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Ethan Grim asked for donations to the ARL for his 6th birthday. Way to go, the animals thank you!
7-year-old Lily asked for donations to the ARL instead of birthday gifts! Awesome!
Jackson Fair donated the money he raised at a lemonade stand ($50)! Thanks Jackson!
Elizabeth Walters and Chrissy Shoman made brownies and had a bake sale benefitting the ARL. Many thanks, girls!
Sean Somers collected pet items at his birthday party to donate to the animals at the ARL. Thanks Sean!!
Samantha, Taylor, and Rebecca made items out of duct tape and sold them to raise money to buy donations. Very creative, thank you!
Hannah Phillips and Julia Stricker, 5th graders at Schuylkill Valley, came up with an innovative way to help the animals: hold a walk-a-thon! They brought in over $500 plus donations of items for the animals. In their words, "We have spoiled pets of our own and we want to help others!" Thanks so much, girls, and to everyone who participated!
Many thanks to Molly Kauffman for requesting donations to the ARL for her birthday celebration!
Meet Macie!! Her parents collected donations for Macie's first birthday party because their daughter doesn't want for anything and they thought it would be better to donate to the shelter. They are BIG animal lovers! In addition to these donations, they also donated monetary gifts from party goers. Thank you so much for your generosity!
Many thanks to Girl Scout Troop 1944 from Wyomissing for collecting donations for the animals!
Dana Shultz saved $153 of her allowance to buy items for the animals. Wow, thank you so much!!!
Girl scout troop #129, led by Lisa Bonslaver, made homemade dog treats and dog toys from felt scraps and donated them along with other items to the shelter. Thank you, ladies!
Kira had a birthday party and raised $100 for the animals!
Thank you to Paige for having
her 11th birthday party guests bring donations for
the animals at the ARL!
Three cheers to 10-year-old
Katie Fies from Girl Scout Troop 1677 who asked for
donations for the ARL for her birthday party! Many thanks to St. Johns Lutheran Church Youth Group (ages 1-16) who sold candy at their Christmas bazaar and gave the proceeds to the ARL! Ashlyn wrote this little note: “Dear Friends of the animal shelter: I am writing to you to tell you that for my birthday party I told my friends to bring stuff to donate to the animal shelter and I hope you enjoy everything." Thank so much!
Madison and Joshua from Girl Scouts Brownie Troop #1706 brought in donations for the animals - thank you!
1. This is Devin Pentz. He crushed cans and recycled them to raise money to buy items for the animals! Thanks Devin!
2. Michaela had a birthday party and instead of asking for presents, her guests brought donations for the animals. Thank you so much! Every Thursday and Friday, a group from New Story in Wyomissing comes to the shelter to spend time with the animals. Pictured here with Amos the dog are James, Sarena and Joshua. Thank you so much for choosing the ARL and for caring about the animals!
We just can't get over the awesome kids in our community! Fifth-graders Macy, Anna, Jura and Emily (not shown) held a donation drive at their school, Mount Penn Elementary. They had the principal make an announcement to the whole school (!!!) and collected a van-ful of donations for the animals at the ARL. You gals are tremendous!
Sienna and her girl scout troop visited the ARL last year and she liked what she saw! Sienna was inspired to make sachets from the lavender in her garden and sell them for the ARL. In addition, she requested donations instead of presents at her birthday party. On February 21, Sienna and her little sister presented a check for $532 to Ashley Mikulsky, the ARL's Director of Administration and Development! Wow, that's a lot of sachets! Way to go, Sienna, and thank you to her parents for helping her.
This is a 8-year-old Gianna who had a birthday party and asked her guests to bring donations for the animals instead of gifts. She and her family adopted their dog from the ARL. Many thanks!
Say "hi" to Anya who celebrated her 8th birthday with a party for the animals! Her guests brought a whole cartful of donations. Way to go, Anya!
For the past five years, beginning when he was in kindergarten, 10-year-old Braedon has requested that his friends donate to the ARL instead of giving him birthday gifts. He and his family brought the donations to the ARL on his birthday. What a great thing to do, thanks Braedon!
Wow, Jackson and Gaige Gabriel saved their money for a trip to Disney World but instead decided to donate it to the ARL! They have naming rights to the doors going into the dog kennels. We're so lucky to have guys like you helping us and the animals!
Three cheers for Payton Jones, 9 years old, who asked for dog and cat items for Christmas for the ARL animals!
