BI-ANNUAL REPORT TO COMMUNITY APRIL 2013

The shelter’s own Best Friends Thrift Store, located at 8 Raymond Street continues to grow. Now in their third year, Best Friends recently celebrated the pay-off of their start up loan three years ahead of schedule. At current revenue levels, this translates in to a 40% increase in funding available for the needs of shelter pets. Potsdam’s largest charity thrift store, Best Friends accepts housewares, de cor, small furniture, books, and media. (Donation guidelines on their Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Best-Friends-Thrift-Shop-Potsdam-NY.)

Managed by North Country Neighbor owners, Cathy and Tim Connolly, 100% of the store profits are given to PHS while exposing the shelter to no financial risk.

For more information, call 268-1055 Tuesday-Saturday 11:00am-4:00pm.

Best Friends Thrift Shop Now in 3rd Year

We built a new animal shelter in 2011, thanks to YOUR support!

We are the largest and best equipped animal shelter in the region

Over 1000 pets are adopted from PHS each year We offer a wide range of services to pet owners, from

behavioral modification, to dog training, to a pet food pantry

We are a training and education resource for BOCES, colleges, school districts

We serve as a job and volunteer site for NYSARC, Cerebral Palsy and others

We are the animal shelter for over 11 communities in St. Lawrence County

Each year people from the North Country and beyond come to PHS to adopt a pet or for animal care, needs and advice

PHS IS A PREMIER ANIMAL SHELTER...

AND A LOT MORE!

A Huge Thank You To These

Sponsors:

For underwriting a major share of the printing cost of this report. For products used at the shelter!

17 Madrid Avenue Potsdam, New York 13676 Tel/Fax 315-265-3199 E-mail: potsdamhumanesociety@verizon.net www.potsdamhumanesociety.org

Strut Your Mutt May 4th, 9:30am

Potsdam Animal Shelter

Pars for Paws Golf Tournament July 26th, 1:00pm Shot Gun Start

Partridge Run Golf Course

Garage Sale August 23rd & 24th

Corner of Market St. and Larnard St.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thank You!

Cathy and Tim

Nice picture of me…like the tongue pose? The name’s Louie. I have a story with a happy ending…a caring lady found me living outside her house. She took me in, had me neutered, and got shots to keep me healthy. At first I wasn’t so sure about that neutering stuff, but now that it is over, I feel soooo much better. But alas, my rescue lady could not keep me. She wanted what is best for me and took me to the Potsdam Animal Shelter where they found that I have Feline Leukemia. Drats! Now that really made placing me in a home much more difficult. I had to wait in the isolation wing because feline leuk is very

contagious to other cats…and I was in a building with a lot of cats! Everyone who met me said I am very “sweet”. I am not sure what that means, but I take it that helped save me. The staff at PHS put out a special adoption notice that I could go to a home with dogs, but no cats. Can you believe it? I found a home with Susan and two cuddly Beagles in Hermon! Life is good. Because they think creatively and really try to save animals, I am one of the 96% taken to the Potsdam Animal Shelter that is saved each year.

Louie: The Leuk Cat

Thanks to PHS for not giving up on me!

Carrie Tuttle (President) Tony Beane (Vice President)

Jackie Pinover (Co-Secretary) Kay DePerno (Co-Secretary)

Irene Hargrave (Co-Treasurer)Helen Hollinger (Co-Treasurer)

Bonnie Boyd Linda Caamano

Ruth Huckle Robert Jewett

Amber Lindsey Suzanne Smith

Lucille Waterson

PHS BOARD MEMBERS

Average length of stay for an animal: 3 months

Adoption rates : 10% higher than NYS average;

20% higher than national average.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE! DONATE TODAY. There are many ways to support PHS.

To find out how: call us at 265-3199 or visit us at www.potsdamhumanesociety.org

Brodie Adopted October ‘12

Bonnie & Clyde with Mike Adopted March ‘13

Jasmine Adopted December ‘12

Forest Adopted March ‘13

Shadow Adopted May ‘12

Portia Adopted December ‘12

Teddy Adopted August ‘11

CONTRACTED TOWNS

PHS thanks these communities for choosing PHS for their animal care needs. We do our best to respond to every animal and individual that comes through our door seeking help. If your community is not listed, check to see that it is served by another shelter. Communities without a shelter provide fewer humane care services for residents and their

animals.

