How You Have Helped

 

Mansfield Rotary Club's
Annual Dinner and Auction
Raises $5,000 for New Shelter

Mansfield's Rotary Club hosted its annual charity dinner and auction on March 14th at Mansfield's Holiday Inn, amid decorations for this year's "Mardi Gras" theme. Guests participated in live and silent auctions and raffles featuring vacation getaways, sporting event tickets, fine wines, and gift packages. For the second year in a row, Mansfield Animal Shelter's New Building Fund was one of the beneficiaries of the Rotary Club's fundraiser.

 

 
 

Mansfield Bank Charitable Foundation
Donates $5,000 to New Shelter

The Mansfield Bank Charitable Foundation  presented a $2,500.00 check to the new building fund in '07, and another $2,500.00 in April, 2008.

Mansfield Bank President John Korona (center) and Board of Directors Member Debra Crowell (right), pose with Volunteer Mary Andrews at the site of the new shelter.

 

Colonial Insurance
Donates $5,000 to the New Building Fund

Colonial Insurance Services, with matching funds from Arbella Charitable Foundation, donated a total of $5,000 this spring. Shown standing at the cleared site of the new shelter, from left to right, are volunteers Sally Holm, Sharon Baker,  and Mary Andrews. Mitchel Seifert, President of Colonial Insurance, receives a plaque honoring his continued support of the shelter, while his dog Harry looks on.

 

Toyota Donates $1,000 to New Shelter

Responding to the recent corporate funding mailing, Toyota Motor Sales donated $1,000 to the new building fund. Shown left to right: Mary Andrews, fundraising coordinator; Terry Sell, Assistant General Manager, with his dog Kosmo; Leslie Harlor, Toyota administrative assistant and shelter volunteer.

 

Samsonite Donates $25,000 to Town of Mansfield

Samsonite Corporation is one of the newest residents in the Mansfield Industrial Park. At its recent inaugural ceremony it presented a $25,000 check to the Town of Mansfield, which the Selectmen then turned over to the Mansfield Shelter Friends' New Shelter Building Fund.

Show above is Selectman Mike McCue presenting the check to Animal Welfare Committee members Bill Gerber, Mary Andrews, Sally Holm, and Sharon Baker.

The Samsonite check is the first step in the Mansfield Shelter Friends' campaign to solicit donations from local corporations. To read more about the new shelter plans see The New Shelter Campaign.

 

Colonial Insurance Donates $3,000 to Shelter
Mitchel Seifert of Colonial Insurance, Mansfield hands a check to Ana Molina Villella. Colonial Insurance donated $1,500, and Arbella Insurance matched the donation with another $1,500.

Many thanks to Mitchel Seifert, Colonial Insurance, and Arbella Insurance for their generosity.
 
 
 
 

 
Mansfield Shelter Friends, Inc. PO Box 25, Mansfield, MA 02048

Mansfield Animal Shelter, 175 Fruit Street, Mansfield, MA 02048
Hours: Mon- Friday:  5:30 pm - 7:30 pm; Sat:  9am - 12, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Sun:  9am -12.
Tel: (508) 261-7339

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