Lilly, age 5, and Paige, age 9, had birthdays in late December and early January and decided to ask for donations to the ARL instead of gifts at their parties. Thank you girls, you are an inspiration! While they were here, they had a chance to meet Ruby, a recently adopted Pit Bull who just loves children.
Many, many thanks to Becky Holton and Karlie Brochu, co-presidents of the Conrad Weiser Renaissance Club for holding a donation drive for the ARL! The club hand-made fleece blankets which are now being enjoyed by some of the ARL's kitties. The club gives awards to kids who get good grades. Way to go ladies!!
On the Martin Luther King Day of Service, Cadet Troop 1537 of Wilson West Middle School arrived at the ARL with tons of donations. They also stayed for several hours to help out. This is the fourth year that the troop has supported the ARL. Many thanks!
Kayla had her 7th birthday party and asked for donations to the ARL instead of birthday gifts. She received checks! Way to go, Kayla - the animals need more people like you!
Many thanks to Kirstie Potteiger and Chad Croft who asked for donations to the ARL instead of Christmas gifts! Wow! The animals are better off because of people like you.
Destiny Wood saved money all year with the intention of donating to a local charity. She chose the ARL to give $120! Thank you, Destiny, for being such a great example and inspiration to others. The animals say "whoop-whoop!"
Thanks to 9-year-old Emma Mae and 6-year-old Wesley for raising money by selling crafts at their church's Christmas bazaar. They made $100! $30 of that went to the ARL's Grey Muzzle foster program and with the rest of the money, Emma Mae and Wesley purchased dog food, kitty litter and other items from the ARL's wish list. Their family adopted one of the ARL's first Grey Muzzle dogs, Honey, a Husky mix. Sadly, Honey passed away in December at age 14. Thanks to a great family for adopting and for helping the animals!
Matt and Melanie Simpson and their children Peyton and Owen love Christmas to the extreme, and they love animals that much too! Matt turned their home into an Extreme Christmas Light Show and welcomed visitors from Thanksgiving weekend until December 31. During that time, with help from friends and neighbors like Carolina and Samantha, the family raised $1,063.94 as well as other donations. Thank you so much! The ARL is very grateful that you chose us and we hope you do it again next year!
Rachel asked her friends to bring donations for the ARL instead of birthday presents to her party! You are an inspiration - thank you!
Many thanks to Jenny Myers, Branch Manager at Reading Adecco Employment Services, for organizing a donation drive for the ARL. Employees and clients of Adecco donated - thank you!
The students and faculty at Conrad Weiser Elementary does a donation drive every year for the ARL. Look at the van-ful of stuff! Nice job - thank you!
Molly, age 9, asked that her friends bring donations for the ARL instead of birthday gifts. Last year, she set of goal of raising $100 and she brought in $200! You are an inspiration - thank you!
Girl Scout Daisy Troop 11166 from Twin Valley Elementary collected donations for the animals and brought them in for the holidays. Way to go!
Benji, Bethlene, and Owen collected donations for the animals and staff at the ARL throughout the year and brought them in for the holidays. Thanks guys!
Jade Keffer collected donations for the animals at the ARL for her birthday party. Here she is with the dog food, cat food, treats and toys brought by her friends. Way to go - thanks!!
Adam Woods loves Ruby, his Newfoundland/Labrador mix that his family adopted from the ARL, so much that he decided to donate the entire contents of his piggy bank for the animals! You are an inspiration, Adam. Thank you!
Many thanks to Barbara Stone, Assistant Vice President, and the Appraisal Department - Commercial Unit, Facilities Department and Purchasing Department at National Penn Bank in Boyertown for organizing a donation drive for the ARL! we appreciate your efforts!
The ARL thanks Penske Truck Leasing of Green Hills for holding a donation drive for the ARL! Pictured with ARL Executive Director Harry Brown (right) are Jim Fidler, Judy Fitzgerald and John Bomba. Not pictured are Lori Hersberger and Jane Perrault.) Thank you!
Wow, a van-ful of donations came from Baja Beach Berks! They gave away free tanning in exchange for donations to the ARL. Many thanks to Bert Dutt (owner), Amy Johnson (District Manager) and Ron Eby (Facilities Manager).
Kylie asked for donations for shelter animals for her 6th birthday! Kylie and her mom are big-time ARL supporters and attend all of our events!! Thank you!
Many thanks to Corrine Snyder,
Jakob Snyder and Serafina France Tribe for baking
"cookies" for the dogs here at the shelter!
