2020 Calendars make great Christmas gifts!!

Shown are this month’s (December) page from the 2019 calendar, plus the front and back covers of our 2020 calendar.

Our 2020 calendars make very nice Christmas presents, with over 180 great photos of local beloved pets, and they are on sale in the Beverly stores listed below. We are very grateful to these stores for carrying our calendars, and we hope you will shop there often!

Money raised from the sale of calendars is used for veterinary care, food and supplies for the animals we rescue and foster until they are adopted. The calendars are $14 each, and they may also be purchased on our website at friendsofbeverlyanimals.org If you would like to purchase the 2020 FOBA Calendar online and have it mailed to you, click the Donate button, then enter $14 for each calendar desired, and under Special Instructions type in “Calendar.” Please add $4.00 for the first calendar and $0.75 for each additional calendar to cover postage and envelope.

Questions, write bhannable@gmail.com or call 978-922-7190.

Beverly Wild Bird & Pet Supply, 214 Rantoul Street, 978-927-2880
Copper Dog Books (formerly Cabot Street Books), 272 Cabot Street, 978-969-3460
Carroll’s Florist, 385 Cabot Street, 978-922-8444
DogSpa, 45 Enon Street, 978-922-9227
Dogs by Design & Cats, Too! 131 Dodge Street, 978-998-7620
Sally’s Hair Salon, 138 Dodge Street, 978-524-9990

On behalf of all of us and the precious animals we help, thank you very much for your continued support of our work!

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Dog Wash, Bake Sale & Car Wash 11/3/19

DOG WASH, BAKE SALE, CAR WASH: A group of Endicott College students will be hosting a fundraising event for the Friends of Beverly Animals on November 3rd at 1:00 PM at the Church in the Cove, 167 Hale St, Beverly, MA. There will be a bake sale, car wash, and dog wash that day. (There is no dog walk that day). This is a fundraiser to raise money to put on the 5k which will be on either May 2nd or May 3rd. (waiting for approval from Endicott.) There will have a sign-up table at the Nov 3rd event for people to register to walk or volunteer at the actual 5k event.

T-shirts will be given out to those who donate $20 or more to the event as an incentive to jumpstart fundraising.

We hope to see you there!

 

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2020 Calendars now available!

Our 2020 calendars have just been printed and are now in several Beverly stores. See list below.

Calendars will be available at our fundraiser, the Fur Ball, on Friday, October 11 at the ICC, 5:30-9:30 PM, at the First Baptist Church Fair on Saturday, November 23rd 9 AM to 2:30 PM, and are available at the stores listed below. The calendars are $14 each, and they may also be purchased on our website friendsofbeverlyanimals.org  If you would like to purchase the 2020 FOBA Calendar online, simply click the Donate button, then enter $14 for each calendar desired, and under Special Instructions type in “Calendar.” Please add $4.00 for the first calendar and $0.75 for each additional calendar to cover postage and envelope. Questions, write bhannable@gmail.com or call 978-922-7190.

Beverly Wild Bird & Pet Supply, 214 Rantoul Street, Beverly 978-927-2880
Copper Dog Books (formerly Cabot Street Books), 272 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA 978-969-3460
Carroll’s Florist, 385 Cabot Street, Beverly 978-922-8444
DogSpa, 45 Enon Street, Beverly 978-922-9227
Dogs by Design & Cats, Too! 131 Dodge Street, Beverly 978-998-7620
Sally’s Hair Salon, 138 Dodge Street, Beverly 978-524-9990

We are still in the process of notifying pet owners regarding photos submitted for the 2020 calendar, so if you haven’t heard from us yet, please be patient for a few more days, we will contact you.

On behalf of all of us and the precious animals we help, thank you very much for your continued support of our work!

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Sept. 30th meeting

We will have a meeting on Monday, Sept. 30th at 6:30 PM at the Keller-Williams Real Estate Office, 500 Cummings Center, Beverly.

We will be discussing plans for our fundraiser, the Fur Ball, to be held on Friday, October 11th at the ICC from 5:30-9:30 PM. We still need lots of help with this event. Contact bhannable@gmail.com if you can help. Thanks!

Newcomers are always welcome at our meetings.

