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Holiday 2009 Message from Halfway Home Pet Rescue
Dear Friends of Halfway Home Pet Rescue,
We are delighted to come to the end of the year knowing as a small all-volunteer shelter, we have directly helped 159 animals. Three dogs and 156 cats since January 2009 when we started HHPR as a no-kill shelter with an ambitious spay/neuter program which helped low-income families as well as the stray and feral cats who came to our facility. Our strong volunteer foster home program made this all possible.
The Free Pet Food Pantry for low-income, fixed income, and disabled people has been a great asset to Caribou and surrounding communities. Our vet tells us that the people coming in to pick up the food are obviously in need and are so very grateful. We are thankful to David Bickford in Etna, Everett Milton of Caribou, and Gerald Nelson of Stockholm for dedication in transporting and sorting the food supplies. Several of these families have said they had considered giving up their pet before the pet food pantry opened because they could no longer buy enough food.
We have received our Federal 501c3 status. We are no longer located in Stockholm at Madawaska Lake. We have moved in to Caribou as the hub of our foster home network. Our mailing address is: HHPR, PO Box 488, Caribou, ME 04736.
We hope you will be able to make a donation to our cats and their medical needs. What a difference we can make working together for a cause that is dear to all of us. May the New Year bring you many blessings.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year,
Halfway Home Pet Rescue, Inc. 2009 Board of Directors
Norma and Everett Milton (Caribou), Jean and Ritchie Nadeau (Connor), David Bickford (Etna), Sandra and Garrick Milton (Caribou), Anne Price (Presque Isle), Cheryl Kelley (St. Francis).
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Summer 2009: The Board of Directors for the newly formed Halfway Home Pet Rescue met recently for a potluck luncheon and program planning meeting at Madawaska Lake.
Front row (left to right) are: Free pet food pantry coordinator; David Bickford of Etna; treasurer, Anne Price of Presque Isle; president, Norma Milton of Madawaska Lake; northern area food pantry distributor, Cheryl Kelley of St Francis; Back row (left to right) secretary and activity support, Everett Milton of Madawaska Lake, program leaders, Garrick and Sandra Milton of Caribou; vice-president Jean Nadeau of Connor; Ritchie Nadeau of Connor (not pictured).
The Nadeaus are also food distributors of the feral cat feeding & spay/neuter program and directors of the shelter foster program. In the fall of 2009, the foster shelter network will be relocating to Caribou and will, at that time, delete the dba Madawaska Lake from its name. The shelter is currently in need of used bath and hand towels, bleach, Purina Kitten Chow, evaporated milk for kitten formula. We appreciate your kindness with returnable bottles at 88 Bennett Drive Redemption, our area collection boxes and your patronage of the Valley Woodworking tag sale. Caribou Shop & Save graciously provide a shopping cart for you to leave donated items for the food kitchen as well as shelter supplies. These options are our only income for our supplies, spay/neuter program and medical needs. We are currently organizing a community-wide bottle drive and yard sale on Sept. 12 at the home of Judy Robertson on Pleasant St., in Caribou. Please drop any yard sale items or bottles off at the location and/or call 492-1722 if you are able to work with the fundraiser.