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/.
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!
