Community

Hall Implement generously donates lawnmower to MSSPA

On any business day you can find three generations of Halls busily working at Hall Implement Co. in Windham, Maine. Founded in 1961, the family-owned and-operated John Deere dealership has thrived through good and difficult economic times. read more »

Community

Pennies for Ponies

Is the U.S. penny obsolete? Is there anything that can be bought with just a single penny? How many pickle pails would it take to hold $556.18 worth of pennies? These questions and others were recently considered by seventh and eighth graders attending the Windham, Maine Middle School. As part of lessons in science, math, and a friendly competition involving community service, the students, their families, school faculty and staff began collecting pennies to support the MSSPA. read more »

Community

A Caring Community

On April 14, 2010 students, teachers, administrators, friends, and families of many of the children gathered at the Manchester School to celebrate the communities of class, school, family, town, state, nation, and world. The gym was filled to capacity with attentive students; their principal congratulated them and proudly acknowledged the many organizations supported by the efforts of the children. read more »

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Vaccines donated to horse rehab facility

The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals thanks the American Association of Equine Practitioners, Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health, the Unwanted Horse Coalition, and Dr. Rachel Flaherty of Maine Equine Associates. All these played an important part in securing, at no cost to the Society, a significant number of vaccines for spring shots. read more »

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Hearts for the MSSPA horses!

Wearing their hearts on their, well, not exactly on their sleeves Ms. Karen Turpen’s fifth grade class recently visited the Society’s farm on a brisk winter morning. It was clear that advance planning and a lot of hard work had gone into the preparation for this very special field trip. read more »

Community

Local “Gems” Help Support Animals

The staff of Windham’s G.M. Pollack & Sons jewelry store visited the Society’s farm at 279 River Road, South Windham on Sunday, January 17, 2010. Led by store manager Susan Brockett, store associates Lisa Jaques and Sara McDougall arrived with a very generous check in hand, along with a tub of treats for the horses. read more »

Community

Holiday Recipe for Happiness

Preheat the circumstances to critical, combine a few dozen second graders and their families with a half dozen creative, community minded teachers, blend with field trips on perfect autumn afternoons, some practical math lessons, and lot of very hard work. read more »

Community

The Giving Spirit

The animals, staff and friends of the Society send a heartfelt thank you and happy birthday wish to Connor H. of Gorham. Connor met many of the animals last year when his school class took a field trip to the Society’s River Road farm in South Windham. What he learned about the creatures there made an impression that will last a lifetime. read more »

Community

Trip to Augusta to meet the Governor

On Tuesday, May 5th, 21 second graders from the Windham Primary School were presented with a legislative sentiment by the Maine Senate commending their kindness to animals in working together to raise nearly $1,000 for the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals. read more »

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Daisy Girl Scouts meet Horses of the MSSPA

Spring in Maine brings potholes, peepers, and perennials such as crocuses and daisies. The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals welcomed spring daisies of its own when Daisy Troop 216 of Grey-New Gloucester visited the River Road Farm last week. Troop leader, Sarah Walters and several parents came along with the Daisy scouts to learn about the animals living at the Society. read more »

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