Brasher Clifton Hopkinton Lisbon Parishville Stockholm

Colton Hermon Lawrenceville Norfolk Potsdam (Norwood)

JAN-DEC 2011

$10,000.00 Adle, Jason & Tracy St. Lawrence Radiology

$5,000-$9,000 Griffin, Michael & Nancy Robinson, Margaret

$2,500-$4,999 Boyd, Bonnie

$1,000-$2,499 Anonymous Contributors Best Friends Thrift Shop Cania, Salvatore Jr. Clarkson Humane Society Farnham, M. Jean Halford, Robert Kolanko, Inc. DBA Potsdam Agway Nola Labrador Retriever Rescue North Country Savings Bank Reed, Terry Rita Mayhew RJ Halford & Associates Schechter, Jay St. Lawrence SEFA The Greg Biffle Foundation TJ Toyota Tuttle, Carrie Waterson, Lucille Wheeler, Kristina Petty

$500-$999 AMVETS Ladies Aux. Ashley House Brainard, Steve & Kathy Burlingame, Donald Burns Bros. Contracting Clarkson Potsdam Garden Club Community Bank, NA Potsdam Crump, David & Susan First Class Aire, LLC Gardner, Richard Henry, Dana Higley Association Kaplan, John Lancaster, John Martin, Davida McFadden, Jim Royce, Phillip & Lorene SeaComm Federal CU Stannish, Steven Stoian, Alexandru UPS/Teamsters Union

$250-$499 A Sharp Arrangement B.P.O. Elks Best Western Plus University Inn Blauvelt, Thomas Bon-Ton Boutot Auto Sales Butler, David

Clarkson University School Of Business Clarkson University Student Association Currier, Brenda & Roger DePerno, Kay Dusharm, Cindy & Roger Erickson, Kenneth Fodor, Marie Jewett, Robert and Donna MacfaddenDier-Leonard Agency Massena Fire Dept. McElhearn, Hugh & Sally McLaughlin, Ann & Francis McLennan, Walt & Kay Nelson, Elna North, Stephan Norwood Norfolk C.S. O'Neill, Ron & June Pinto, Mucenski, Hopper, Vahouse & Co. Retired Nurses Fund Sergies Canton SLU Bio Club Smile Associates Smith, Sherwood & Janice St. Andrews, Neil Turner, Pat & Peter Young, Thomas & Suella

$100-$249 Adon Farms Allott, James & Katherine Alott, James Anable, Iris Babcock, Juanita Barstow Motors Beane, Dr. Tony Bittner, Vanessa Blickwedehl, Robert & Patricia Brower, Peter & Diane Butler-Daggett, Judith Butterfield, Myrtle CJ’S Enterprises Caamano, Victor & Linda Campbell, Mary Lynne Canner, Stephan Canton Village Police Catling, Julie Chapman, Alison Clemens, Louise Clements, Marsha Cook, Elise Coons, Carol & Charles Corbett, Judy Coskran, Kenneth & Carol Coto, Connie CPH Center for Cancer Care Cross, Maureen Crump, Amanda & Jeffrey Crump, Stanley & Carol

Currier, Betty J. Dailey, William & Lucia Dalland, John & Nancy Donahue, Timothy & Reta Dougherty, Suzanne & Mark Dying Kings Motorcycle Group Ellis, Ann Ferrar, Jane Freego, Diane Funston, Judith Gamma Sigma Sigma Gibbons, Susan & Scott Gold, Howard Good Times Party Store Gorkey, J. Grant, Jennifer & Shawn Grigel, Glen Haag, Dona Hagerty, Margaret Haight, Lisa & Leighton Halloran, Jo-Ann & Owen Hart, Sharon Hartman, Mark & Adrienne Hennessy, Kelly Honey Dew Acres Irven, William Jones, William Kennedy, Joseph & Normadine Kimmes, Robert & Dianne Kramer, Susan Lalonde, Joan Leet, Dana Lindsey, Amber Loconti, Michael Lovass-Nagy, Clara Lowell, Judith Luehmann, Cheryl Marten, Barbara McDonald, Elaine & John McLaughlin, Aron Melanie Sauer Miller, Thomas Mina, George Morrissey, Stephan Nolte, Penelope North Country Insurance Northern Music & Video Walex Inc. NYSARC Ober, Sharon O'Flaherty, William & Patricia Oneness Community Ozols, Ruta Palmer, Charles & Patricia Parker, LR & DJ Paro, Laurie Pasternack, Helen Pike, Janet Pinover, Jackie & Richard Plastino, Thomas & Jane

Popiel, Peter Powers, Susan Prouty, Zora & Anne Putman, Marcia & Stephen Quackenbush, Arthur & Cynthia Redden, R. Reetz, Jan Reutershan, Marcia Rogers, Kathleen Rogers, William & Rebecca Rutherford, E.A. Sandstone Realty, Doug Hawkins Saucier, John Savage, Timothy Scoopuccinos Shaw, Robert Shaw, Toni J. Shea, Bryan Shelly, Denise Sheridan, Susan Sherry, Thomas Shoen, Donald Short, James & LeeAnn Sidwell, Bryan Sieminski, Mary B. Smith, Brad & Cindy Snell, Rick & Sara Sprow, Carolyn & Francis Storrin, Anne L. Taylor, Darleen Taylor, George Team NYSARC Theodore, Sophia Thomas, Norma Thompson, Joanna & Michael Thompson, Mary Jane & William Ticho, Ron Ton's Sports Bar, Tom Delosh Trithart, David Trithart, Kathryn Trivilino, Carolyn Warburton, Mary Beth & William Warr, Kathleen & Stephen Wells, Scott Whittier, Lynn B. Wisner, Shirley & Warren Wood, Robert & Cornelia Woodward, Joanne Wright, Donna & Ace, Mildred

