Merry Christmas!
December 2023 Newsletter
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Consecutive Days of Service- 3/10/2007 - 11/30/2023 = 6110
Total Requests Filled= 8363 which includes:
Total Angel Pets= 585; Total Service Dogs= 9; Total Arts for Angels Projects= 576
Does not include 11,000 Teddy Bears to Boston Children's and Dartmouth Hitchcock
Requests - November 2022 = 93 v November 2023 = 78 -16%
Requests Year to Date- 2022 = 778 v 2023 = 930 +20%
Distribution $ to Help Families-Year to Date- 2022-$346,082 v 2023 - $529,790 +53%
Donation $ Raised - Year to Date- 2022 = $576,241 v 2023 = $635,445 +10%
 
Thanks to everyone who participated in Giving Tuesday. It was a great beginning to our Year End Campaign! We need to end the year STRONG! We need to reach our $50,000 goal and can only do it with your help. Please visit our Year End Campaign Page to add your name to our donor list. Please help us get to $50,000! 

I would like to thank Kelly Marion, she works the back office of the Givesmart app like a pro! Her insight produces all the success we found using the app. I would also like to thank everyone who participated in Giving Tuesday by building a donation page and trying to raise money. Mike Welty raised more than $5,000 and was matched by 2 donors turning his $5,000 into $15,000! Diane DaGiau met her goal of $500 and Diane Kearney, Kelly Marion, Tonya Knightly, Paul Deschaine, and Chris & Susan Young are still working to reach their goal. The Giving Tuesday page has now become our Year End Campaign. Our Giving Tuesday/Year End goal is $50,000. We are currently at $12,000 with Mike’s matches still to come. YOU can still build a page and help us fundraise. Please continue to send family and friends to https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/anniesangels to help us reach our goal!


Thanks again to Susan and Chris Young! They raised $1500 for the Winter Warm Up Raffle. Depending on pricing on any given day, this will buy 4 - 100 deliveries of oil to Angel Families.
The winner of the Winter Warm Up is Sally Cobb! Her name was drawn LIVE on Facebook, December 1. 
Thanks to Susan & Chris' company Clean By The Sea provided the $500 VISA gift card to the winner.




Nothing says Merry Christmas like Heavenly Ball tickets! YOU can get them NOW! Buy a table of 8 tickets and enjoy a May 11 reunion with family and friends. YOU can't get these tickets anywhere else. They are so fresh, we don't even have a flyer yet but YOU can get YOUR tickets now! 




I would like to remind everyone we are selling holiday baskets via our link at https://www.gourmetgiftbaskets.com/store/anniesangels. If you or your company are sending gift baskets, please use our link. Annie's Angels receives 15% of each sale when you use our link! Also, please share the link to family and friends who may benefit from using our gourmet gift baskets partnership. Remember, Annie's Angels receives 15% for each basket sold thanks to the generosity of Gourmet Gift Baskets. That means they don't jack the prices to give us 15%, it's their same everyday low pricing! 


Check out The Laughing Dog @ Sea Dog Brewing, Exeter. Tickets are $20.00 and three organizations will benefit, Angel Pets for Vets, On the Hunt Veteran Strong and Voice Library for Military & First Responders. Seating is limited so buy your seats today at  eventbright for tickets.

Your comedians for the evening are: Host, Mystaru was a New Hampshire Rapper and DJ turned comic, who can also sell you a home as a Real Estate Agent. He finds jokes in every situation, because it’s free to laugh and he uses life situations to get his jokes for the people.
Featuring:

Matt Blanchette. Full time realtor, part time comedian, Matt Blanchette came on the comedy scene in 2021 playing open mics in Essex County and Southern NH, and starting his own monthly charity event at the Claddagh in Lawrence every third Wednesday featuring some of Boston's best comedians.

Nathan Burke has been kicking around the New England comedy scene for over a decade. Ranging from traditional standup to bizarre characters, Nathan has a unique approach. In essence, he’s a silly goose. As a regular at the Comedy Studio and some of the area’s alternative comedy shows, Nathan has cultivated a style (or lack thereof) all his own.

  Arianna Magee is an up and coming comedian from the Boston area. Her deadpan humor and wry take on being a woman will have you peeing your period panties. When Arianna is not on stage you can find her shaking from drinking too much espresso and talking to anyone who will listen about cults.

Bryan Muenzer is very tall in stature and short in attention span so his jokes are mostly quick one liners. His sense of humor derives from a blend of being awkwardly tall and just plain awkward. He was a finalist in the 2022 New England funniest Comedian contest and performs regularly in Boston and New York City.

Kristin O’Brien has been entertaining audiences in New England and Texas for 13 years. She has performed at festivals across the country including The Ladies of Laughter festival in NYC, Boston Comedy Festival’s The Dirty Show and Comcast’s Trial By Laughter which aired in spring 2017. Auntie Kristin’s perspectives on marriage, children, divorce will keep you in stitches!

Kevin Ryan has performed comedy all over New England and beyond. This time of year, when he's not dropping punchlines he's dropping fishing lines. Come join the fun, as Kevin reels in the laughter with his rapid fire comedy style.


I want to thank Marie Brownell from Brownell Insurance who collected pet food and raised $1500 in cash, checks and gift cards to support Angels Pets. Diane and I dropped the pet food to Darbster Dog in Chichester, who is one of our main Angel Pets adoption agencies.



Thanks to Bridget and Piscataqua Fish and Game, in association with the Walter Burns Fishing Day, provided 4 Angels Families with Thanksgiving dinner baskets! They were 4 laundry baskets filled with everything needed for a successfully yummy Thanksgiving feast.

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!  I want to thank our long time partners  Colwen Hotels for taking on 10 Angel Families and filling their Christmas wishes with presents. Target also stepped up to assist in making a special Christmas for 2 additional Angel Families. For many years Arete’ Chiropractic has helped Annie's Angels with their Angel Giving Tree. This year will be no different. Existing patients bring in a $25 gift card to anywhere and receive a FREE office visit. For new patients' initial consultation between November 20th and December 15th, bring along a $25 gift card and in return, you'll get a $68 credit towards your new patient exam! Angel Families get the gift cards to help with Christmas shopping! 

Sometimes it’s the big things we do, sometimes it’s the little things, but they are all important things that we do together. Please share our mission of hope with family, friends, and everyone you meet!
One of the most humbling phrases I hear when Angel Families send a thank you is; "I just want you to know, the help you have given my family got me in the right direction and was a huge help."  All of our Annie's Angels successes are because of YOU, the Angels Among Us who give generously and give often. Without YOU we are nothing. 

On behalf of all our Angel Families, our Board of Directors and Advisors, Diane and I thank you for an amazing 2023.

Donate Today!

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Cribbage for a Cause at WHYM!  Join us this, and every Wednesday (6:30pm - 9:00pm) for weekly Cribbage for a Cause at WHYM Craft Pub & Brewery benefiting Annie's Angels Memorial Fund.