Main Street Animal Hospital Fundraiser Benefited Working Dog Foundation
On Sunday, December 4, Main Street Animal Hospital held their 11th Annual Fundraiser event. It was a huge success with over $2,300 raised! The money was donated to the “Working Dog Foundation” – “Police Dogs Keeping Your Family Safe” at a recent presentation. It was a wonderful day, where many of our clients brought their pets for pictures with Santa. There was also a huge raffle of gifts that were donated by many businesses, citizens and vendors in the local area. It was a fun day for all that attended, and many new friendships were formed. Thank you again for all the support that was given to promote this event from everyone involved.
The mission of the Working Dog Foundation is to establish and to ensure communities in New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts will always be able to train and care for their K-9 teams. Because budgets reductions have been forced to review their K-9 resources, money has been cut or eliminated for training and travel to out-of-state training facilities – in many cases training facilities have been cut and even eliminated. In addition to locating and placing qualified dogs, this organization raises funds and provides facilities training, testing and certifying police K-9s and the handlers. For more information about the Working Dog Foundation, please visit http://www.workingdog.org/
Accepting the check was Rochester Police Department Officer McKenzie and his K-9 partner from Donna Pirolli
Santa Sunday Success
On Sunday December 4th, Main Street Animal Hospital held their 11th Annual Fundraiser event. It was a huge success with over $2300 raised! The money will be donated to the “Working Dog Foundation” – “Police Dogs Keeping Your Family Safe” It was a wonderful day with many of our clients bringing in their pets for pictures with Santa. There was also a huge raffle of gifts that were donated by many businesses, citizens and vendors in the local area. It was a fun day for all that attended, and many new friendships were formed. Thank you again for all the support that was given to promote this event from everyone involved.
Visit workingdog.org to learn more about this great organization that keeps our communities safe.
Best Wishes for a wonderful holiday season and Happy New Year!
The Main Street Animal Hospital Staff
METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES 2011
Get into the Christmas Spirit by visiting the Methuen Festival of Trees, located at Valley Office Park, 13 Branch Street, Methuen, MA. The festival opens on November 19th and features a dramatic display of over 200 fully decorated Christmas Trees and wreaths. On display-and available for bidding in the 2011 Festival of Trees Auction-is a Have A Heart Animal Hospital/Main Street Animal Hospital/Wignall Animal Hospital/Lowell Veterinary Clinic Christmas Tree. Our tree this year features many handmade ornaments and adornments, echoing our theme of “Home For The Howl-i-days”! Expertly adorned rustic ornaments made from natural elements, country buttons and fabrics, wood, tin, colorful Christmas plaid ribbon-and a beautiful log cabin dog house, ready for YOUR pup to be Home For The Howlidays! The dog house is beautifully decorated too and features lights, a porch adorned with a lantern, a hand painted sign, special paw prints in the snow and of course, our Home for the Howlidays pup himself! The tree also includes a $250 gift certificate redeemable at any of our offices participating in the festival.
Special thanks to Laurie Lacharite, Have A Heart Animal Hospital Office Manager, and Donna Pirolli, Main Street Animal Hospital Practice Manager, Linda Farley, McGrath Network Book Keeper and Pat Mancini, Wignall Animal Hospital/Lowell Veterinary Clinic Practice Manager for designing and decorating this year’s tree. For more information about the 2011 Methuen Festival of Trees, including the festival hours and the online auction, visit http://www.methuenfestivaloftrees.com/.
Walter Haigh School Career Fair
In June of 2011, Doctor Christopher Martin and his staff participated in the Career Fair held at Walter Haigh School in Salem, New Hampshire. For this enlightening event, eighty five fourth and fifth grade students evaluated numerous professions to help determine what course they might want to take on their road of life. Main Street Animal Hospital explained the veterinary field with pride, and supplied plenty of visual stimuli to encourage the students to ask questions. Many of the children approached the booth prepared with questions and material to record the answers. The staff provided the eager listeners with a lot of information as well as some fun give away items to help them remember the time they shared together. Perhaps the biggest draw to the booth was the radiograph viewer, ready and running with interesting images of broken limbs, bladder stones and even puppies. The children were pumped and kept the staff busy answering questions about animal care with a special focus on flea and tick preventive. 
Doctor Martin and the staff at Main Street Animal Hospital are proud to have played a part in enlightening students on the veterinary field and helping to open their eyes to the many career opportunities available. We are grateful to Amy Patenaude, Guidance Counselor, for inviting us to partake in this event. We hope to see some of the students working alongside us in the future!