$1.00-$99.00 4-H Paws Club Ackerman, Joanne Adams, Christina & Stephen Akley, Mary Aldous, Lyndsey

Alexandro, Molly Alguire, Brent Allen, Kimberly Alvord, Kimberly Alzo, Michael G. Amelotte, Jane Anable, Francis & Matthew Anderson, Grace Anderson, Robert & Patricia Ashley, Jennifer Ashley, Tandy & David Austin, Ferne Averett, AJ Ayotte, Gerard Babcock, David & Janice Backus, Paul & Debra Backus, Renee Bacon, Georgette Bard, John & Linda Barnes, Mel & Mary Barr, Stephen & Lana Barstow, John & Stephanie Bartholomew, John & Rose Beane, Douglas Tony Bellardini, Drucille Bellardini, Mark & Elizabeth Belyea, Bob & Shirley Benda, Taylor Benvenuto, Jean & Jim Berger, Wendy Boiset, Sally & Paul Covey Boswell, Levison, Victoria & Paige Boyd, Elizabeth Bradburd, Daniel & Ann Bradish, Thomas & Tammy Brant, Alison McGinn Brehm, E. Kuracina & L. Brockriede, Ina Bronson, Daniel & Patricia Brosteik, Kevin Brown, Laura Lewis Buck, Norman & Susan Burnett, Barbara Burwell, Susan Busters Sports Bar & Restaurant Butchino, Helen Butler, Gail Butler, Jacqueline Butler, Karen Butler, Lori & Gregary Butler, Nancy Butters, Donald Byrne, Mary Jane Cabral, Mary Campbell, Bruce Caskinette, Carlton & Sara Cassel, Kathy Ann Caswell, Orrin & MaryLou Chaffee, Eileen Chamberlain, Carol &

PLEASE NOTE- PHS hopes this report accurately reflects all of the 2011-2012 donors. If someone was inadvertently omitted, please forgive us AND notify us at 315-265-3199 at your earliest convenience so we can correct our records. Your feedback would be appreciated.

David Chamberlain, E. Chamberlain, Schulyer Chambers, Holly Charlebois, Esther & John Charlebois, Patricia Charleson, Samuel & Elaine Chittenden, Varick & Judy Clark, Richard & Elizabeth Clarkson University Support Staff Clough, James & Shirley CNY Music Educators Coburn, Jesse Cole, Daniel & Tracy Collins, Adlayd M. Collins, Allyson & Robert Computer Guys Conklin, Janet Connolly, Cathy & Tim Coots, Brian Coots, Emilie Cordts, Laura & Shawn Cota, Chet & Linda Cotey, Jodee Creative Spirit Critter Store Cullen, Pam Curtis, Donald Cypert, Susan Daggett, Judith & Larry Dalton, Michael & Joyce Dalton, Sharon Darr, Jean Dawson, Charles & Arlene Debyah, Leroy & Gayle DeGhett, Stephanie, Victor & Torie DeGroat, Judith Demarest, Sandra P. Denison, Jean & Richard Dingsoyer, Sally Dishaw, Patricia & Leo Doughty, SMSGT EM & Diana Dunn, Amanda Durham, Adele E. Durkin, Barbara Duval, Laura & Cliff Eastman, Donna Edward's Senior Club Edwards, Andrew Egan, Edwin & Dorothy Enslow, Karen Ernst, Frederick & Charlotte Eurto, Joan Farrington, Lee & Ellen Fay, Laura Fayette, Carol & Michale Feefee, Beverly Fiacco, Becky Fitzgerald, Neil & Ter Flanagan, Bruce & Jennie Foisy, Phillip & Nancy Ford, Linda Fountain, Loren & Merrell

Freeheart, Arthur & Dillon, Susan French, Wayne Furnia, Brett & Elizabeth Gallagher, David & Barbara Gerald, Lee Gerrish, Robert Gillinwater, Warren & Patricia Goodwin, Anne M. Goolden, Charles& Linda Grant, George N. Grant, Jennifer Green, Lisa Griffin, Elizabeth Griswold, Avril Groebler, Eugene & Audrey Hadlock, Edwin & Joan Haggett, Heidi Hall, T. & D. Hargrave, Gary & Irene Harmer, Margaret Hart, Beverly Hart, William & Roberta Hawkins, Douglas Heisey, Mary Jane & Philip Harnden Henery, Clive & Sandra Hilts, Helen Hilts, Richard Hoag, Nancy Hogle, Malia & Kiana Horton, Eileen House, Adrienne Howard, Robert & Dawn Huckle, Ruth Huff, Terry & Mark Hutchinson, Dick & Sharon Immonen, Jane Isenberg, Elizabeth Ives, Susan & John J.C. Merriman, Inc. Jacoby, Linda Jandrew Jeffers, Betty Johnson, Tammy & Kyle Jones, Norman & Linda Jones, Wanda Keller, Marie Kennedy, John Kimmes, Theresa & Robert Kingsley, Nancy Knapps Station Community Church Kruegar, Melanie Ladue Russell, Joanne Lange, Lou Ann LaRue, Amber Lepage, Donald & Pauline Leroux & Menard Levitt, E. Victoria Lewandowski, Leroy & Yvonne Lewis, Deborah Lewis, Doris Lindahl, Molly & Kevin Locey, Karen