The ARL held the 9th Vera
Bradley Bingo, a bi-annual event, on Sunday October
21. Once again, it was a sellout crowd! The money
raised will go towards buying a new boiler for the
dog kennels. Thanks to Vicky, Sandy, Pat and
Christine for a job well done as usual!
The ARL held Pit Bull-a-Palooza on Sunday, October 14 and it was great fun! Attendance was terrific with lots of well-behaved Pitties and proud people. Thanks to everyone who attended and helped at the event!
Peighton asked her friends to bring donations for the animals at the ARL instead of birthday gifts. Way to go, and thanks Peighton!
Three cheers for Kylie and Bella for having their guests bring donations to their birthday party for the ARL! Thanks girls!
For their September community service project, the employees of Parentebeard, an accounting and consulting firm in Wyomissing, held a donation drive for the ARL. In addition, someone had a very clever idea: They offered a day for employees to wear jeans for a $5 donation. Many employees opted for their donations to go to the ARL! Many thanks to Kathy Deteske, a former ARL board member, for coordinating it!
THE ARL CELEBRATED ITS 60TH BIRTHDAY! Here are a few photos of the party on September 16:
Thank you to Delish for making the cakes!
Thank you to the vendors and people who donated their time!
A gathering of Sheps! Grey Muzzle Alumni with his new friends!
The presents are beginning to arrive! Grey Muzzle, Duke on the left, with awesome foster family. The ARL wishes to thank Butch Ulrich, Breakaway Sports, all of the sponsors and especially the runners/walkers and their dogs for making this year's Doggie Dash a huge success! Thanks everyone!
For her 6th birthday, all Kyla wanted was for her guests to give donations to the animals at the ARL. She got her wish! When she and her family dropped off the donations, they fell in love with pretty little Estelle. So they came back and adopted her! The staff and animals of the ARL thank you so much!
Way to go, Bella! For her 11th birthday party, her 25 guests brought donations for the ARL instead of gifts. We thank you so much!
Thanks to Ethan and Sophie for raising $7 at their lemonade stand! Sorry, the pictures didn't turn out - but we thank you so much! Three cheers for Corinne and
Chloe for raising $35 for the ARL with their
lemonade stand! Thanks girls! Last year, Elvis Azar adopted Bones the bulldog from the ARL. Bones had an eye condition that required surgery. Elvis' friends at Mike and Joe's Barbershop helped raise the money for Bones surgery. Because Elvis was so grateful, he decided to hold a fundraiser to give back to the ARL. He held a softball game fundraiser and raised $1007 for the ARL. Eric Rodriquez and Joel Ramos from Mike and Joe's Barbershop helped to make the event such a success. The ARL thanks all of you who participated!
Kids make us proud! Six-year-old Grace just brought in donations to the ARL from her birthday party. Instead of gifts, she asked her friends to donate for the animals. We are seeing a growing trend of caring children and we love you for it!
The second annual Yappy Hour on Penn was held on July 25 and was once a gain a huge hit! Thanks to the many businesses who helped to organize and participate in the event.
Here's a picture of Miley, the three-legged kitten we adopted from the ARL several weeks ago, with her best friend Chester (the orange tabby). She is doing great!
Beth Mort For the second year in a row, 6-year-old Mason has requested donations instead of birthday presents. About 10 children came to his party and brought all of this for the animals! Thanks Mason, and his mom and dad, for caring!
Linda Spangenburg and the Skyline Drive Corvette Club came through for the ARL once again this year. Many thanks for having Vettes Cruisin' for Pets to benefit the ARL.
Way to go, Gabby Walleigh! For her fourteenth birthday, she asked her party guests to bring donations for the ARL instead of birthday gifts. Great job, Gabby! Our animals all thank you!  The ARL is so proud of Annaliese Horvath! For her fifth birthday, Annaliese and her mother Kate threw a “Save the Animals” party. Guests donated items from the shelter’s wish list, as well as making donations to a dolphin and whale conservation group. Thank you for being such a great friend to the animals, Annaliese!
The ARL's first Golf Outing for the Animals on June 29 was a huge success, raising $16,000! Everyone braved the hot temperatures and had a great time. The event was organized by Ashley Mikulsky, the ARL's Director of Development, pictured here with board member Rick Hoffman and adoptable Boston. The ARL thanks Ashley for her over-the-top efforts, and everyone who volunteered, sponsored and attended.
