Special Events
This page was created to let the public know of our upcoming, as well as, past events to help promote special clinics sponsored by other non-profit organizations who wish to participate in our special clinics program. This will help guarantee their success in curtailing pet overpopulation and the unnecessary killing of thousands of cats born into a system which cannot hold them.
Upcoming Events!
Saturday, April 10, 2010: We will be holding a spay day at the Warwick Valley Humane Society on Saturday April 10, 2010. All appointments must be made with Warwick Valley Humane Society. They can be reached at (845) 986-2473. If you would like to find out more about the shelter you can go to there website at www.wvhumane.org. Good news for all you Warwick residence. You will receive a $40 rebate by mail from the town when you bring your cat in to be spayed or neutered!
Thursday, April 22, 2010: We will be holding another clinic at Hi-Tor Animal Care Center. All appointments must be made with Hi-Tor. They can be reached at (845) 354-7900. You can also check out there website at www.hitor.org.
Thursday, May 20, 2010: We will be holding another spay day Sponsored by the Town of Montgomery and Will Spay Pets. This clinic is open to Town of Montgomery residents only, and you must be issued a certificate(s) to participate. This is a subsidy program and the cost is only $25.00 per cat, for town residents. Certificates must be presented the day of surgery, when you check in your cat. To schedule an appointment or find out more information call the Town Clerks Office at (845) 457-2600.
Successful Events!
 On March 6, 2010, in honor of National Spay Day we held a clinic at the Thruway Market in Walden. This event was sponsored by the Town of Montgomery and Will Spay Pets. 30 males and 32 females were spayed and neutered. We look forward to holding many more successful events for them in the future.
On March 25, 2010, we held another successful spay day at Hi-Tor Animal Care Center in Pomona, N.Y. We spayed and neutered 63 cats in all. As always we look forward to working with everyone there at our next spay day!
T.A.R.A. held a spay day on December 10, 2009 at Blooming Grove Humane Society. T.A.R.A. received this letter from Shelter Director, Melissa Veraldo:
Rose, Steve and Staff of T.A.R.A.
Thank you so much for being at the Blooming Grove Humane Society on December 10, 2009, for our very first SPAY/NEUTER DAY. We were able to get forty seven cats spayed and neutered, and helped to educate our community on the NEED to spay and neuter. We were so impressed by Steve's organization of the entire event, and learned so much from him and the whole staff. They walked us through each and every step. Everyone was warm, and helpful. We look forward to many other spay/neuter events at our shelter. Thank you, for all that you do, for our cat community.
Melissa Veraldo, Shelter Manager, Blooming Grove Humane Society
On October 29, 2009, we held a spay day at HI-TOR Animal Care Center, Inc. 62 surgeries were performed. T.A.R.A. received this letter from Vivian Kiggins, Executive Director:
Dear Rose, Steve and the Staff of T.A.R.A.,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for operating the T.A.R.A. mobile spay/neuter hospital at Hi Tor Animal Care Center on October 29, 2009. Your presence here was a huge success and was greatly appreciated by the cat caretakers and cat owners that participated.
The shelter staff and I were also pleased to have our animals altered ensuring our commitment to adopting out only sterilized pets for adoption. On behalf of the Board of Directors, Staff, Volunteers, and animals of Hi Tor, thank you again for operating the mobile unit at Hi Tor Animal Care Center.
Sincerely, Vivian Kiggins, Executive Director
On October 17th, we had another great spay day at Warwick Valley Humane Society. We spayed and neutered 39 cats. T.A.R.A. received this letter from their president, Suzyn Barron:
Dear Steve, Rose and the terrific T.A.R.A. staff ~
The Warwick Valley Humane Society sends you tons of "appaws" for bringing your Mobile Clinic to our shelter facility in mid-October for the third round T.A.R.A. visits this year providing low cost spay/neuter for cats throughout our Warwick Valley. In total, over 160 cats were "fixed" by T.A.R.A., your truly dedicated and professional organization. You have our sincere gratitude for being able to work with you to reduce the overpopulation of cats and the associated needless suffering of countless kittens. T.A.R.A. has made a remarkable impact on our community and we look forward to seeing you parked in our shelter lot in 2010. Please continue doing what you do, because you got it right!
Suzyn Barron, President - Warwick Valley Humane Society
At our August 2nd clinic at ARF, we spayed and neutered 63 cats, 30 females and 33 males. TARA received this letter from Barbara Shea, president of ARF.
Our clinic on August 16th was a great success. Four TNR non-profit groups participated, and we spayed 30 females and 36 males, for a total of 66 cats. What a day!
This makes two of the special "Spay Days" we've committed to do because of a grant TARA received for this purpose. We look forward to providing the next and final event which concludes the grant. We are hoping to schedule it some time in October. Keep checking this site for details.
Our fundraiser/street fair in Elenville on August 23rd went very well. We raised more donations then expected, and had a lot of fun. We had volunteers helping, and they, too, enjoyed the event. We wish to thank all of the generous people who showed their support for our cause.
The September 11th clinic for the Town of Montgomery was a big success! It was free to residents. We spayed and neutered 64 cats - 31 females and 33 males!
On September 27th, 47 cats were spayed and neutered for the Goshen Humane Society, at their fundraiser event; 26 females and 21 males. TARA received this wonderful email from Goshen Humane Society President Rick Bossley:
"Thanks to the TARA Mobile Clinic our Spay/Neuter Clinic on 9/27/08 was a huge success. Forty seven cats were spayed or neutered at our clinic, and that equates to literally thousands of unwanted kittens not being brought into this world without a home. It is so important for people to spay or neuter their pets, and thankfully the TARA Mobile Clinic makes it affordable for everyone to have this procedure done at a reasonable cost." Rick Bossley, President, Goshen Humane Society, Inc.
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