Long, Mary Lowell & Adrienne Smith Lynch, James & Sally Maciel, Alexis Mallon, Stella Maloney, Caroline Manor, Dan Manske, Mark Marilyn Boinski Maroney, Susan & Timothy Marsh, Joseph & Edna Martin, Larry Mason, Al & Jo Massena Central School Matthews, Elizabeth Maus, Derek McClusky, Nancy McCuin, Heather McDonald, Courtney McElwain, Rebecca McFadden, Andrew & Katrina McKnight, Esther & David McLaughlin, Geraldine Metcalf, Shirley and Robert Meyers, John & Michele Mikolay, Amy & John Miller, Jeffry Minotti, Margaret Mitchell, Jennifer Mitchell, Larry & Amy Mittelstaedt, Jo A. Moerschell, Linda Morgerman, Carl Morin, Cynthia Mort Backus & Sons Inc. Mott, Molly Mueller, Roger Nagel, Diane Newcomb, Katie NIUGES/The Jug Norman, Mark & Celeste North Woods Dental O'Donoghue, Aileen Ofrane, Lynn Omohundro, John & Susan Owl Mountain Rod & Gun Owney, Thomas & Erin Palmer, Art Panshin, Sandra Paone, Beverly & Carmen Paquette, Mark & Tracy Parsons, Richard & Karen Passamonte, Chloe & Maggie Passtimes II/The Lounge Patenaude, Sandra Pazoga-Sleeper, Christina Peacock, Susan & Richard Peet, Thomas & Marlu Pennell, Gregory & Nancy Phillips, James & Bonnie Phoenix/Julians Poole, Elizabeth Potsdam Central School Potsdam College Foundation Premo, William & Janet

Prespare-Weston, Shelli Pryce, Paul & Mary Ann Pugliese, Adele Quinell, Michelle & Robert Ralston, Ramona Ramsay, Charlotte Ranlett, Charles & Mary Rattan, Penelope Reasoner, Joan Reimer, Dixi Rennie, Scott Revetta, Frank & Joann Reynolds, Martha Richards, Darren & Deborah Roagan, Chris Robar, H Robertson, Dawn Rogers, Jenica Rook, K. & P. Rousell, Heather & Jeffery Royce, Bridger & Clara Rybak, June & William Schaberg, Albert & Gail Schumacher, Judy Schwartz, DB Schwartz, Susan Scovil, Roger & Leota Serguson, Eric& Tammy Sevey, Tanya Sherman, Manola Short, John & Barbara Siegfried, Tera Simmons, Cheryl & Wayne Simmons, William & Faye Skips Retreat/ JANDS Enterprises Skufca, Joseph Smeby, Bruce & Susan Smith, Suzanne Smithers, David Smutz, Mary & Kevin Snell, Richard H. & Mary F. Snow, Christina Snyder, Diana & Michael Snyder, Donald & Eleanor Speck, Laura Spicer, Clyde & Terry Spicer, Terry & Niki St. Lawrence NYSARC St. Lawrence River Operations Star Route Auto Service Stevenson, Brook & Ruth Stillwell, Arlene & John Tenbusch Stimeling, Kurt & Shawna Stuart, Deirdre Subramanian, Jane Sullivan, Cristal Sullivan, Marcia SUNY Potsdam Child Care Center Tannahill, Tania Taylor, Nicole Tebo, Tammy The Carol Lee Shoppe Theobald, Walter & Sherry

Thomas, Willis Thurston, Leila Todd, Kirk & Patricia Todd, Suzanne Travis, Betsy Tulloch, Michael & Gail Valeska, E & B Valeska, Marcella & Charles Valley, Deborah Vanderyacht, Nancy Vaness, Claudette Wilson, Dannie Viskupic, Deidre Wagner Garland Enterprises LLC Wagner, Phil & Lorna Walker, Savannah Wallace, Gary Ward, Charles & Bonnie Warden, Lynn & Shirley Watson, Barbara & Paul Weinhold, Carol Weller, J. Westcott, Andrew Whalen, Christopher & Shelia Wheat, William & Danielle White, Carolyn White, Joseph & Roberta White. Kaly Whitmarsh, Stanley & Deborah Wickwire, Lois & Bob Wilhelm, Frederick &Llona Wilson, Lisa Winn, Gabrielle Wood, Ryan & Erin Woodcock, Christine Woodward, Arlene Yugartis, Steven & Pamela Zenger, JoAnn & Toby Zwickl, Laura & Andrew

Ernie was adopted from PHS as a puppy, and lived a long

happy life. With the joy of loving

pets, comes the inevitable day we

have to part.

