Ribbon Cut at New Upper Bucks Shelter!


BCSPCA Board Treasurer Diane B. Glossman, County Commissioner Rob Loughery, PA State Senator Bob Mensch, BCSPCA Board President Marcia Hill, BCSPCA Executive Director Anne Irwin, Richland Township Manager Stephen Sechriest, and BCSPCA Upper Bucks Shelter Manager Christopher Langiotti cut a celebratory ribbon at our new facility in Richland Township on January 14, 2012.  They were joined by the canine Special Advisor to our Centennial Campaign, Ollie the Collie.  The new shelter will be open for admissions and adoptions in February!  Stay tuned for more information.  Thank you to everyone in the community who made this wonderful progress possible!

Anything's Pawsible Party Goes On!  Snow, what snow?!

We didn't miss a beat when October's freak snow storm forced us to reschedule the Anything's Pawsible Party.  Guests convened at Keenan Motors in Doylestown just one week later to celebrate Bucks County SPCA miracles big and small.  The evening began with cocktails on the "village street" at Keenan, and our friends then entered the main showroom, transformed by event designer Renny Reynolds and artist Claudia Funke, for dinner and more festivities.   It was a wonderful evening, made even more special because many of our shelter dogs were with us.  Our special guest was "Nittany" and her mom Melissa.  Melissa poignantly told the story of the little Yorkie who had been rescued by BCSPCA and township officials from an illegal breeding operation.  On behalf of "Nittany" and the thousands of animals who come through our shelter doors every year, we'd like to thank the following people for making this year's gala event the most successful ever!!!

Our Sponsors!

Leaders of the Pack
Chris and Whitney Chandor/Penn's Grant Corporation
A Friend to the Animals
Michael Meister and Carol Fountain
Deborah Rochelle
Team Capital Bank

Shelter Stars
Begley, Carlin & Mandio
Eastburn & Gray
A Friend of the Bucks County SPCA
The Marshall Financial Group
RadMD

Picks of the Litter
 Animal Lodge/Bucks County Pet Care
Arbor Material Handling
Bean, Mason & Eyer
Douglas and Leah Beck
Berks Ridge Company Enterprises
Blue Flame Gas Service
Karen Bossert and James Koch
Cowan Associates
Fox Rothschild
The Galardi Group/Merrill Lynch
Gratz Gallery
Dave and Jacqui Griffith
The Hortulus Farm Foundation
The Inn at Barley Sheaf Farm
Beth Kittrell
Mann-Hughes Architecture
Marketri
Moody Movers
Morgan Stanley
Paxson Hill Farm
Raymond James/Margaret Emerson
Roc Consulting Group
Thompson Networks
John and Carol VanLuvanee
Sidney T. Yates

Pawesome Partners
Jane Biberman
Blue Raccoon Design Group
Davis Feed Mill
Invisible Fence of Delaware Valley
Kenderdine's Heating Oil and HVAC
Lopez, Teodosio & Larkin
Nancy A. Marks
National Penn Wealth Management
QNB
Valley Veterinary Clinic

Our Anything's Pawsible Planning Team
Renny Reynolds, Event Design
Claudia Funke, Centerpiece Design and Creation
Debbie Andrews, Party Chair
Jane Biberman
Georgiana Coles
Connie Eastburn
Valerie Eastburn
Kathy Fernberger
Jacqui Griffith
Gail Hawraney
Sally Henriques
Mary Beth Kineke

With Special Thanks To...
Cindy Branson and Chris Chesar, Montage Show Productions
Brad Sanders, Top of the Line Design
Tracy Thiebeau, JackTracy Design
Derek Bernstein and Priscilla Watts for artistic paw power
Auctioneer Extraordinaire Paul Muller
 

Toward the Next 100 Years!

Bucks County SPCA Board President Marcia Hill and Executive Director Anne Irwin recently led the team breaking ground on our new animal shelter in Richland Township.  The October 6th ceremony also marked the public launch of our $5 million Centennial Campaign, the first major fundraising effort in our almost one hundred year history.

The distinguished group was joined by BCSPCA volunteers escorting some of our adoptable dogs.  The Campaign slogan “Dig Deep” was taken to heart as the dogs “lent their paws” to the groundbreaking effort! 

Centennial Campaign Co-Chair Renny Reynolds, BCSPCA Board President Marcia Hill, Richland Township Manager Stephen Sechriest, BCSPCA Executive Director Anne Irwin, and Centennial Campaign Co-Chair Jack Staub get the building project started, with help from BCSPCA alumni Chester and Zach	Members of the Centennial Campaign Steering Committee join the action	Some of our volunteers and our adoptable dogs join in, too
BCSPCA Board Vice-President Diane Glossman discusses building plans with Steering Committee member Doug Hutchinson while the Campaign’s Canine Special Advisor “Ollie the Collie” claims his new turf	Steering Committee members Tom Bisko and Betsy Meredith	So much will soon be possible…