If you played in the tournament, we did our best to take photos of all of the foursome. Below are the photos - find yours! Sorry if we missed anyone!
Hats off to Sienna Momtalvo for requesting donations to the ARL instead of presents for her 11th birthday. You are a wonderful example, Sienna. Thank you from the animals!
The ARL received donations of cats hammocks and the kitties want to say "thank you - we love them!".
Once again, the ARL extends our thanks for Linda Spangenburg and the Skyline Drive Corvette Club for the annual Vettes Cruisin' for Pets on June 24. It was a bigger and better event this year with all proceeds going to the ARL. Thank you everyone!
Lots of amazing Vettes!! First-class raffle items!
Best in Show! It's nap time - I really tried to get adopted! Adopt-a-thon Fun!
At the ARL's Adopt-a-thon on June 16, Tim Smith and a group of friends delivered donations that they had collected from friends and neighbors. It was two carloads - enough to fill half a room! Many thanks to Tim, his friends, his dad, and Boy Scout Troop 377 Pennside and Stoney Creek Mills.
Many thanks to the group from Pedaling 4 Paws for making the ARL their first stop on a very worthy cause!
Emily celebrated her 8th birthday by inviting her friends to a party and had them bring donations for the animals at the ARL. You are an inspiration, Emily, and we thank you!
Kayla Maletto and Angela Rapp raised $76 for the ARL by selling lemonade at a community yard sale. Way to go girls!! Thank you for your efforts and the donation.
Thank you to the Berks County Kennel Club for the $1000 donation!!
Many thanks to the folks at Keller Williams Realty Elite for spending the day at the ARL and helping with so many needed projects!! One lucky dog, Libby, also found a new home with one of these volunteers. Now that's what we like to hear.
The ARL is so proud of Lauren Post and Jordan Lasky for asking for donations to the ARL instead of getting birthday presents. The collected $255 plus food and other donations. Thank you so much!
For her 11th birthday party, Jordan Groves
requested that her 14 friends bring donations for
the animals at the ARL instead of presents for her.
Way to go Jordan!! Many thanks to Douglassville Brownie Troup 11158 for collecting donations for the animals!
Having a great time at this year's Reading Pet Expo!
The ARL announced a new cat adoption program in March, any cat over 5 years can be adopted for a donation to any person 60 years of age or "better"! This is our first adopter, with Pumpkin! Thank you for choosing to adopt an older pet!
We here at the ARL are always amazed to learn that a child has decided to that instead of birthday gifts, he or she requests that guests to their parties bring donations for the animals at the ARL. That just what Braedon DeGeorge of Fleetwood did recently. He told his teacher and the school held a drive for the animals. When asked why he decided to do this, Braedon replied, "There are so many homeless animals there that I wanted to give back." Thank you for being an inspiration, Braedon!
The Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday brought many helpers to the ARL! We were lucky to have a group of student volunteers from Alvernia College who took on the huge task of organizing our pet food storage shed. They stacked the bags from back to front with the food about to expire in the front. The ARL is very grateful for their hard work!
And we also were so happy to have Girl Scout Troop 1537 of Northeastern, PA spend the afternoon with us! They brought in donations and made dog toys and food containers for the cats. Thanks to Gail Hauserman and her girls for your hard work!
Since
early October, donations have been coming into the
ARL to honor the memory of Mary Lee Rowe who passed
away in September. We surmised that she must have
really loved animals. On December 12, we discovered
that it runs in the family. Mary Lee's daughter,
Amelia Barto, and Amelia's daughter and
daughter-in-law, pulled up to the ARL with a horse
trailer loaded with donations. Instead of a large
funeral for Mary Lee, Amelia threw her a big party
which is just what she wanted. Invitations went out
to over 100 people with the suggestion that they
bring donations for the ARL. Being mostly animal
lovers, the attendees donated over $500 in cash plus
enough donations to fill the horse trailer!
The ARL is constantly amazed at the generosity of children! Five-year-old Tanner Aston went door-to-door in his neighborhood and collected donations for the homeless animals at the ARL. Five years old!!
And Kaley McBrairty, Briana McBrairity and Danielle Wonder of Exeter Township decided to do a fundraiser in honor of their dogs who had passed away. They went around their neighborhood and performed songs and dances and collected $105 plus other donations!
You are all AMAZING!! Thanks from the staff and animals at the ARL.
