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Kudos to our supporters
in 2011
Gifts of feed, supplies & time listed on this page.
Gifts of money on Donor page.
click HERE to view Event photos
click HERE to view Thank You photos
Ongoing - Amelia's Grocer and Jorge
and Theresa and all the staff Thank You for the very generous produce donations. The goats,
the horses, the rabbits, the guinea, the turkeys, the ducks, the llama & alpacas, the parakeets, cockatiels, pot belly
pigs and donkeys all appreciate all the food!!
DECEMBER
A
GIANT THANK YOU-----. goes out to Miss Mia, Miss Samantha, Miss Tina, Miss Lisa, Miss Hannah, Mr. Ben, Miss Joanne, Miss Kim,
and Miss Genna and myself that did a beautiful Nativity procession at St. Thomas More Church, in Allentown, Pa.
Father
Murphy and Frank, were so kind, in asking TGMR and the animals to be part of the special children's mass, with the Kindergarten
class of young people. It was truly amazing!
Thanks
to Cecely and JoJo, the donkeys, Bond Picador and Resolution, the alpacas, Cutie, the cashmere goat, Rudy, the Flemish Giant
Rabbit, Sunshine and Shadow, the ducks, and Pearl Piggy. Pig Latin never looked so good.
Father
Murphy and all the whole congregation was smiling from ear to ear, and clapping for all the animals at the mass. It
was this Sunday, December 18th, TGMR made history for St. Thomas More Church!
It
was the best experience ever! TGMR ANIMALS and TGMR VOLUNTEERS ROCK!!!!!!! Thanks KG
NOVEMBER 2011
New donation of cosequin for our animals in need. Great product to loosen the joints and relive inflamation so they all
act younger. :-) Thanks Tara Cullen Equine Product Manager Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. Visit the new
cosequinequine.com
The Day of Caring, October,
6th, 2011 from 9-4pm. The main coordinator, Alan, did a supreme job, and had great team leaders, who help complete
alot of projects for the ranch, and the animals today. Alan,Steve, Pat, Sylvia, Barney, Tom, Ron, Peg, Jim H., Tom M.,Kim,
and Ben all did a wonderful job working with all the volunteers from various corporations. Read e-mails back and forth
by everyone thanking everyone & feel free to comment on our new BLOG. Sounds like a great day. Link to post comments in the blog is located on the bottom of the pages.
See Event photo album for some of the hard workers.
600 people showed up. WOW.
JULY
A huge thank you to the Sunday School children who have been
collecting
their offering this year to be given to The Gress Mountain Ranch.
Also big thank you to John Mosovsky for spreading
the word about The Gress Mountain Ranch animals and to Karin Kahler The Director of Faith Formation Ministries for supporting
the children's successful efforts. We greatly appreciate your generous monetary donation.
JUNE
2011
June 14th-A Huge Transformation
by Taminco Corporation for The Gress Mountain Ranch- Thanks so much to Jim, Dave, Cathy, Monica,
& Roberta who helped coordinate and lead a large group of dedicated hard-working Taminco employees! You
folks are Super! Thanks for helping the animals and the ranch, and sharing the day with us! So many wonderful projects
for the animals were accomplished! Blessings to all! Ben and I gratefully appreciate all you did.
MAY 2011
May 28th to the
present-A Big Thank You to Lexi Kline and Mia Bobenko, who have helped at the ranch,
with all the animals, for participated in events, and orientation of new volunteers. And for helping Sassy, the pony/horse-get
an "Attitude Adjustment". You girls are the BEST!! Thanks for being part of the Grass Family! I couldn't do it without you, especially with Sassy!
May 14th-Eileen
Wanamaker-Piggy food, blankets, and Ivermectin wormer for LeRoy & Pearl Piggy. Thanks for your generosity
and your Piggy Expertise- Your piggy support means so much to Pearl and especially LeRoy Piggy and me.....
April 2011
April 27th-A Big
Thank You to Jeff Jones the manager at Home Depot- who donated some gift cards for some
great items for the animals. Thanks to Gretchen and Crystal too! Great People.
April 6 - Tricia J who has donated an enormous
amount of food; especially 9 jars of applesauce for Elle, the rescued plow horse. Tricia does a superb job with ground maintenance,
handling Stanley the llama and assisting with Psycho Kitty's daily intestinal track treatment. Kudos Tricia for a wonderful
job at The Gress Mountain Ranch -- we really appreciate you and your part of our Gress family!
