We are having our annual wine-tasting at Henry’s Market on Weds., June 10th at 5:30 PM. See poster for details. We could use some help putting up posters in and around Beverly for this event. Please email bhannable@gmail.com or call 978-922-7190 to help or for more information. Thank you so much!
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Join FOBA at a Strut for Strays event organized by the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society on Sunday, May 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can raise money for FOBA by participating in a 5K run or a 5K walk, or by just making a donation and attending the event. The Strut for Strays will be held at Newbury Upper Green, One Green Street in Newbury. Festival activities for the entire family include crafts, food, beverages, music, performers, activities, and games.
You can support FOBA at this event in three ways.
Walkers raising over $25 and all runners will receive a t-shirt at the event. Runners who register by March 31 will receive a technical wicking shirt.
Please join us for the event even if you are not planning to participate in the walk or run. There are plenty of family-friendly activities. FOBA will receive money from donations, fund raising beyond the registration fee, and sales from our booth.
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Mahsati Dancer and her gang have organized a show to benefit FOBA and Sweet Paws Rescue: an evening of dancing, music, and entertainment, local performers showcasing many different styles of bellydance, all to live Led Zeppelin music. The Led Zeppelin cover band will be Dazed.
Saturday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Moose Lodge 218, at 50 Grove St, Salem, MA
Tickets are $21 if ordered in advance, $25 at the door. Click the poster image below to order tickets.
ALL proceeds go directly to FOBA and Sweet Paws Rescue.
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We’d like to encourage all local friends to attend this fun event. We can’t thank Mahsati Dancer and her gang enough. Hope many of you will attend. They put on a really good show!
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E-News Bulletin
If you shop at Amazon, here’s a great new way you can help the Friends of Beverly Animals without it costing you anything. It’s very easy. Instead of shopping at Amazon, please remember to shop at AmazonSmile instead. AmazonSmile has the exact same products, prices, and features as Amazon with the added benefit that you can support FOBA every time you shop.
Go to this link and press the Select button for “Friends of Beverly Animals”. Then just shop at AmazonSmile as you normally would at Amazon, and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to FOBA. Bookmark the smile.amazon.com page, and remember to use smile.amazon.com instead of amazon.com when shopping.
We hope you’ll consider supporting our work with this easy-to-use, free program. On behalf of all the precious animals we rescue and find good homes for, we thank you so much! Happy Holidays and best wishes for the New Year from all of us at FOBA!
P.S. There are still a few of our beautiful 2015 calendars left. Visit Beverly Wild Bird Food Store at 214 Rantoul Street, Marika’s Restaurant, 199 Cabot Street, Beverly, write bhannable@gmail.com, call 978-922-7190, or visit our website friendsofbeverlyanimals.org to purchase a copy. THANK YOU!!
Buy our calendar at the holiday fair!
Reminder that FOBA will be at the First Baptist Church Holiday Fair, 221 Cabot Street, on Saturday, Nov. 22, 9 AM to 3 PM. This is always a joyous event, with nice holiday music, tons of crafts, good food, and more. We will have our beautiful calendars, pet toys, home-made, nutritious treats, jewelry and decorations for sale. Made and donated by our volunteers. Please stop by our table, browse and know that if you make a purchase, you will be helping us rescue and find homes for more precious animals! Thank you!
Here is the latest edition of the Friends of Beverly Animals newsletter. Click here to view the current newsletter.
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Dear Fellow Animal-Lover,
In 2007, following a disturbing experience involving an abandoned cat named Millie, a group of concerned Beverly residents decided to form a nonprofit organization called the Friends of Bev- erly Animals, which officially incorporated in 2008. The mission and purpose of FOBA is to help animals in need and work toward the goal of having a no-kill shelter in Beverly. Our dedicated volunteers have saved hundreds of animals’ lives, placing pets in loving “forever” homes, and trying to raise money for a much-needed shelter in Beverly. We receive phone calls every day from people asking for help. FOBA is best known for rescuing felines, but we also assist with ca- nine rescues through networking with other animal organizations to find good homes, and by providing veterinary treatment when we can afford it. One of the greatest challenges we face in rescuing animals is having enough foster homes to meet the need, and finding foster homes for dogs is even more challenging, so much of our rescue work has involved cats and kittens.
FOBA has had many successes, but there is still a long way to go. We have had numerous fund- raisers to try to keep up with the expenses of caring for animals that are in danger of being put down or that have been left outside to fend for themselves. We provide essential food, shelter and medical care, which is very expensive and takes up most of our budget. FOBA is an all- volunteer organization. Proceeds from fundraising efforts are used to further FOBA’s mission of caring for animals in need.
Now entering our seventh year of operation, this is our second annual appeal letter. It is our fervent hope that you will find it in your heart to make an end-of-year, tax deductible donation to the Friends of Beverly Animals so that we can help more animals and some day have a shelter in our city. Thank you very much for your time and consideration. We wish you a happy, blessed holiday season and New Year!
Your Friends at FOBA
P.S. Millie’s story has a happy ending. She was nursed back to health and is doing just fine now.
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The Friends of Beverly Animals (FOBA) would like to express our sincere appreciation to the following businesses and individuals who very generously supported our recent fundraising event, the Fur Ball, held at the ICC on October 11, 2014. Thanks to those listed below, the evening was a big success! (Businesses are located in Beverly unless otherwise noted.) Donors of raffle items, services and/or food included:
John Archer, Archer Insurance
Melissa Birtwell, Melissa Birtwell Designs
Beverly Athletic Club
Beverly Day Spa
Beverly Wild Bird & Pet Supply
Boston Harbor Duck Cruises, Charlestown
Bridge Street Automotive
The Cheesecake Factory, Northshore Mall, Peabody
Paul Coughlin
Eileen Duff, Governor’s Council, Gloucester
Elements Therapeutic Massage
Eurostoves
Fetch Pet Care of Middleton (Lisa Vince)
Monique Hebert, Verbena Esthetics Studio, The Healing Center
Paul Guanci of Super Sub & Casual Catering
the ICC
Legal Seafoods, Northshore Mall, Peabody
Marika’s Restaurant
New Brothers, Danvers
A New Leaf
Pet Edge at Cummings Center
Petco, Peabody
PetSmart, Danvers
Linda Scott, The Healing Center of Beverly
Michelle Serino, Master Groomer of Beverly
Staples
Stephy’s Kitchen
Unleashed
Wild Birds Unlimited, Danvers
The Wild Horse
Winfrey’s Fudge & Chocolates
We would also like to acknowledge and thank FOBA members and volunteers for raffle items, food donations and their hard work to make this a successful event: Joan Bonner, Gillian Charters, Jessica Cook, Sharon Cook, Neil Flewelling, Bonnie Hannable, Kim Hyder, Ann Innocenti, Christine Letterman, Cheryl Mezack, Dana Plum, Heidi Roberts, Nathalie Saltikoff, Linda Seal, Lisa Vince.
Paul Guanci of Super Sub/Casual Catering provided delicious food and everyone loved the music provided by The Sellouts. Lest we forget anyone, we want to thank everyone in the community who helped make this event so successful. We truly appreciated Mayor Mike Cahill, Beverly State Rep. Jerry Parisella, State Senator Joan Lovely and candidate for State Rep Rick Marciano taking time from their busy schedules to attend the Fur Ball.
On behalf of all the animals and our volunteers, we thank you for your wonderful support!