It's not only the kids who are having parties and asking attendees to bring donations for the ARL! For Halloween this year, Janeen Grell held a party with about 40 people and asked that her guests bring donations of dog and cat food (wet and dry), cleaning supplies, paper products, and kitty litter. The donations filled three bins in the ARL's lobby! Thanks much, Janeen!
Every now and again, the ARL receives donations from children who have opted for donations to the ARL instead of getting birthday presents. Recently, Naishalie McPeak did just this. For her 11th birthday party, she asked that attendees to her party bring donations of dog and cat food instead of presents. Thanks Naishalie!! You are an inspiration!
Kids like 9-year-old Jessica Troop are true role models! She wanted to help the animals at the ARL so she organized a yard sale and asked people to bring donations of dog food and other items to help the animals. She set a goal to raise $100.00. She sold her own things and was given other items to sell. She raised almost $300.00! She then went to the ARL's web site and found our wish list. She took the money that she raised and went shopping to get what the shelter needed. Between the items she purchased and the items that were donated, she easily filled the ARL's donation bin. It took her, her sister and their friend at least four trips from the car to bring everything in. This story was submitted by Jessica's aunt, Jeanette Penrose, who is so proud of her niece. Below is a photo of the flyer that Jessica made for the yard sale.
The ARL is proud of Jessica, too, and so grateful that Jeanette told us about her special niece!
The 4th Annual Carnival for the Animals was
held at the ARL on September 25. Thanks to everyone
who came out for a fun day!
ASSOCIATED WHOLESALERS INC. HOLDS FUNDRAISER FOR PAGERLY AND ARL Berks County Deputy Sheriff Kyle Pagerly loved animals, and was a generous supporter of the Animal Rescue League of Berks County. He and his wife Alecia adopted their dog, Bentley, from the ARL. After Deputy Pagerly was killed in the line of duty on June 29, Terri Hasker and Deb Guy, employees of Associated Wholesalers (AWI) decided to hold a donation drive in honor of Deputy Pagerly for the ARL – because they knew of his caring for the animals. Several of Alecia Pagerly’s family members work for AWI. Ms. Hasker and Ms. Guy distributed the ARL’s wish list of needed items from the ARL’s web site and in just one week, they received donations of over 600 pounds of pet food, pet toys, paper goods, cleaning supplies and monetary donations of $561, as well as $200 worth of Purina coupons that the ARL can use. The Animal Rescue League depends on these kinds of donations and is grateful to everyone at AWI for their help and support, and for caring about the animals. AWI is a grocery wholesaler with 500 member stores throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Thanks from the staff and animals of the ARL! The 2011 Dog Days Gala was held on July 22 at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center. Thanks to everyone who make it a special and successful evening. Here are a few photos, courtesy of Kopicki Photography:
The ARL's Grey Muzzle foster program received its largest donation EVER last week. Much thanks and paws up to Kyra Hoerr (shown here with Marcy Tocker, Grey Muzzle Coordinator) and Dorothy Lehman Hoerr for raising $650.00 for the senior dogs! Just in time because we have some medical bills coming up!! How could we ever thank such generous people?!
"My Dad (ARL board president Barrie Pease) took me to the Reading Express game and I got into this Zumba thing. Low cal snacks and some more Zumba and I’ll be in swimsuit shape by summer." --Lillie Marlene Join the ARL and Crime Alert Berks to stop animal abuse. Below are several of the posters that have been placed around the county. Feel free to copy them and place them in your area:
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE SERVICE AREAS As of January 1, 2009
the Animal Rescue League services all of Berks County. The
Animal Rescue League now contracts with Pennsylvania State
Dog Law Enforcement as the primary contractor for stray dogs
in all of Berks County, including the City of Reading.
The Animal Rescue League is also the contracted provider of Animal Control Services for all of Berks County, including the City of Reading, with the exception of the Boroughs of Bally and Strausstown, and the Townships of Hereford, North Heidelberg, Perry, Upper Bern, and Upper Tulpehocken. These two boroughs and five townships have not contracted with any provider for Animal Control Services. However, the Animal Rescue League will still respond to reports for stray dogs and injured animals in these areas. The Animal Rescue League is the primary source for all animal abuse and animal cruelty complaints, which may be reported on our website (www.berksarl.org/cruelty.htm) or via telephone at 610-373-8830. The Animal Rescue League continues to be the only shelter in Berks County equipped to handle large animal rescue as it has for over twenty years. Click here to view a map of Berks County |
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