April 2 - Gina Stopp and the American Express Group A huge "thank you" for all the animal care products and your volunteer efforts of feeding, watering and ground maintenance.
The animals had fun with you and your time learning "The Ranch."
April 2 - Joe Kalinosky Thanks for your generosity
for including us in the Band Concert fundraiser at the Asbury Methodist Church. Joe's benefits from the Snack Bar and the
food items were greatly appreciated. Joe's is a part of The Gress Mountain Ranch family!
April 1 - Tabatha Benner who helped organize "Adult
Bingo" that resulted in some additional donations who will go towards the new Run-In shed in the South pasture. Thanks
for your hard work & dedication in caring for the animals!
Thank you to:
Joan Kalinoski - For your support and contributions
to the animals at The Ranch.
Helen Stry - For your generous monetary contributions
for the animals
Ken and Jean Kalinoski - For monetary contribution
to support The Ranch
Sharon Ruhf - For a very generous donation to save
Geeser the cockatiel
MARCH 2011
March 29 - A heartfelt gratitude to Sylvia Merkel,
Eileen Wanamaker, Charlie V, Ben Gress, Adele Fagan, Shirley the recorder and Alan Jeffrey the facilitator
to help the Ranch move towards the goal of being "self sustaining." This was greatly appreciated by Ben and Kathryn who put
their hearts and souls into the animals and the ranch.
March 29 - A big thank you to Eileen Wanamaker
for the delicious hoagies, snacks and drinks for the "Brainstorming" session.
March 29 - Words can't say enough to Adele Fagan and
Alan Jeffrey for all the hard work and efforts on the "Brainstorming" session! Much gratitude for all your hard
work, dedication and creative enthusiasm.
March 29 - Darren Still and Carolyn - Thank you
for the "Tuesday Night Animal Roundup and Feeding Frenzy." Also thanks so much for fixing the hot water heater. We really
appreciate all your help!
March 28 - Tom Wingate - A HUGH thank you for all
the wonderful "ground maintenance" for the animals' environment in which they live and Tom's culinary art skills with 4 huge
bowls of produce for the goats every day! I love watching Tom prepare the animal's meals!
March 26 - Corinna - Leader of the Daisy's, Brownies
and Juniors of Girl Scouts who did a "Give Back Day" to help feed all the animals. Thank you for donating the pansies and
animal food!
March 26 - Diane and Rodney at Germansville
Feed who donated a 50 lb. bag of Turkey Finisher. Thanks for your generosity and your good quality products!
March 24, - A big thank you to Blue Lime Salon
who donated a gift certificate for Kathryn to get her hair done by Garrett - her wonderful new hairdresser! Be sure to check
out the salon at bluelimesalon.com.
March 22 - Congratulations and thank you to all the board
members who helped to make the meeting very productive. Welcome to Dr. Scott Berman to TGMR Board
as a Director. Congratulations to Adele Fagan as the Vice President with her leadership quality and knowledge,
Sylvia Merkel as the Secretary to TGMR Board and Eileen Wanamaker as the new Treasure for
TGMR. Darren Still and Ben Gress are active, hardworking Board members. Great job everyone!!
March 18 - Darren Still - Thanks for your generous
donation of 3 bags of horse chow.
March 17 - Pearl K - A big thank you to Pearl for
the Taj Mahal bird cage for the 2 parakeets Eadie & Houdini who really enjoy the large roomy cage. Thanks for your generous
donation!
March 17 - Maryann W - Welcome aboard to The Gress
Mountain Ranch our new clerical specialist. Thanks so much for thank you cards, addresses, email correspondence and everything!
March 11 - Cabela's Harold Luther - Thank you so much for the handicap dog ramp for Ms Kayla and LeRoy piggy. Getting up and down is
much easier for them now!
JANUARY 2011
We would like to thank Pat our webperson for taking time to monitor, maintain and your
creative ideas for The Gress Mountain Ranch. Thank you for being a part of our
Gress Mountain Ranch family. It's nice to know that there are
still people who take such pleasure in doing special things and making others feel good. Thank you the posting for all the
animals small, large, and exotic. You also have a talent for doing what you do. We hope this message sends some healing for you now.
You are someone really special. With Much Gratitude, Kathryn & Ben
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