Miss you, Ernie Maresca!

JAN—DEC 2012

$10,000.00 Anonymous Contributors St. Lawrence Radiology

$5000-$9999.00 Best Friends Thrift Shop

$2500-$4999.00 Griffin, Michael & Nancy Ranlett, Judith

$1,000-$2499.00 Boyd, Bonnie Clarkson Potsdam Garden Club Farnham, M.Jean Fiese, Marshall & Kate Friend 2 Friend Foundation, Inc Mayhew, Mary Rita Nola Labrador Retriever Rescue Potsdam College Foundation St. Lawrence SEFA Tuttle, Carrie

$500.00-$999.00 Ackerman, Joanne AMVETS Ladies Aux. Ashley House Beta Sigma Phi Bixby, Roy & Jennifer Brainard, Steve & Kathy Burlingame, Donald CJ’S Enterprises Cania, Salvatore Jr. Carlisle, Preston & Joan Coto, Connie Cottingham & Porter, P.C Edwards Knox CSD Gardner, Richard Henry, Dana J. Proulx Inc. Jewett, Robert and Donna Kramer, Susan Lancaster, John McElhearn, Hugh & Sally Norwood Norfolk C.S. Ober, Sharon Pinto, Mucenski, Hopper, VanHouse Reed, Terry Schechter, Jay SLU Bio Club Stuart-Fennesey, Carmen T & R Wines and Liquors TJ Toyota Town & Country Veterinary Clinic Wheeler, Kristina Petty

$250.00-$499.00 Allott, James & Katherine Ashley, Missie B.P.O. Elks Babcock, Juanita Beane, Douglas Tony Butler, David

Butterfield, Myrtle Cateforis, Vasily & Mary-Ann Coffey, Joseph Cook, Elise Crump, David & Susan Curtis, Jean DePerno, Kay Dusharm, Cindy & Roger Edward C. Seymour Post 1231 Huckle, Ruth Isenberg, Elizabeth Johnson, Anne & Arthur Kappa Xi Omega Lindsey, Amber Marten, Barbara McLaughlin, Ann & Francis Meding, Kenneth Mina, George Nelson, Elna North, Stephan O'Donoghue, Aileen O'Loughlin, Charles & Alison Pinover, Jackie & Richard Quinell, Scott & Susan Royce, Phillip Smith, Suzanne St. Andrews, Neil Stillwell, Arlene & John Tenbusch Thompson, Joanna & Michael Tortoriello, Michael Turner, Pat & Peter Wright, Donna & Ace, Mildred

$100.00-$249.00 Adams, John Amelotte, Jane Anable, Francis & Matthew Anable, Iris Arnold, M Averett, AJ Ayotte, Gerard Baker, Hymen Barthelmess, Diana Bellardini, Drucille Bella's Bottles & Beverages LLC Bennett, Corinne Biber, Evelyn Bittner, Vanessa Bond, Julie & Stephen Bows & Bandannas Brehm, E. Kuracina & L. Briggs, C Butler, Jacqueline Butler-Daggett, Judith Caamano, Victor & Linda Campbell, Mary Lynne Canton Potsdam Hospital Cappello, Linden & Ladouceur Casella Waste Systems Clemens, Louise Clements, Marsha

Cloce, D. Edgar Comer, Marcia Community Bank, Potsdam Connelly, Shelby Cooke, Margaret & Derry Coots, Emily Cruikshank, James Currier, Betty J. Currier, Roger & Brenda Daniels, Jean Davis, Courteny DeAngalis DeGroat, Judith Denison, Jean & Richard Deon, Jerry Domras, Roger & Meredith Durham, Adele E. Ellis, Eva & Mary Jo Ernst, Frederick & Charlotte Fayette, Carol & Michael Ferrar, Jane Finnegan, Joseph & Debra First Niagra Bank- Amanda Crump Frackenpohl, Arthur & Mary Freego, Diane French, William Funston, Judith Furnia, Brent Furnia, Brett & Elizabeth Gallagher, David & Barbara Gerber, Jim & Rebecca Gibson, Dwight & Patricia Gold, Howard Grant, Jennifer & Shawn Grigel, Glen Haggett, April Haight, Lisa & Leighton Hall, Rhoda Hargrave, Gary & Irene Hargrave, Irene Harry Potter Club Healey Medical Practice Heberling, Susan Heldt, Nicole Hess, Frank Hideaway Cafe Hill, Marion Hotte, Renee J C Merriman, Inc. James, Thomas Java's Veterinary Center Jones, William Kiely, Donna Kinney Drugs Canton Labelle, Joyce Ladue-Russell, Joanne Lalonde, William Lapierre, William Levison, Lisa & Ted Liberty, Susan Luce, Stanley & Patricia Luehmann, Cheryl Lynch, James & Sally Maresca, Michael & Barbara

