with four adult children,
three grandchildren and seven dogs (all rescues).
2016 Board of Directors:
President: Elizabeth Drigotas
Vice President: Eric DeCosta
Vice President: Sharon Kroupa
Treasurer: Clarke Bessent
Secretary: Dave Imre
Ken Aneckstein
Peter Askew
David Beard-Sackett
Robin Bozzuto
Dr. Tracey Chessare
Sibley Classen
Karen Colvin
Dr. John Fioramonti
Jonathan Gargiulo
Clarke Griffin
George Grose
Mary Jean Herron
Dawn Kirstaetter
Jody Lemken
Diane Nachtwey
Joanne Pollak
Julie Rubin
Debra Schubert
Barbara Simmons
Patti Sterling
Anne Stone
Shawn Tarrant
Howie Wolfe
Chris Wright
3300 Falls Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 235-8826
mdspca.org
The Maryland SPCA’s mission is
to improve the lives of pets and
people in the community. We
receive no operating funds from
the government or the ASPCA. We
rely on donations to continue our
work. Your support saves lives!