News

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 »

MSSPA Volunteers

MSSPA Volunteers of the Year

“It wasn’t my idea, it was my daughter Meghan’s,” explains Windham second grade teacher Kelly Rich. Three years ago she was looking for a class project using applied math skills that would also contribute to the community. She also wanted something concrete so the children could see what the money they raised was actually spent on. Meghan, the horse expert in the family, suggested helping the animals at MSSPA’s farm. read more »

Community is Key to helping abused horses

On Tuesday, May 25th, KeyBank closed its doors to banking business and set about a different kind of business for the afternoon. KeyBank employees wearing red t-shirts emblazoned with “Neighbors Make a Difference” went into local communities to deliver volunteer service of many kinds. The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals was very fortunate to have an afternoon’s assistance from KeyBankers Kathy Morrell and Alyson Trempe. 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 »

Community

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 »

2010 Buy-a-Bale Campaign Begins

Every year the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals feeds its animals more than 25,000 bales of hay. Depending on weather conditions, the farm yields between 5,000 and 6,000 bales of hay from its own fields during each hay season. Last season the average cost for a bale of hay was $5.00. Right now the Society is providing rehabilitation and care for nearly 90 horses. read more »

Community

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 »

Help Save Sweetheart

Sweetheart will steal your heart. Like so many who are brought to the Society’s barns, she had all but lost hope. We received little information about her. How had she gotten in this
shocking condition? She was so thin, with ribs, spine, tail head, and hipbones protruding through her rain-rotted, dull winter coat. Her skinny rump was covered in patches of infected skin, bare from the loss of hair, and hot to the touch. 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 »

Horse Hay
$5.00 per bale

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