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2008 Past Events

These second graders from Salisbury Academy, with the help of their friend Erika, raised $248.43

The Kindergarteners and Junior Kindergarteners of Salisbury Academy collected a mountain of cat and dog food for Faithful Friends foster homes. Fantastic!
This month they are collecting grooming items!

Hanford Dole Helps Faithful Friends!
The student body at Hanford Dole Elementary School collected over $300 in donations for Faithful Friends,
along with lots of toys for our pets! On February 18 volunteers Lora Owen and Anne Ingram were pleased to
be invited to speak to the students about what Faithful Friends is all about. Service dog Sue and her person Jan Lewis were big hits with the kids!

March 1: Peticure for Paws raises over $300!!
Uptown Dogs & Cats at 1945 W. Jake Alexander Blvd. clipped nails for a variety of dogs and one brave cat, and
donated all the proceeds to Faithful Friends!

Thank you, Judy Griffin,the "Gentle Groomer"!

Historic Salisbury Foundation Tabletops Fundraiser: Faithful Friends Has Fun!
Irene Beyer and Jeanne Dennis created a dog park theme, with dog houses with our adoptable dogs pictured, and photos of adoptable cats nestled in the trees! Yes, those doggie serving platters are frisbees!

May 10, 2008: A Dog Day in May: Pet Adoptions!
Two cats got new homes, and we received over $220 in donations! Thank you to all the volunteers who helped, to the folks who donated pet food for our foster homes, to Officer Hunter and Smoke of the Salisbury K-9 Unit for their demonstration, and to Kristine Dutton and Salisbury Parks & Recreation for sponsoring the adoption day!

May 20, 2008: Chick-Fil-A Fundraiser
Buy a meal at the Chick-Fil-A on East Innes St. ONLY, from 5pm-9pm, and we get a percentage of the sales

June 14, 2008 : Pick of the Litter Yard Sale & Lazy 5 Vet Open House, 3-6pm
Thank you all for helping make the yard sale a success. We raised over $2400 from the yard sale and additional money from the sale of  T-shirts, cards,bumper stickers,pet tags and donations. Anne also spent time at the Lazy 5 Veterinarian open house event yesterday and raised additional money.

July 12, 2008 - 2nd Annual Faith and Spencer Jaycees Poker Run - Hogs for Dogs
The Faith and Spencer Jaycees 'Hogs for Dogs Poker Run' brought out 150 riders and brought in $3,100 for Faithful Friends!

We offer much gratitude to the Faith Jaycees, Spencer Jaycees, Cheerwine, Merita Bread, Mary Hall, Kevin Hall, Chris Brown, Christie Dunaway, Mike Ripley, Lonestar Steakhouse, Jack's Pub, Tamarac Marina, Cripple Creek, Extreme Motorcycles, Tilley's Harley Davidson, Salisbury Animal Hospital, Rowan Animal Clinic, Salisbury Cycle Center, and The Pet Paw-lor.

Faithful Friends volunteers Linda Shapleigh, Mary Lou Lipscomb, Jeanne Dennis, Lynda Errante, Scott and Terry Echeverria, and Anne Ingram had a blast!

August 2, 2008 Upcoming Pre-Paws in the Park Event - Puppy Portraits

August 9, 2008 Carolina Lily:  Dog Days of August - Pooch Parade and Luncheon
What a blast! We had a huge turnout, got a mountain of food, and supplies, and raised over $900!
Julie Apone, you are the best! Thank you more than I can say, and thanks a million to all our volunteers and our friends who came out.

September 6, 2008 at Stitchin' Post in Salisbury, Sasha's Birthday Celebration

Sasha got the birthday celebration any diva deserves when she turns 3! On September 6 all her friends came with bags of pet food for Faithful Friends, and received fans and prizes. Well-wishers wrote birthday greetings with crayons for Sasha, and enjoyed refreshments from Caniche, Okey Dokey, and L A Murph’s. Pam Coffield, Jo McDaniel, Sherry Lowery, Lisa Murray, Brittany Burleson, and Patti Miller  were the gracious hostesses for the celebration. A lot of foster animals had reason to celebrate when they got their donated treats, food and toys! Stitchin’ Post donated part of the day’s proceeds to FFAS, and sold special t-shirts (still available see below) to mark the occasion. Faithful Friends came home with $1,400! Thank you all for a day not to be forgotten!