Mazzotta, E. Anne & Sebastian McLennan, Walt & Kay Murray, Margaret Myers, John & Lynn North, Stephen NuMed O'Brian, M Ozols, Ruta Parkway Ford, Inc. Peyron, Michael & Shen, Victoria Phi Eta Sigma/Newman Club Plastino, Thomas & Jane Popiel, Peter Potsdam Central School Powers, Susan Rattan, Penelope Reece, Larry Reetz, Jan Reutershan, Marcia Riverview Correctional Facility Robertson, Dawn Rogers, Kathleen Rosenfield, Joseph & Mary Rossie-Fries, Carol Rybak, June & William S & L Electric, Inc. Sandstone Realty, Doug Hawkins Savage, Timothy Scott, Robert SeaComm Federal Credit Union Shea, Bryan Sherry, Thomas Sholette, Kevin & Lorie Silver & Collins Slapar, Jessica Smith, Sherwood & Janice St. Lawrence Lewis BOCES Stannish, Steven Stone, Linda Stronach, Fay SUNY Canton Tarbell, Barbara Taylor, Darleen Thakur, Magendra The Lobster House Thomas, Norma Thomas, Willis Thompson, Carol Trithart, Kathryn Trivilino, Carolyn Tuttle, Nancy F. US Marines, Paymaster Eugene Barto VanNess Co. Virgil, Lawrence & Olga Visser, Eileen Wasserman, Michael Waterson, Lucille Webster, Carol Weitzmann, Margaret Welch, Julie Whittier, Lynn B.

Wisner, Shirley & Warren Woodward, Carol Wright Family Trust Wright-On-Properties Zeta-Nu Fraternity

$1.00-$99.00 Aeon Heating & Air Conditioning Akley, Mary Albert, Marta Aldous, Lawrence & Shirley Aldous, Lyndsey Allen, Alex Alvord, Kimberly American Legion Aux Ames, Iona & Gary Amo, Shirley Amour, Kelly Anderson, Beverly Ryan Andreescu, Daniel Austin, John Babcock, David & Janice Baker, Hymen & Cecile Ball, Dorothy Bard, John & Linda Bartholomew, John & Rose Bartlett, Kay & Stephen Baxter, Christopher Baxter, Patricia Bellardini, Mark & Elizabeth Belyea, Bob & Shirley Bennett, Gary Bicknell, Richard & Linnie Bisnett, Ida Blauvelt, Marion Bollinger, William Bong, Sabel Bonno, Donald & Avis Brill, David Bronson, Daniel & Patricia Brothers, Richard & Cynthia Brown, Timothy & Lara Buck, Harold & Barbara Buckley, Kathleen Burge, Shirley Burnap, Patricia & Leon Burnett, Barbara Butler, Lori & Gregary Butler, Nancy BW Motor Co. Carey, Cecelia & Jack Carter, Frank Casppione, Mary Cassel, Kathy Ann Cerwonka, Henry & Kenneth Chambers, Holly Chambers, Wendy Chandler-Smith, Cynthia Charlebois, Esther & John Chase, Amanda Chuna, Charles Clark, Lee & Charlotte Clarkson University Custodial Staff

Clintsman, Robyn Clough, James & Shirley Cohen, Judi Comstock, Marcie Connoly, Cathy & Tim Cook, Richard Copy Shop Corbett, Judy Cordts, Laura & Shawn CPH, Maternity Unit Crump, Amanda & Jeffrey CSEA Local 630 SLU Cyr, Elisabeth Daby, Jane Dailey, William & Lucia Daino, Daniel & Anne Dalton, Sharon D'Amour, Trevor & Kelly Dean-LaRock, Kim Del Rossi, Dennis & Alison Demerest, Sandra Demers-Emburey, Janet Demo, Nancy DiGiovanna, Joseph & Ruth Dillon, Susan DiLorenzo, Marie Dominie, Renee Donahue, Timothy & Reta Doussa, Una DuFous, Mike & Becky Duhl, Joel Dunn, Arnold & Patricia Edwards, Andrew Edwards, Danielle Edwards-Knox CSD Elek, Frank & Edwina Elias, Carol Ellis, David Ewy, Dr. Robert Favro, Janet Fay, Laura Fayette, Amy Fayette, Mary & David Fetcie, Brian Fiske, Andrew & Emily Five Elements Living, LLC Ford, Vernon & Dolores Friends for Pound Paws Friends of Colton Hepburn Library Fuhr, Judith & Edward Gerrish, Robert Gibbons, Susan & Scott Gibson, Lyndon & Caroline Gillenwater, Warren & Patricia Girl Scouts Troop 280/247 Gittings, Robin Goia, Corina Goldie, Maya Gollanger, Norma Goodwin, Anne M. Grahm, Marilyn Grant, George N. Graveline-Vari, Julie Graves, Carmen & Martha Green, Lisa Griffin, Elizabeth

