THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BUYING COOKIE DOUGH AND HELPING US BUY NEW BEDS AND CAT TREES

The Burin Peninsula SPCA would like to say Thank You to all of the people who support us throughout the year. We could not help the animals without your help and that makes everyone who supports us a true animal hero....Thank You.

NORTH ATLANTIC GAS STATION - CHRISTMAS DONATION

Once again this year the folks at North Atlantic put up a tree and people donated items for the SPCA Christmas Tree. This is a picture of the goodies that they collected and we have some very happy critters. They do love their treats! The Burin SPCA would like to say Thank You to the Staff and Patrons of the North Atlantic for their support.

JANELLE'S SALON - CHRISTMAS DONATION

The staff of Janelle's Salon collected items for the SPCA again this Christmas. It's always great to us when during such a busy time of the year that caring people remember our babies and help us to care for them. Thanks Janelle, and her staff.

THANK YOU....

Ms. Eleanor Dawson for her donation of $500.00

Mr. David Williams for his donation of $50.00

Ms. Linda Low for her donation of $100.00

Ms. Vicki Lockyer for her donation of $100.00, in memory of Penni-Lou Lockyer (Aug. 6, 1995 - Jan. 7, 2011)

Ms. Josephine Pittman for her donation of $25.00, in memory of William Pieroway

Ron & Mary Steele for their donation of $100.00

Mr. James Rogers for his donation of $75.00

David & Mavis Williams for their donation of $75.00

Margo & Wayne Rideout for their donation of $20.00

SEA CADETS

As always the Sea Cadets prove how much they care about their community with this terrific donation to the animals here at the shelter.

LUCINDA & GLEN BRUSHETT

Lucinda & Glen Brushett gave us this amazing donation and we can't say Thank You enough! The animals are especially excited about the treats!

3 GREAT KIDS

These great kids saved their change and donated it to the shelter, all they wanted in return was a chance to show some of our babies some love...How great is that!

HIGHLINER FOODS

Employees of Highliner Foods got into the spirit of giving with this donation for the shelter animals! If you listen closely you can hear alot of contented purring.

KELLY BAKER

You may recognize Kelly from this page already and you'll probably see her again! Kelly dropped by with a great donation and posed for a picture with Cuddles who is staying at the shelter. Thanks again Kelly!

DARTS FOR DOGGIES

A Special Thank You

The Burin Peninsula SPCA would like to thank Linda Low for her donation in memory of Springer. Springer was the much loved dog of Rene & Maxine Fowler from St. Lawrence.

THANK YOU TO MR & MRS. MOULTON

The SPCA would like to extend a very sincere Thank You to Jonathon & Allison Moulton who were married on July 23 of this year. They asked guests to donate money to the SPCA in order to get the couple to kiss and raised $189.70 for the shelter! That's alot of kissing! Presenting the donation on behalf of the couple are: Chloe Flannigan (wearing purple) and her friend Chloe Harding. They presented the donation to shelter members Stephanie (holding Scamper) and Karolynn. Thank you so much Jonathon and Allison and Congratulations!!

ANNUAL YARD SALE - THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE SUPPORT!

Below you will find some of the pictures taken at our Annual Yard Sale, held this July. The S.P.C.A. would like to send a special thank you to everyone at the Green Depot for allowing us to host our sale there again this year, to all of our volunteers who gave up a beautiful Saturday morning to work for free! and to everyone who stopped by and shopped, shopped, shopped! Thank You everyone for the support.

THANK YOU LAURA!

Seven year old Laura Dober from Mooring Cove held a Yard Sale on July 17th and wanted all the proceeds to be donated to the SPCA. Laura raised an amazing $310.00 (way to go Laura!!) and is pictured above presenting her donation to Kelly, Stephanie, Lisa and Scamper and Bella from the shelter.

On behalf of all of us at the shelter and our babies, Thank you so much Laura for all you hard work and your very generous donation.

Grand Bank & Fortune Girl Guides

The Girl Guides of Grand Bank and Fortune stopped by with a donation, all part of earning their Pet Lovers Badge. Pictured above in no particular order are: Leader: Gina Flemming, Cassie Parsons, Rebecca Butler, Kelly Baker, Dakota Carroll, Brianne Dodge and Jada Piercey. From the looks of their smiles, we're pretty sure the girls are glad that they had to earn this badge! Great work girls!