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Trivia Contest at Fur Ball 10/11/19

Looking for a great trivia night on the North Shore? Look no further! Come to the Friends of Beverly Animals (FOBA) Fur Ball to be held at the ICC at 302 Rantoul Street, Beverly, on Friday, October 11th, from 5:30-9:30 PM.

We are pleased to announce that we have just added a trivia contest to our 11th Annual Fur Ball! Join us and test your trivia knowledge, enjoy delicious food provided by Casual Catering, listen and dance to great music by J&C Entertainment DJs/Karaoke. We will also have some fantastic raffle and silent auction items. Doors open at 5:30 PM, with the trivia contest beginning at 7:00 PM. We will be giving away over $400 in gift cards and prizes to our top 3 teams. Not only will you be testing your skills as a trivia master, you will be helping a great cause. FOBA has rescued and found loving homes for hundreds of animals over the last 10+ years.

Tickets for the event are $25, and may be purchased by clicking the Donate button here on our website. Please indicate that the money is intended for a ticket or tickets. For further information about this event or FOBA, visit our Facebook page (where we will post updates on raffle/auction items, etc.) or email bhannable@gmail.com or call 978-922-7190.

 
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September Meeting

Tuesday, Sept. 3 at the Keller-Williams office at 500 Cummings Center at 6:30 PM.
Please try to attend; we will be handing out posters, letters to give to businesses when we ask merchants for raffle/auction items, and discussing other details about the Fur Ball which is only a little over a month away, Oct. 11th!
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Annual Fur Ball Fundraiser

Announcing Our Annual Fur Ball!

Please mark your calendars for our major fund-raiser for the year, the Fur Ball, to be held on Friday, October 11, 2019 at the Italian-American Club (ICC) 302 Rantoul Street, Beverly, from 5:30-9:30 PM. More info below, but for now we’d like to line up some volunteers to get raffle/silent auction items from local merchants, help selling tickets, putting up posters in and around Beverly, and help setting up the afternoon of the 11th.

In addition to many great raffle and auction items, we’ll have tasty food, popular music provided by J&C Entertainment DJs/Karaoke of the North Shore, and dancing and this year a new trivia contest! Dress in Halloween costumes if you wish, to make this event even more fun! Tickets are $25 and may be purchased on our website www.friendsofbeverlyanimals.org (click on the “Donate” button and indicate $ is for Fur Ball tickets), or email foba2007@gmail.com for further information.

We’ll post this several more times before the October date.

https://www.facebook.com/JCEntertainmentDJandKaraoke/

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August Meeting

We will have a meeting on Monday, August 12 at 6:30 PM at the Keller-Williams Real Estate Office, 500 Cummings Center, Beverly. Newcomers are always welcome. Among other items, we will be discussing plans for the upcoming Fur Ball to be held at the ICC in Beverly on Friday, October 11, from 5:30-9:30 PM.

We will need many volunteers to help with this fundraiser; getting raffle/silent auction items, putting up posters, selling tickets, setting up/taking down, etc. To learn more about the event and/or the work we do, please attend this meeting, visit our FB page and this website often, or contact bhannable@gmail.com or heidiroberts@comcast.net

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We have had many fun events to help raise money for our important rescue and adoption placement work, including our Annual Fur Ball, wine-tastings, comedy shows, dog walks, discounted dinners at local restaurants, etc. We are always looking for good ideas and new ways to make people aware of our organization and what we do. Please contact us if you’d like to share an idea or two!

Our next event will be the Fur Ball to be held on Friday, October 11, 2019 at the ICC, 302 Rantoul Street, Beverly, 5:30-9:30 PM. Yummy food, fun music provided by J&C Entertainment DJs, dancing, many desirable raffle and auction items, and more. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased online (click Donate button on this site and indicate money is for tickets, or purchase from any FOBA member or at the door of the event.

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Oops! Error in our 2019 Calendar

Apology for error in FOBA 2019 Calendar

We have just realized that the dates in our calendar for Beverly’s 2019  Homecoming are incorrect. They should be Friday, August 2 to Sunday, August 11. The Lobsterfest will be on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, with Fireworks on the last day, August 11. We are very sorry for this error and we’ll publish several notices until Homecoming is over. 🎉

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