October 25, 208 Outback Steakhouse luncheon

Thank you to Outback Steakhouse and all of you who came out for a delicious lunch, we made over $3000!

Christmas Barbecue for Critters!
December 24th, from 4-6pm. 

The Christmas barbecue brought in $1,675 to Faithful Friends. Special thanks go out to all who made it a
success: Jack and Deb Cornatzer, Joe Harper, Marvin Crisco, Carl Wilson, Steve "Frog" Smith, Rick Perrell,
David Henderson, Jim Ross, Greg Eaves, Doug Veitch, Linda Shapleigh, Anita Demitry, Ric Hodge, Bob Bishop,
Sheryl Fry, and contributing businesses College BBQ, Jerry's Shell and Merita Bakery.

April 2009. Silent Auction Final: $23,300! After expenses and after-auction sales were taken into account, the total was far more than we hoped for!

Special thanks to Ric, Alex Kenny, Julie Pinkston, Frank Montgomery , Peter Reinemann and Katherine Murdoch, F&M Bank for donating the use of the Trolley Barn, Barb Sorel for our decorations and Woodie Cope for donating massages, plus all the volunteers and everyone who came out to support us!

Yard Sale - June 6th - 8:00AM
at the Lutheran Church Parking Lot (old K-Town building and lot)  corner N. Fulton St. and W. Innes St in Salisbury
The total sales and donation for the yard sale is... $10,000!!!!!!
Ten thousand thanks to all the folks who helped us raise this!
Event co-chairs Mary Padavick and Peter Reinemann outdid themselves, making this year's Pick of the Litter yard sale the most successful yet!  Our crew of stalwart volunteers was there from 6 am on, and did a fantastic job. We owe a huge debt of thanks to St. John's Lutheran Church for allowing us to use their building and parking lot, to Antiquarius, American Express, Oliver Scott, Food Lion, and Harris Teeter, More details and photos wil lbe forth coming, but we wanted you to know the totals right away!

Coffee, Cookies & Cuttings, July 25: $2,000!
The generoisty of Jean McCoy and Rick Travis really brought in the bucks for FFAS! More than 60 people enjoyed coffee, cookies and took home flowers from their 3 acres of lush gardens. Lorene Coates was an honored guest. Thank you, Jean and Rick

September 5. Sasha’s Birthday Party, Stitchin’ Post
Sasha's birthday party at the Stitchin Post today was a blast! The guest of honor greeted her guests in a most regal manner. The ever-growing pile of donated food filled five cars and went to some very grateful foster homes. The Stitchin' Post is generously donating part of their sales from both Friday Night Out on the Town and also from today to FFAS. We brought home $415.18 in donations and sales ourselves! Many thanks to the hard-working volunteers and generous friends who donated their help as well as pet food.

Sept 26, Paws in the Park

The event will be at Knox Middle School, 1625 West Park Road. Registration and check-in will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the 1.5 mile walk will start at 10:30 a.m.

October 24 10:30am- Dress up Dog Parade to Benefit Faithful Friends

At Carolina Lily <-- link

The heavy rain didn't deter a number of beautifully costumed canines at Carolina Lily's parade on October 24. We are grateful to them for the fun and for their generous donations Proceeds were over $400 this year! Thanks also go to Carol Allen for taking photos of the princess, bees, fairies, cowboys, farmer, cow, and the skunk, and to Shannon Moore for donating pumpkin goodie bags to participants.