Buttonwoods Museum Festival of Trees 2010 November 26, 2010 – December 12, 2010
The Haverhill Historical Society hosts three major fundraisers a year to support the collections, building maintenance, education and public programs of the museum. One such program is the Festival of Trees event located at 240 Water Street in Haverhill, MA. This holiday event celebrates the joy of the season and offers wonderful wreaths and trees for raffle from local businesses and individuals. There is an Opening Gala event featuring signature dishes from local restaurants and live holiday performances.
The festival opens on November 26th and features a dramatic display of fully decorated Christmas Trees and wreaths. On display-and available for bidding in the 2010 Festival of Trees-is a Have a Heart / Main Street Animal Hospital Christmas Tree. Expertly adorned with hand crafted paw print ornaments, hand made edible dog bone ornaments and gift certificates to the two hospitals, the winner of this beautiful and bountiful tree will be delighted!
For more information about the 2010 Festival of Trees, including the festival hours and events such as a family day with crafts, a visit from Santa, senior day, and carolers from local schools go online to http://www.haverhillhistory.org.
METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES 2010 NOVEMBER 20 2010 – DECEMBER 4, 2010
Get into the Christmas Spirit by visiting the Methuen Festival of Trees, located at Valley Office Park, 13 Branch Street, Methuen, MA. The festival opens on November 20th and features a dramatic display of over 200 fully decorated Christmas Trees and wreaths. On display-and available for bidding in the 2010 Festival of Trees Auction-is a Wignall Anima Hospital / Main Street Animal Hospital / Have A Heart Animal Hospital Christmas Tree. Expertly adorned with hand painted paw print ornaments, hand made edible dog bone ornaments and gift certificates to the three hospitals, the winner of this beautiful and bountiful tree will be delighted! Special thanks to Laurie Lacharite, Have A Heart Animal Hospital Office Manager, and Donna Pirolli, Main Street Animal Hospital Practice Manager, and their staff for the planning and decorating of this stunning specimen of the season. For more information about the 2010 Methuen Festival of Trees, including the festival hours and the online auction, visit http://www.methuenfestivaloftrees.com/.
Sister Hospitals Visit Schools
May 2010, Salem, NH : Staff Members from Main Street Animal Hospital and Have a Heart Animal Hospital visited St. Josephs Regional Catholic School, 40 Main Street, Salem, NH grades K-4 last month. The children were educated on weight management, exercise and its importance in the overall health of their pets. They enjoyed an educational movie of before and after stories of dogs and cats that had lost weight and how it changed their lives. A guessing game on the comparisons of giving “people food” to your pet was played and teachers and students alike were amazed at the caloric comparisons. They had no idea how harmful it was for their pets to consume our foods. There was a question and answer segment, and hands on measuring of two staff dogs that were brought in for the presentation.
Each year in May we turn our client education attention to pet obesity and try to help our clients prevent life with excess weight, find the right treatment approach to weight reduction and maintain healthy skin, hair and body weight. Excess weight and obesity in pets has been increasing steadily, right along with weight problems for pet owners.
Our “Shape up in May” target month has brought more awareness to our clients and now our younger students are concerned about helping keep their pets healthy and live a longer life!
Main Street Animal Hospital on Animal Planet
If you missed the episode last time, you can watch Main Street Animal Hospital again on Animal Planet (Dogs 101), Thursday May 26, 2011 @ 10:00 am. This exciting episode will contain everything you need to know about puppies; from their basic biology to selecting the right puppy for your lifestyle, and how to prepare your household for your new puppy’s arrival.
Main Street’s Chief of Staff, Veterinarian Dr. Christopher Martin, and the staff will be featured along with one of their clients Sharon Wagner. The show documents the pregnancy through birth of puppies born to her 6 year old Labrador Retriever named Wigeon “Pudgy”. Dr. Martin has been caring for Wigeon at Main Street Animal Hospital since she was a puppy of 8 weeks old. This 1 hour episode will give highlights of the birth, first visit to the veterinarian, puppy classes and the eventual adoption to a new family. It prepares the new family with tips on basic care and gets them ready to receive their new puppy!
For more information, click on the link below:
Dogs 101: Puppies: Airs May 26
- Picking a Puppy/Adoption
- Training
- First Four Weeks
- From Puppy to Adult
Main Street Presents Check to One Tail Rescue
January 2011, Salem NH:
Main Street Animal Hospital held their Tenth Annual Santa Sunday Fundraiser in December and continued collecting funds through January for their recipient, “One Tail At A Time” canine rescue, from Haverhill, MA. They place at-risk dogs from shelters into good homes.
For more information contact them at www.onetailatatime.com.