Grade 4 Class from St. Joseph's Academy

The Grade 4 students from St. Joseph's Academy in Lamaline visited the shelter after reading the book Shiloh. They sold hot dogs and raised $144.00 for the shelter! Wow! We'd really like to say Thank You to the students and we hope that they had fun visiting the shelter. Pictured above in no particular order are: Taylor Harris, Roy Fitzpatrick, Brooke Slaney, Rachel Walsh, Jordon Brady, Blake Stacy, Bailey Shea, Madison Martin and shelter representive Kelly Baker-Joyce. Not pictured are teachers Nancy Douglas and Colette Haley.

Dog Bite Prevention Week - Open House

We held an information session/open house as a part of our Dog Bite Prevention Week program. We held activities for the kids at the Burin Fire Hall. Below are a few pictures taken on that day.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Burin Volunteer Fire Department for lending us the Fire Hall, to SPARKY the Fire Dog for coming and helping to make the kids very happy. To the volunteers that helped us out that day, thank you so much for your time as always you were great. The Burin Peninsula SPCA would like to say a BIG thank you to everyone who came to the Open House, kids and adults, it was great to see you there and we're so pleased that you came by.

Thank You Tracy for your beautiful cakes, they tasted even better than they looked and that's saying something!

College of the North Atlantic - Burin Campus

The Jeans Day Commitee at the College of the North Atlantic donated a cheque for $150.00 and donated items of cat and dog food, treats, towels and a dog bed to the shelter. Pictured above are Glenda Keating, Stella Kennedy, Marie Fudge, Steve Cooze and shelter volunteer Lisa Grandy.

Thanks to everyone at CNA that contributed to the Jeans Day Program and to the staff and students for their continued support.

Thank You Marystown Post Office

The Marystown Canada Post Office put together a 'World's Finest' Gift Basket and put it on display. Anyone who donated to the Burin Peninsula SPCA could submit their name for a chance to win the basket. Pictured above are Canada Post employee Yvonne Power and SPCA volunteer Lisa Grandy. Yvonne presented Lisa with a cheque for $155.00 and a donation of food and treats.

The winner of the basket was Annette Deveau!

We'd like to extend our thanks to the employees of Canada Post and to everyone who donated. Thank you all so very much.

Thank You Wal Mart

The Wal Mart Photo Lab participated with the Marystown Lions Club to host this years pet photo contest. The winner has been chosen (see our home page) and the good folks at Wal Mart presented a donation to the Burin Peninsula SPCA. Pictured above are Photo Lab employees Mary Lou Short and Melanie Hayse presenting SPCA volunteer Lisa Grandy with a cheque for $220.00.

Thank You Kelly!

Meet Kelly Baker a lovely young girl (pictured here with Buddy) who saved her recycleables and used the money to buy food and treats for the shelter. Kelly shows us just how great one person can be and Buddy really loved meeting her. Thank you Kelly and we hope you'll visit again soon!

Grade 7 Students of Sacred Heart Academy

Sacred Heart Academy recently celebrated 100 days of school. As a part of the celebrations the Grade 7 Students offered a challenge to bring 100 items for the SPCA. And they succeeded! Not only did they get the 100 items but they also donated a cheque for $125.00. WOW!! Thank you so much to all of the students of Sacred Heart and especially the Grade 7 Students for putting the challenge out there. Wonderful Job!

Mariners Athletic Club of Marystown

The Mariners Athletic Club of Marystown hosts a Boxing Day 4K Fun Run every year and donate the proceeds to charity.

This year they were kind enough to think of the SPCA and in the above picture Lyman Keeping, Vice-President of the Mariners Athletic Club, presents a cheque for $243.00 to shelter employee Kelly Baker-Joyce.

We wish to extend our gratitude to the members of the Mariners Athletic Club for their generousity. Keep up the great work!

Thank You Maggie...

Maggie Power, a wonderful 16 year old with a generous heart, gave a donation of dog food, cat food and litter. From all of babies here at the shelter we want to say Thank You for your donation and for giving so selflessly.

Stop Animal Abuse

This poem was written by 12 year old Chelsea Mallay for school. We liked it so much we asked if we could post it on our website for everyone to read. Animal Abuse is a very real and terrible problem and we want to thank Chelsea for being brave enough to write about it and sharing her poem with others.

VALENTINES PROJECT

The Grade 4 students of Donald C. Jamieson recently collected items for the shelter as a Valentine's Project. These kids really know how to show the love!! Just look at all the things they've collected, toys, blankets, food and treats!

The animals at the shelter (and the workers too) want to say THANK YOU to the students and teachers for participating in this project. You're amazing and we all appreciate your efforts. Great Job!