Pet Rock Fest Fund

CMDART was recently awarded $1000from the Pet Rock
Fest Fund I just wanted to give you my best wishes
personally.You and all at CMDART work hard for the animals
every day.

Kindest regards,
Jeannie Hebert,President and CEO Blackstone Valley
Chamber of Commerce, Founder Pet Rock.

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To: Jeannie, Charlene, and all the Pet Rock
Volunteers and Committee:

I sit here this evening in awe of this gracious gift and
recognition. I personally am touched by this and am so proud
of the efforts of our Directors, Advisor's and volunteers wh
o despite hardships with family illness, economic strain, work
demands and being residents in the disaster area, continue to
give their time and talent to make Central Massachusetts safe
for pet and animal owners during repeated incidents this yea
r and in the past.

CMDART is in its 9th year, coming January 2012. The Federal
Government (FEMA) just completed National Preparedness
month. As you know, we workhard to educate our communities
about personal preparedness for the "whole" family because the
next disaster is just around the corner. For these eight years,
we have been grateful to Pet Rock for giving us a fun and
entertaining venue to educate a lot of pet owners and to
encourage team membership.

We thank each of those who contributed to this years Pet Rock
success and for sharing a portion that day with us in this way.
We continue to take pride in serving the communities where we
live and work.

JoAnn Griffin, LICSW, President and
Team Director CMDART, Inc

Animal Disaster Team
Gives Thanks

Blackstone Valley - The Central Massachusetts Disaster
Animal Response Team, Inc(CMDART, Inc) recently receive
d a $500 community grant from Walmart of Northbridge
, a $162 grant from the Animal Welfare Fund (Combined
Federal Campaign CFC Code 22157) and a $2000 grant from
the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(ASP. The Walmart and the Animal Welfare grants will help
increase the number of trained animal disaster responders in
the Blackstone Valley. The ASPCA grant will purchase some
basic Large Animal Emergency Rescue Equipment.

CMDART, Inc. is an independent, charitable, non-profit, tax-
exempt 501(c), providing information, training, support,
supplies and personnel to help plan, prepare and respond to
aid animals affected by man-made ornatural disasters.
CMDART provided emergency services for pet owners and
their animals during Hurricanes Ike, Katrina, the Ice Storm of
2008, in cases of hoarding. hoarding and puppy mill incidents
as well as aiding the American Red Cross of Central Mass with
local fire incidents.

"People think of large disasters like Hurricane Katrina when
they think of disasters and don't realize we have a number of
incident in Central Mass " says JoAnn Griffin, LICSW,
President and Team Director for CMDART. "Fires, floods
, hazardous waste incidents, snow storms and economic
change can all affect large numbers of pet owners. During
the ice storm, elderly had to be evacuated from their
apartments and homes and were refusing because they
didn't want to leave their pets behind. This creates a public
safety, public health risk. "

CMDART works in cooperation with local emergency
management, local animal control officers and public health
departments and aids municipalities which seek to comply
with the Pets Evacuationand Transportation Standards Act
(PETS ACT). This law, established in October 2006, require
s local and state emergency preparedness authorities to include
household pets and service animals in their evacuation plans.
Animals affected by disasters can include small and large
animals such as pets livestock and exotics.

"There have been a number of horses that have gone down
this year", said Griffin."We might have been able to help local
emergency responders if we had this large animal emergency
equipment. Perhaps it would have saved a few of these
beautiful creatures. This ASPCA grant is merely a start for the
equipment we need to help and support local emergency
responders, but it's a start and we are grateful for it."

CMDART depends solely upon grants and private contributions
to fullfill its mission. For more information about CMDART or
to make a contribution of any size contact www.cmdart.org or
call 508-476-3677. CMDART is taking registration for residents
who might be interested in becoming a volunteer animal disaster
responder. Contact registrar@cmdart.org to inquire about
their upcoming training programs.

"CMDART recently received a $500 grant
from the Northbridge Walmart
to further our mission to help develop and
train local animal disaster
responders in the South County area.

Our thanks to Brenda Mateer and the
Managers of the Northbridge
Walmart for helping us aid public safety
by assisting pet owners
during disasters and other  emergencies"  

 JoAnn Griffin and the Board of Directors
 CMDART, Inc.

HANOVER INSURANCE
SUPPORTS TRAINING
AND COMMUNITY
EDUCATION

The Hanover Insurance Group has provided a grant in the
amount of $500 to the CMDART (Central Mass Disaster Animal
Response Team). This grant is made through our companies
private foundation, The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation,
Inc., in recognition of the volunteer activities of our employee,
Linda Schnell. This grant is being given to support training and
development for response worker, community education forums
and other program expenses.

Our thanks to Linda Schnell, Hanover Employee and
CMDART team member who initiated this grant.
Thank you, Linda!

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our treasurer at
treasurer@cmdart.org

Donate goods to

donategoods@cmdart.org

Donations of  clean,
usable pet supplies,
office products, or
other emergency
equipment are always
greatly appreciated.
Donations of pet food
are accepted as
needed at the time of
a disaster. CMDART
reserves the right to
refuse products that
we cannot use or store
at this time.  

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