Thank you for a
wonderful 2007!
We want to thank everyone who contributed to our Annual Fundraising Drive!
Our Annual Fundraising Drive is our yearly effort to raise funds
to ensure we have the resources to help dogs with additional medical needs
beyond the usual vetting. This year these included: Archie, who
was epileptic; Chapman, who died in foster care of pneumonia after repeated
emergency intervention; Hooper and Molly’s ongoing skin and
allergy issues, Sarah’s ACL surgery, and medical treatment for two of our
elderly permanent fosters.
This year we took in 60 dogs, 45 of which we were able to re-home. Of these 60,
7 were still in foster care at year end. 3 died while in
foster care, and sadly 5 who could not be placed because of aggression issues.
Some came from homes that were no longer able to keep them due to circumstances
beyond their control, some from shelters, and some from Animal Control Officers
who found them wandering the streets.
We could never do what we do and have had such a terrific year without the hard
work of our volunteers and the help and financial contributions of all of our
friends, adoptive homes and supporters. We hope that in the coming year you'll
continue your support of NEESSR, Inc. whether by adopting, volunteering,
shopping at our new online store or contributing to the care of our foster dogs.
We'd like to thank all of those
who donated in 2007:
| AWARD OF MERIT (up to $100) |
| A.G. Lopez |
| Amy anad John Hickey |
| Andre and Pamela Tessier |
| Anjali Bhatia-Tiwari |
| Anne Whitney |
| Astrid Marshall |
| Barbara Grogan |
| Barbara Paris |
| Bertha Young |
| Bonnie Arabasz |
| Breeders of Western NY c/o Elizabteh Tiftickjian |
| Brian Monnat |
| Carla Corey |
| Carol Ball |
| Carol Knell |
| Carol Perkins |
| Christine Hill |
| Christopher Garby |
| Cregg Watner |
| Cynthia Sawyer |
| Daphne Manifold |
| David Breck |
| David Vailette |
| Deanne B. Loonin |
| Deborah O'Toole |
| Debra J. Ernst |
| Debra Niland |
| Denise M Gallant |
| Dorita B. Slate |
| Dwight Billings |
| E. Bryan Carne |
| Elaine Hatch |
| Elaine Hopkins |
| Elizabeth Nicholson |
| Emerson Smitley |
| ESSFTA |
| Gail Fisher |
| Gina Valentino |
| Gloria Palkowics |
| Grace M. Skyer |
| Gregory Hamilton |
| Helen P. Grasso |
| Helen Rosenblatt |
| J. Michael Elliott |
| Jane A. Glover |
| Jane Jauss |
| Janet O'Connor |
| Jeanne M. Powers |
| Jeffrey Fear |
| Jerry Glenn |
| Jessica Waterman |
| John F. Stevens |
| Joseph E. Darby |
| Josephine Bump |
| Joyce Knapp |
| Judith E. Schuhknecht |
| Judith Tucker |
| Julie Wolf |
| Karen McGayhey |
| Karen Richardson Nassif |
| Katherine Dolder |
| Kathleen F. Obrien |
| Kathy Killian |
| Keith Bentley |
| Laura Hanrahan |
| Laurie M. Carmody |
| Linda Lizotte |
| Lori Rainaldi |
| Lynn Scanlon |
| Lynne Scanlon |
| Margaret Findley |
| Margert Pouliot |
| Marianne Krieg-Kowald |
| Marty Cunningham |
| Mary D. Point |
| Mary Delaney |
| Mary F. Johnson |
| Mary Jane Quarti |
| Mary Mazzali |
| Marybeth Ronca |
| Maryellen Brunelle |
| Meredith Boone |
| Meredith Olver |
| Michael and Diane Gardener |
| Michael and Nathalie Berkowitz |
| Michael Bogart |
| Michele M. Spooner |
| Milton Kopcha |
| Mona Pinette |
| Myra Loud |
| Nancy and William Koerner |
| Nancy B. Morgan |
| Nancy Bitters |
| Nancy J. Roessel |
| Nancy McLean |
| Nancy Roessel |
| Pamela Alden |
| Pamela Waldron |
| Pat Perazzini |
| Pfizer foundation matching for |
| Rachel Clavers |
| Robert Petricca |
| Roberta Schienda |
| Roger and Song Re Pennington |
| Ronald Sherman |
| Ruby Syska |
| Ruth and William Carpenter |
| Sally M. Dayton |
| Shelley Hachman |
| Staci D. Whitcomb |
| Susan Jacobs |
| Suzanne Benton |
| Suzanne Cadge |
| Suzanne Reynard |
| Theresa Hopkins |
| Veronica Kane |
| W. Norman and Roberta Pulaski |
| Wigglebottom Snax |
| William Cristo, Jr. MD |
| William McCaffrey |
| William Temple |
| BEST OF BREED ($101-$499) |
| Cynthia Vanaudenhove |
| David and Suzanne Eaton |
| Donald E. Smith |
| Douglas and Donna Foster |
| Douglas Talheim |
| Fidelity Charitable Gift Trust |
| James Sisterson and Ellen Kemp |
| Jeff Sievering |
| Kathy O'Neill |
| Kevin Wholey |
| Marcia Donaldson |
| Marisa Cardinale |
| Maryanne Sellito Suarez |
| Michael Kirk |
| Pat Kearney |
| Robert Knell |
| Rosemary O'Brien |
| The Sievering Family |
| Susan McCoy |
| Virginia and Charles Bowers |
| BEST IN SHOW ($500 or more) |
| Ardath Blauvelt Trust |
| Astrid's friends at the Crossroads' horse farm |
| Elizabeth Helme |
| John Toor |
| Lou Ann Shea |
| Lisa Knight |
| Paul Schmidt |
In Memory of Jan's Astrid
Your Donation Matters
NEESSR feels very strongly that no adoptable dog should be left behind because
of medical costs. We receive donations from folks who adopt our dogs and also
those who surrender their dogs. But sometimes that isn't enough to cover medical
costs for a dog that needs more than routine exams, treatments, and
spaying/neutering.
If you would like to help us with these additional costs, please send your
tax-deductible donations to the address below. We thank you for helping us help
them.
Many thanks are due to our rescue vet, Chelmsford Animal
Hospital (Dr. Patricia Berchtold, Dr. Patricia Hart, and Dr. Mark
Engelhardt), Ashland Animal Hospital (Dr. David Schwarz) and Dr. Joel
Wolfson who
have offered sizable discounts to treat our Special Needs Springers. We
still need donations to cover remaining costs, but their generosity has made
it easier for us to make up the difference with donations. To learn
more about these generous doctors, please visit
http://www.burlingtonvet.com/vets.html
www.chelmsfordanimalhospital.com or
www.ashlandanimalhospital.com
.
We also receive much-needed discounts from many other vets in New
England and we thank them for their support.
Another great way to give is to sign up for
www.iGive.com. This
organization works with on-line vendors to designate a percentage of your
purchase to NEESSR. It's easy! Just click
here,
designate NEESSR as your charity of choice, and start shopping!
Thank you so much for your generosity.