Posts by Erik Scalavino
Three cheers! Third Wine Tasting brings in $2,500
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Family, friends, and fun! For the third consecutive year, the last Friday in October saw supporters of Nutmeg Animal Welfare gather for a good time on Federal Hill in what has become our organization’s annual fundraising affair that puts the emphasis on fun. Our friends from Gasbarro’s Wines on Atwells Avenue once…
Read MoreDonate & Bid on our Rob Gronkowski Signed Football
Who’s excited about fall and the upcoming 2018 football season? And who wants to celebrate them with an NFL football autographed by New England star Rob Gronkowski (while helping support a worthy charitable cause at the same time)? You? Then read on… Hoping for a “spike” in donations, we’ve stepped up our giveaway game this…
Read MoreJoin the Fun at Nutmeg’s Third Annual Autumn Wine Tasting
Wine enthusiasts can help themselves while helping distressed animals near and far at our yearly Federal Hill gathering this fall… WHO: Nutmeg Animal Welfare, a Rhode Island-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity, invites all animal lovers to its third annual Autumn Wine Tasting! Special guests include magician and motivational speaker John Logan (back by popular demand!) and…
Read MoreNutmeg again assists Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home
For the second time in 2018, Nutmeg Animal Welfare has fulfilled one of its founding promises: to provide continued support to partner organizations around the world. Earlier this calendar year, we made a material gift to the Jerusalem SPCA in Israel, our third consecutive year doing so for them. Shortly thereafter, we purchased a…
Read MoreNew!!! Nutmeg Travel Food/Water Bowls
Are you – or do you know – someone who likes to travel with pets? Perhaps you’re also looking for a more convenient and sanitary way to provide refreshment for your beloved animals while on the road. If so, Nutmeg Animal Welfare can help, with our new foldable food and water bowls! Designed with animal-loving…
Read MorePeru’s Pet Problem a ‘Tail’ of Two Ciudades
LIMA & CUSCO, Peru – If the llama and alpaca are animals most often associated with Peru, then Cusco Region’s unofficial mascot must be the dog. The homeless dog. The wandering, neglected, unloved dog. But strangely, not necessarily the starving dog. Wherever we travel in Cusco, whether the big city itself or smaller towns high…
Read MoreMonica’s Story: A New Partner in Peru
CUSCO, Peru – Let me tell you about Monica. But first, have some tissues handy. You may need them. I sure did. I still do as I write this several days later. Okay, let’s begin… Monica comes from Arequipa, a major city in southern Peru. As a little girl many years ago, she was asked…
Read MoreCause ‘4’ Celebration: Nutmeg turns four!
Founder’s Report 2018 May the Fourth be with you! Okay, I’m a little late in sending you that Star Wars-themed greeting, but there’s a reason I’m bringing it up again. This May marks Nutmeg’s fourth birthday! How quickly the time has passed since our humble little charity incorporated with the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s…
Read MoreJerusalem’s animals under a microscope
For the third time in less than two years, Nutmeg has kept its promise to assist our partner organization in Israel, the Jerusalem SPCA. Most recently, our Israeli friends told us their medical team desperately needed a new microscope. The one they’d been using had suffered so much wear and tear over the years that…
Read More2nd Wine Tasting: Raising glasses raises more than $3K
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — More friends, more fun, and more funds! Nutmeg Animal Welfare’s 2nd annual autumn wine-tasting event exceeded everyone’s expectations. On a gorgeous fall Friday, October 27, 2017, three dozen fellow animal welfare advocates, representing a 75-percent increase in attendance from our inaugural wine tasting last October, gathered once again at Gasbarro’s Wines on Providence’s…
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