Hagerty, Margaret Halloran, Jo-Ann & Owen Hansen, Leroy & Diane Harrison, Jamie Hart, Beverly Hart, Nancy Hart, Robert & Donna Hart, William & Roberta Hartman, Mark & Adrienne Hassett, James & Catherine Haught, Mary & Alan Hawkins, Douglas Hayes, Gayle & Daniel Heinick Heinick, Carol & David Heisey, Mary Herzig, Daniel Hewitt, Jonathan Hicks, Sharon Hilts, Helen Hogle, Malia& Kiana Holland, Mary Hollinger, H. House, Adrienne Hudson, Joanne Hutchinson, Dick & Sharon Hutchinson, Gary & Penny Ireland, Kelly Irwin, Richard & Patricia Jaskowski, Bella Jeffers, Betty Jefferson Co. Probation Dept. Jenison, Elizabeth & Thomas Jones, Casey & Kim Jones, Georgianna Jones, Norman & Linda Kaplan, John Kellner, Mike & Carol Kimmes, Theresa & Robert Klein, Susan Kolanko, Marie Kyer, Frederick & Rosemary Ladue, Brandi LaFountain Lalonde, Scott & Robin Lamendola, Shirley & Joseph Lange, Lou Ann Lantry, Jane LaPoint, Norma Lashomb, Jack LaValley, Amy Lawrence, Sharon Layo, Sandra M. Leet, Dana Leonard, Don & Darlene Lepage, Donald & Pauline Long, Mary Lorraine Yaros Sullivan Lough, Derek & C. Charleah Lowell, Judith MacDonald, John Macturk, Barbara Madrid Waddington CSD

Major, Mark Manchester, Phillip & Mary Manning, William & Rita Manor, Daniel & Bridgette Mansfield, Barbara March, Pamela Maroney, Susan & Timothy Martin, Davida Martin, Paula Mason, Al & Jo Matthews, Elizabeth Matthie, Brenda Maverides, Grace McComber, Jody McElwain, Rebecca McGuiggan, Avis McKinnley, Nancy & Matthew McLaughlin, Geraldine McNichol, Mary Jean Meridian Animal Health Metcalf, Shirley Michaelson, Stevie Michaud, Freda Michaud, James Midstate Claims Inc. Miller, Sharon Mittelstaedt, Jo A. Monica, Pauline Moosbrugger, John & Patricia Morgan, Charles Morley, Timothy & Pamela Mort Backus & Sons Inc. Mott, Molly Moulton, Brenda Munson, Robert & Bonnie Nagel, Diane NARFE Chapter 1696 Newell, Katherine Nezezon, Carlyn Nickau, William North Woods Dental, PC Olmstead, Thomas & Deborah Omohundro, John & Susan O'Shaughnessy, Clinton & Norma Palmer, Blanche & William Panshin, Dan Panshin, Sandra Paquette, Mark & Tracy Parishville-Hopkinton CSD Parker, LR & DJ Parsons, Richard & Karen Peet, Thomas & Marlu Pelletier, Jean &Rene Pelligrino, Susan Phelps, Jeanine Pignona, Jeffery Pike, Janet Planty, Jackie & Marlene Plumb, Kenneth Porter, Barbara Prescott, James & Melissa Proulx, Jeff & Missy Pryce, Paul & Mary Ann Pugliese, Adele

Putman, Marcia & Stephen Putney, Ray & Sandra Quick-Pickman, Jennifer Quinn, Emily Raines, Diane & Robert Ralston, Ramona Ramsay, Charlotte Razoo Foundation Reed, Lawrence & Pauline Remington, June & Butterfield, Brenda Richards Mark Richards, Darren & Deborah Richey, Katherine Rogers, Vicki Royce, Bridger & Claira Saucier, John Schaberg, Albert & Gail Schugart, Richard Schwartz, DB Scott, Diane & Matthew Sebastian Seymour, David & Sally Shelly, Robert Sherman, Manola Shoen, Donald Short, Michael Siedlecki, S. Simpson, Jocelyn Smeby, Bruce & Susan Smith, Brad & Cindy Smith, Michael Smutz, Ruth Snell, Carol G. Snell, Richard H. & Mary Snyder, Donald & Eleanor Snyder, Sandre & Linden Sprankle, Jeffery & Rebecca Sprengel, Frederick & Marilyn Springer, Kadisha Sprow, Laura St. Lawrence Gas St. Lawrence NYSARC Stanavage, Liberty Stark, Molly Stein, Walt Sullivan, Gloria Talcott, Dean & Cynthia Tania Tannahill Taylor, George Tessier, Matt The Brambles Inn & Gardens Theobald, Douglas Theobald, Walter & Sherry Theodore, Margaret Theodore, Sophia Thiomaris, Mary Jean Thompson, Eric Thousand Islands Women's Council Thurston, L. Tops NY # 638 Hermon Tredo, Linda Trim, Marvin & Elizabeth

Trithart, David Tucker, Sharon Tyo, Louise Umphries, Bailey United Helpers VanDamme, Ben Vaness, Claudette & Wilson, Dannie Wagschal, Hazel Walker, Savannah Wallace, Nicholas & Margaret Walworth Lions Club Waters, Jo Ann & John Watson, Barbara & Paul Webb, Erma Welch, Joseph T. ESQ. Wheat, Bernice Whickwire, Robert White, Bob & Trudy White, Carolyn White, George White, Carolyn Whitmarsh, Stanley & Deborah Wightman, Janet Wilkinson, Thomas & Serafina Willette, Wayne & Kathleen Wolek, Howard & Dolores Wood, Ernest Wood, Susan Woodard, Joanne Woodcock, Christine Woodward, Arlene Wyman, Michale Yapa, Poojitha D. Zelko, Raymond & Carol Zenger, JoAnn & Toby Zeta Nu Fraternity Zwickler, Steven & Annette

Regina Caswell, LVT Dr. Ed Gordon, DVM

All animals adopted from PHS are spayed or

neutered.