A check for the total amount of $2,115 was presented to Meg Reynolds from the rescue this week at the hospital to use for expenses at the shelter. During the event there were pictures with Santa, and a great raffle of prizes, one of which was 6 months of Free Dog Food donated by Hills’ Pet Nutrition. The winner of this raffle prize, has asked to donate his food to “One Tail At A Time” for a total of 200lbs of food! The money along with the food will greatly benefit the dogs at the shelter. From left are Hospital Manager, Donna Pirolli, Meg Reynolds, Sandra Lawton, Janet Linehan, Hailey Longtin, Diane Luis, and Liza Bibeau in front. All the dogs belong to staff members at Main Street Animal Hospital and were happy to join in the picture!
Santa Sunday 2010 – Thank you!
The McGrath Network Hospitals held their annual Santa fundraising events on December 4th, 5th and 12th. Clinic doctors and staff members volunteered their time to help raise money for several charitable pet organizations including NEADS (www.neads.org), Broken Tail Rescue (www.brokentailrescue.org) and One Tail at a Time (www.onetailatatime.com). NEADS, (Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans) provides assistance dogs to people with physical disabilities or hearing impairment. Broken Tail Rescue, is a foster-based organization that saves dogs and cats from euthanasia. One Tail at a Time works to place at-risk dogs from shelters into good homes.
Participating clinics included Have a Heart Animal Hospital, Lowell Veterinary Clinic, Main Street Animal Hospital, Natick Animal Clinic, Weston Veterinary Clinic, and Wignall Animal Hospital. Altogether, the clinics raised nearly $20,000 through bake sales, raffles, donations, Paws for a Cause, and family pictures with Santa.
This year’s Santa Sunday was an overwhelming success!
We want to sincerely thank all of our clients who participated in Santa Sunday and through their generous donations helped us surpass our goals. Clients also donated supplies that the various charities desperately need in these challenging times.
We also want to thank the many local businesses which were gracious enough to donate gift cards, products and gift bags for the raffle. We are already looking forward to next year!
Main Street Animal Hospital raised $2,115 for One Tail At A Time Rescue. Our special thanks to the following*:
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* and all our wonderful and supportive clients!
Buttonwoods Museum Festival of Trees 2010 November 26, 2010 – December 12, 2010
The Haverhill Historical Society hosts three major fundraisers a year to support the collections, building maintenance, education and public programs of the museum. One such program is the Festival of Trees event located at 240 Water Street in Haverhill, MA. This holiday event celebrates the joy of the season and offers wonderful wreaths and trees for raffle from local businesses and individuals. There is an Opening Gala event featuring signature dishes from local restaurants and live holiday performances.
The festival opens on November 26th and features a dramatic display of fully decorated Christmas Trees and wreaths. On display-and available for bidding in the 2010 Festival of Trees-is a Have a Heart / Main Street Animal Hospital Christmas Tree. Expertly adorned with hand crafted paw print ornaments, hand made edible dog bone ornaments and gift certificates to the two hospitals, the winner of this beautiful and bountiful tree will be delighted!
For more information about the 2010 Festival of Trees, including the festival hours and events such as a family day with crafts, a visit from Santa, senior day, and carolers from local schools go online to http://www.haverhillhistory.org.
METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES 2010 NOVEMBER 20 2010 – DECEMBER 4, 2010
Get into the Christmas Spirit by visiting the Methuen Festival of Trees, located at Valley Office Park, 13 Branch Street, Methuen, MA. The festival opens on November 20th and features a dramatic display of over 200 fully decorated Christmas Trees and wreaths. On display-and available for bidding in the 2010 Festival of Trees Auction-is a Wignall Anima Hospital / Main Street Animal Hospital / Have A Heart Animal Hospital Christmas Tree. Expertly adorned with hand painted paw print ornaments, hand made edible dog bone ornaments and gift certificates to the three hospitals, the winner of this beautiful and bountiful tree will be delighted! Special thanks to Laurie Lacharite, Have A Heart Animal Hospital Office Manager, and Donna Pirolli, Main Street Animal Hospital Practice Manager, and their staff for the planning and decorating of this stunning specimen of the season. For more information about the 2010 Methuen Festival of Trees, including the festival hours and the online auction, visit http://www.methuenfestivaloftrees.com/.
Animal Hospitals Collectively Add Their Voice to Speak Out Against Bullying.
What do you get when you cross a rescue bull terrier with an apparel company and an animal hospital? You get a partnership that wants to take a bite out of the bullying epidemic. Several animal hospitals owned by veterinarian David J. McGrath are now selling shirts designed by anti bull-e gear, an apparel line that designs casual clothes — like tee shirts, sweatpants and hoodies — to give children a voice to speak out against bullying. The company’s logo is an 80-pound Bull Terrier named Homer who is a patient of one of Dr. McGrath’s hospitals outside of Boston.
