This is our latest newsletter, please have a look when you find time. Many thanks to contributors in this issue; we always love to hear your happy adoption stories. Thanks also to our volunteers, especially those who foster these animals with so much love, and those who helped with mail prep. We appreciate all our volunteers and all that you do! And a huge thank you to all our supporters who make our rescue and adoption placement work possible!!
We are taking a summer break and not meeting in June. (Note that we had planned to meeting on Mon., June 24th, but that meeting has been canceled.) We will meet in July, either the last or second to the last Monday of the month, still to be determined. Will post further information here shortly, stay tuned!
The Friends of Beverly Animals (FOBA) is seeking pet photos for our 2020 calendar. Please send us a favorite photo (no more than three per pet, please) of dogs, cats, hamsters, birds, any animal you care about, as long as it’s a good and interesting photo and was not used in our previous calendars.
Photos should be good quality (jpgs, at least 100 dpi or 4″x6″ in size), not blurry or dark, with no people (or people parts) in them. Please identify the animal(s) by name, and state the owner’s name.
The deadline for submission is July 31, 2019. Send to bhannable@gmail.com and include the words “2020 calendar” in the email subject line.
As most of you know, selling calendars is one of the ways FOBA raises money to support the rescue and adoption placement work we do. Here are the cover from this year’s calendar and the month of March 2019. Receipt of your photos will be acknowledged, but please be patient because we receive lots of photos. If you don’t currently have a pet, but know someone who might like to have their animal friend in the calendar, kindly share this information.
For more information on our calendar, email bhannable@gmail.com or call 978-922-7190. For further information or to ask about adoptions, etc., visit friendsofbeverlyanimals.org or call 978-927-4157.
Thank you for supporting the Friends of Beverly Animals and helping us save even more precious animals!
Bonnie Hannable
Volunteer, FOBA Calendar Editor
We are taking a summer break and not meeting in June. (Note that we had planned to meeting on Mon., June 24th, but that meeting has been canceled.) We will meet in July, either the last or second to the last Monday of the month, still to be determined. Will post further information shortly, stay tuned!
Newcomers are always welcome. For information or to add items to the agenda, contact Heidi Roberts at heidiroberts@comcast.net or 978-927-4157.
We will have a meeting on Monday, March 4th at 6:30 PM at the Keller-Williams Real Estate Office, 500 Cummings Center, Beverly. We will be reviewing 2018 and making plans for 2019. Newcomers are always welcome. For information, contact Heidi Roberts at heidiroberts@comcast.net or call 978-927-4157.
(Shown in photo is our Socialization Committee, three of our wonderful volunteers.)
The meeting scheduled for 2/18 has been canceled due to the fact that so many people couldn’t make it because of illness, plus the snow. We will reschedule ASAP.
We still have some 2019 Calendars left, but please don’t wait to get yours, as we may run out soon! Calendar features 146 beautiful color photos of local pets; many are rescues, including quite a few saved by FOBA. Calendars are $14 each, payable in cash or check in stores, and are available at the locations below.
We want to thank these Beverly businesses for their wonderful support, especially for selling our calendars, and we encourage all of our friends to buy a calendar from them and visit their locations often.
If you would like to purchase the 2019 FOBA Calendar online, simply click the Donate button, then enter $14 for each calendar you would like, and under Special Instructions type “Calendar.” Easy! If you’d like the calendar mailed to you, please add $4.00 for the first calendar and $0.50 for each additional calendar to cover postage.
We would also like to acknowledge the printer of our calendars, Minuteman Press, 409 Cabot Street, Beverly. They were great to work with!
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 13th at 6:30 PM at the Keller-Williams Real Estate office, 500 Cummings Center, Beverly. Newcomers are always welcome. Questions, please contact Heidi Roberts at heidiroberts@comcast.net or call 978-927-4157.
We will have a table at the First Baptist Church Holiday Fair on Saturday, November 17th, where we will be selling our calendars and telling people about the rescue and adoption placement work we do. Please stop in and say hello. Hours are 9 AM to 2:30 PM. This is always a joyous event with holiday music, good food and many wonderful craft items to choose from. It’s a great way to support FOBA and the important work the church does for our community and its missionary work beyond our local area.
Our annual Fur Ball was held on Saturday, October 13th at the Franco-American Club at 44 Park Street, Beverly, from 7-11 PM. We had lots of yummy food from Casual Catering, great live music (provided by the band Ditto) and many very desirable items in our our raffles and silent auctions…among them a football autographed by Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski! (see below for more) We believe a good time was had by all!
Thank you to all our supporters and friends who attended, donated items and helped make the event a success!
It’s all about rescuing and finding good homes for the animals, one precious life at a time… 
❤️
