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click HERE to see Event photos for 2009
Allentown Halloween Parade on November 1st. Animal
Handlers, float decorators, and helping with the morning feedings, to prepare for the parade is needed. Please call
Kathryn at 610-398-2122, to help the animals participate in the "Halloween Parade" for Allentown.
October 18th, 2009: Open Gate Farm Tour,
from 1pm to 5pm. Autumum Crafts, Bake sale, Barn sale items, Food stands, Petting Zoo for the therapy animals, and "donkey
cart rides" will be provided on this event...Educational talks with discussions on Animal-Assisted Therapy/Activities will
be on-going during this day. Please call Kathryn at 610-398-2122, volunteer and help with this event....Last year we
needed 32 volunteers with a Huge Sucess......We NEED YOU, so call or email Kathryn at kgress@entermail.net. Thanks, in advance, KG
October 3rd, 2009:
Borough of Freemansburg Annual Halloween Parade: Start time at 2pm, with line up at 12:30pm...Animal Handlers,
float decorators, and side walkers are needed to participate in this parade. Please contact Kathryn at 610-398-2122
to volunteer and help the animals!
September 20th, 2009:2nd Annual Week
for the Animals: Celebration of Ellie's life and all the
Therapy Animals. Reveren Joesph Grembocki, will give a "Blessing" to all the "Therapy Animals" at The Gress Mountain
Ranch, at 2pm.
Entire events is at Gress Mountain Ranch
from 11am to 5pm....It starts off as an offical event for "the week for the animals". See their website for details...TGMR is a "Give Back Day" for all the therapy animals, and then a moment of Sharing, and Blessing of the Animals,
and then refreshments offered by the Gress's.
08-15-09 "National Homeless Animal
Day at TGMR from 9am to 1pm---featuring "Boyscout Troop 72 from Fogelsville, Pa. A group of dedicated scouts,
under the direction of "Eagle Scout"Brent Baade and his father Bill Baade", organized a day of helping TGMR with fencing,
fence posts, and reconstruction of the alpaca palace....Ben and Kathryn Gress are very grateful to Brent and Bill for all
they have done for the therapy animals!!!
The Gress Mountain Ranch,
Yard Sale & Funraiser-at TGMR , 2 days, from 8am to 2pm. July 31st, and August 1st. Donkey
cart rides for kids and adults, petting zoo of the "therapy animals", baked goodies, crafts, and flea market items....All
proceeds benefit the "therapy animals at TGMR. Please call Kathryn at 610-398-2122...to help with this event....We need
volunteers for both days...Thanks,KG
July 11th, 2009-Great Pyrenees
Fun Day at The Gress Mountain Ranch-The Penn Dutch, East Penn Great Pyrenees dog group will be having "fun" at the ranch.
Time TBA Help is needed for the morning feed for all the animals, ground maintenance, and help with the Pyr event!
All volunteers will be fed well at this event! Please contact Kathryn at 610-398-2122 to help with this event.
June 20th at 10am Girl Scouts
"Work Day" at TGMR. Volunteers needed to assist the girl scout troop with feeding, watering, environmental ground maintenance,
and weeding and planting flowers. Call Kathryn at 610-398-2122, to help the girl scouts working with the therapy animals.KG
June 6th, 2009, Quakertown Vet
Clinic Pet Fair-Helping out with TGMR booth, and some of the therapy animals is needed this date...TBA, the time and details...Rain
date June 7th. Call Kathryn at 610-398-2122, to help the animals present a good showing!
May 23 10:00am to 10:30am-Alpaca
and Cutie Shearing at The Gress Mountain Ranch, featuring Shearing123 with Leonard H. Erdman. Help is needed to
feed and water all the animals, with the morning feeding, ground maintenance, and help with the alpacas/Cutie with the shearing...Please
contact Kathryn at 610-398-2122 to help with this important event
5-07-09-Community Give Back Day
for Catasqua High School Students-at The Gress Mountain Ranch. Time: 08:30am-11:30am. Volunteers are needed to help Kathryn
work with the students and the "therapy animals." Adele, is already to "pitch in" and help this day! Please call
Kathryn at 610-398--2122..to help....
May 2nd, Saturday, 2009, The Armed
Forces have again invited The Gress Mountain Ranch, Inc., to join in with the military and armed forces and join the parade,
in the 2nd division, on West Broad Street in Bethlehem, at 2pm-4pm. I have just received this invitation....Please call Kathryn
at 610-398-2122, to sign up as an animal handler, float decorator, or walker, and more details...Thanks in advance,
KG
04-28-09-at 1:30pm Tuesday
Rocky, Miss Kayla, Smokey, and Kathryn have been invited to DayBreak Program, on Chew Street in Allentown. We will be
presenting, "Therapy Animals" to the members of this program, under the direction of Sue Unger, Activities Coordinator.
Help is needed at this event.. Miss Sylvia will be attending to help Kathryn. Call Kathryn at 610-398-2122 for this 1 hour
lifeskills presentation.
04-19-09-Northeast Pet & Breed
Rescue Expo-Sponsored by Hillside SPCA, April 19, from 10am -4pm. Animal Handlers are needed to help Kathryn do a presentation
with TGMR booth and the therapy animals. Please call Kathryn at 610-398-2122, to help out!
04-05-09 GreenaWald UCC Church-
Invites Cecely & JoJo the donkeys, to walk the streets of Allentown, for the Palm Sunday procession with the congregation.
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