Homer, the Bull Terrier, is a rescued dog. He is owned by one of Dr. McGrath’s Practice Managers who along with her sister created anti bull-e gear clothing line to provide a venue to children to express their feelings about bullying. Homer’s likeness is a perfect face for the clothing line’s logo because his breed is fondly and commonly referred to as “bullies.” Yet, the breed is known for its loyalty and friendly disposition. Dr. McGrath who owns Wignall Animal Hospital in Dracut, MA, Main Street Animal Hospital in Salem, NH and Have A Heart Animal Hospital in Haverhill, MA offers these shirts for sale because he supports the mission of anti bull-e gear. That mission is very straightforward: Bullying is never acceptable. The company believes that buyers of the clothing add their voice to this position and help to keep the issue in the forefront in an effort to address the epidemic. The compassionate nature of the animal hospitals is a perfect marriage with the clothing line. The hospital staff is accustomed to working with dogs whose barks are worse than their bite. Now the partnership hopes to take the bite out of bullying’s bark.
Sister Hospitals Visit School
May 2010, Salem, NH : Staff Members from Main Street Animal Hospital and Have a Heart Animal Hospital visited St. Josephs Regional Catholic School, 40 Main Street, Salem, NH grades K-4 last month. The children were educated on weight management, exercise and its importance in the overall health of their pets. They enjoyed an educational movie of before and after stories of dogs and cats that had lost weight and how it changed their lives. A guessing game on the comparisons of giving “people food” to your pet was played and teachers and students alike were amazed at the caloric comparisons. They had no idea how harmful it was for their pets to consume our foods. There was a question and answer segment, and hands on measuring of two staff dogs that were brought in for the presentation.
Each year in May we turn our client education attention to pet obesity and try to help our clients prevent life with excess weight, find the right treatment approach to weight reduction and maintain healthy skin, hair and body weight. Excess weight and obesity in pets has been increasing steadily, right along with weight problems for pet owners.
Our “Shape up in May” target month has brought more awareness to our clients and now our younger students are concerned about helping keep their pets healthy and live a longer life!
Dough for Dogs
Fundraising to support the animals in the care of Animal Rescue Network of New England, Inc. started on Sunday, Dec. 6, when Main Street Animal Hospital held its ninth annual Santa Sunday and culminated on Friday, Feb. 13, when they presented ARNNE with a $1,722 donation. This money will help ARNNE continue to save the many dogs and cats in need and will also allow them to make much needed repairs to the shelter that the town of Pelham is letting them use in exchange for the feeding, care and placement of animals left homeless. From left are Donna Clark, Hailey Longtin, Vanessa Eddy, Robin Colburne and Donna Pirolli. Pets in need from ARNNE, Greater Derry Humane Society, Greyhound Rescue and more can be met at the monthly adoption event at the Congregational Church in Pelham. For more information and available pets, visit http://www.arnne.org/ or call the shelter at 635-2211.
Newspaper In Education Sponsor
Salem, New Hampshire January 2010: Main Street Animal Hospital has sponsored the Eagle Tribune’s Newspaper in Education Program for another year. The Newspaper In Education (NIE) Program provides, free of charge, newspapers and educational service to area schools. It is our belief that our newspapers can be an important and unique literacy tool and teacher resource, with a goal of increasing reading skills, motivation and interest. This sponsorship promotes literacy to thousands of school children each year by providing free newspapers to the classrooms in schools across the area. The NIE program provides a “living textbook” where students thinking skills are sharpened and their motivation is increased. The newspapers also introduce students to a life-long habit of daily reading. Main Street Animal Hospital’s continued commitment concerning our children’s future is recognized and appreciated by the community.
Main Street Animal Hospital on Animal Planet
Watch Main Street Animal Hospital on Animal Planet (Dogs 101), Saturday December 12, 2009 @ 9pm. This exciting episode will contain everything you need to know about puppies; from their basic biology to selecting the right puppy for your lifestyle, and how to prepare your household for your new puppy’s arrival.
Main Street’s Chief of Staff, Veterinarian Dr. Christopher Martin, and the staff will be featured along with one of their clients Sharon Wagner. The show documents the pregnancy through birth of puppies born to her 6 year old Labrador Retriever named Wigeon “Pudgy”. Dr. Martin has been caring for Wigeon at Main Street Animal Hospital since she was a puppy of 8 weeks old. This 1 hour episode will give highlights of the birth, first visit to the veterinarian, puppy classes and the eventual adoption to a new family. It prepares the new family with tips on basic care and gets them ready to receive their new puppy!
For more information, click on the link below:
Dogs 101: Puppies: Airs Dec. 12
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Picking a Puppy/Adoption
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Training
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First Four Weeks
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From Puppy to Adult