The 10,000 mark was reached in 2012.

I’m a Pit-Bull mix…you can’t miss it when you see me. Did you know people are

scared of Pits? Ridiculous! The Pit breed gets such a bad rap because of a few

despicable humans who make a few Pits into bad behaving dogs. I am not one of them, but since I “LOOK” like

one, I spent a lot of time at the Potsdam Animal Shelter trying to find a family to love.

Let me tell you most of my story. I have to admit I have pretty much blocked out my life before I came to the

shelter in May of 2011. I was a stray with big blotches of hair missing all over my body. Not a pretty sight then.

It really scared me to go there, and I must have looked timid and insecure and even scary to some people who

saw me in my first days.

People came to look for a dog to take home. That wasn’t going to be me…a Pit in the last kennel on the right

side. I sat and waited and waited and waited. Some people would say right out loud, “Oh, we don’t want that

one; he’s a Pit-bull.” Those words cut right through me. Humans expected me to exhibit mean and ugly

behavior…ready to eat small kids at a single gulp. Give me a break…I love people!

But I digress…months went by. My one year anniversary at the shelter went by…the days were long

sometimes. I got depressed from time to time, and I know the staff was wondering if they should keep me. They

gave me a lot of attention with wonderful walks and nice touches everyday. While shelter life is not as good as a

real home with my own people, I did get better. I am a survivor, and I stayed

longer and longer…17 months, no family came, 18… 19… 20 months… no

adoption in sight. Makes you want to put on a French Poodle costume and mask.

Finally, on what I thought would be just another day in my shelter kennel…

after 21 months... MY FAMILY CAME! A wonderful couple from Ogdensburg

smiled at me, hugged me, touched me with such love. OOOOH…I will never

forget that moment! Mike tells me I am the light of his life! Man, has he ever got that wrong….he is my sunshine

and moonbeams all rolled in to one! The shelter life was comfy and I am grateful for it. But there is nothing like

the life I have now.

Thanks for listening to my story. I have just one more thing to say, “Please consider adopting a Pit-bull. We

get a bad rap, but we are really great companions! Here are some of my buddies still waiting for YOU!”

HI-YAH…I’M COOL. FREDDIE’S THE NAME.

WAITING WAS THE GAME...

2011—94.8% save rate 2012—95.7% save rate

...much HIGHER than NYS average.

Baron von Willie

Intake: 4/6/12

Julius

Intake: 7/20/12

Licorice

Intake: 8/13/12

Monkey

Intake: 7/12/12

Abby

Intake: 10/24/12

THANKS FOR ADOPTING!

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Iris Anable Challenges North Country To Support Animal Shelter

Iris Anable lives in a Mayfield Apartment in Potsdam. She is a feisty, caring, animal lover living on

a modest fixed income. Back in 2006, when the Potsdam Humane Society needed to build a new

shelter, Iris made an annual pledge of $10 each month.

At the end of the year, Iris came to shelter with her last check in hand, completing her $120 pledge.

She cheerfully announced the experience had not been in the least “painful “. And with that, she

pledged to continue to do the same in 2007. So it went… 2008--$10 a month, and the same in

2009…2010… 2011…2012!

Today, in 2013, those $10 monthly gifts are still helping the animals. At the start, Mrs. Anable never thought that she

would be donating over $800. Over time, the $10 a month gift really has become something much greater than it seemed.

“She is an inspiration,” says PHS Board member, Bonnie Boyd. “What our animals need is the help of a few hundred, or

even a thousand, ‘Iris Anables’. In 2009, the community responded to a challenge from Dr. Michael and Barbara Maresca. That

community leadership and support enabled us to replace our 30 year-old facility with a new, improved and larger animal

shelter. Increased capacity, though, means higher operating costs.”

“If I can do this, I know others can,” says Iris. “Caring for animals is a very important thing to do, and a simple gift of $10 or

more a month, can make a big difference. I challenge every animal lover to join me in making the commitment. You will feel so

good when you do!”

PLEASE JOIN IRIS IN SUPPORTING PHS! See form below, or call us at 315-265-3199, pledge on our website

www.potsdamhumanesociety.org

OR BETTER YET! — Select Direct Pay from your local financial institution.

17 Madrid Avenue Potsdam, New York 13676 Tel/Fax 315-265-3199

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