Angel Trees: Ornaments listing items from our Wish List are on these Christmas trees. Monetary donations can be placed in the pre-addressed envelopes under the trees. Locations: Looking Glass Artists Collective at 405 N. Lee St. in Salisbury, Outback Steakhouse, Stitchin' Post, and Uptown Dogs and Cats at its new location on Statesville Blvd. The trees will be in place until 12-20-09.

Bake Sale: Saturday, December 5, in front of the Stitchin' Post.

Christmas Barbeque: Those gallant chefs for charity at the VA have chosen Faithful Friends as the recipient of their barbequed cuisine again this year. You can order a whole chicken for $20, a whole turkey brest for $30, or a whole Boston butt for $30. They are hickory smoked, and come with buns and dip. All orders must be in and paid for in by 12-11-09. You can pick up your order from 4 pm to 6 pm at the VFW on Brenner Avenue on December 24th. Place orders by calling Linda at 704 630-4933 or emailing her at ffvolunteerchair@yahoo.com

FURBALL: DISCO FEVER! Get ready to boogie, because our Fur Ball 2010: Disco Fever is a dance that won't be soon forgotten! We'll be partying down at Catawba College's Crystal Lounge on February 27 from 6:30 to 11:30. Get out your shoulder pads, gold medallions, and leisure suits, and do the hustle to the sounds of Divided by Four, Rowan's favorite band!  The theme of Disco Fever brought out about 90 party-goers, and raised about about $4,000 for our building fund!

Easter Sniff N Snag: March 27th (Rain Date Apr 3) 10 am - noon
Town Creek Park 315 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue
Sponsored by Hill's Science Diet
Over 1k eggs will be hidden throughout the park with chances to win lots of great prizes for your 4-legged friends.  We have lots of great gift certificates, treats, bags of dog food, etc that will be given away.  Some lucky winners will win some great door prizes and all registrants will receive a goody bag.
Sponsors: Great Dane: John & Nancy Holshouser, Shannon & Shawn Moore, Edward & Susan Norvel
 Terrier Sponsor: Kitty & David Chadwick

April 16th - Earth Day Night Out (table outside Stitchin Post, Downtown Salisbury)
Merchandise, Belk tickets, etc available

April 17th - Mother's Day Photo Shoot: Vintage Tea Photo Session & Community Fun Afternoon
at the Country Porch Cafe, 3665 Liberty Rd, Gold Hill, NC proceeds from this event will support FFAS

April 24th - Spencer Arbor Day Celebration 10am-2pm at 8th Street Ball Park, Spencer NC. For more information, visit their website

April 24th - Vegan Bake Sale - Outside Stitchin Post on Main Street, Downtown Salisbury- Thank you Salisbury Veggies!

May 1st - Belk Charity Day Sale - This year Belk in Salisbury has invited Faithful Friends to participate in the sale and proceeds from the sale will benefit our group.  For more info see their website
If you want to purchase a ticket to this sale (only $5) and receive $5 off your first purchase, 
please purchase your ticket from FFAS at any of the events listed above before May 1st.

May 7th - Spring Night Out (table outside Stitchin Post, Downtown Salisbury)

May 8th - Charlotte Pet Expo at the Cabarrus Arena

Sat. May 15th - 3rd Annual Pick of The Litter Yard Sale

Thanks to the continuous generosity of St.John's Lutheran Church, we will have our annual
Pick Of The Litter Yard Sale at the former K-Town Building, corner of N.Fulton St. and W. Innes St.

May 16th - First annual Bark in the Park at the Kannapolis Intimidators
Our very own Neal Wilkinson is on schedule to sing the national anthem at this ball game

Sat. June 19 - CANICHE GOLD PARTY!
Bring your old, out-dated or broken jewelry for cash! 

Groundbreaking Ceremony - July 10th
 10:00 am, July 10, 2010
220 Grace Church Road, Salisbury

Friday Night Out - July 16th - Come visit us at the next Friday Night Out on July 16 outside Stitchin Post.  We should have a new stock of shirts that you will be sure to enjoy (including a new tie dye "Peace Love Dogs" design).