A Little Piggy Told Me We Reached Our Goal At Telethon

Our goal was to raise $234,000 and we reached $236,654!  Thanks to all of the wonderful volunteers, staff, and friends of Lollypop Farm who made it possible!


The set


Big donation on a big check.  I wish banks offered these as an option for check books.  I'd love to pay my bills and groceries with one of these.


Never underestimate the power of puppies to put a crowd into a trance!  

Oh Tim, what a wonderful backhanded comment to your fellow retail team.  I always aim to be "not the worst ________" in all I do...


Petpalooza Dog Car!  I'll have to ask how much it cost to do this.  Something like this needs to be done to my ride. 


PIGLETS!!!


"We are so little and oinky!"


A pig pile under the heat lamp.  


Thanks Adrienne for providing me a website to look up Rochester graffiti at: http://wall-therapy.com.  This is "Bears" by ROA (http://unurth.com/filter/ROA) located at St. Paul Street and Pleasant Street.  Where...  Do...  I...  Begin...

That's it for now.  Off to see Book of Mormon (http://www.rbtl.org/). 

My 2nd Dog and Pony Show

Telethon 2012 for Lollypop Farm was a great success thanks to the Rochester community and beyond.  Our goal of $210,000 was exceeded as we reached 237,230!!!  Here's a WHAM 13/Rochester CW interview.



Info in case you didn't see it earlier



Setting up for the big show



The phone bank volunteers I trained.  They did an awesome job this year.  They had very nice handwriting, which was complimented on by a lot of people



Not-so-behind the scenes at Eastview Mall



The kissing booth



Our first customer!



Mercy the Mini Horse!  She's already a star at Lollypop, but the pink shoes really capture the diva in her.



Joanna doing an awesome job training more phone bank volunteers.  TEAMWORK!



Busy answering the phones



Behind the scenes with all the "overflow" phone bank volunteers.  That's a lot of phone calls!



The show's over...



The set was taken down in a matter of minutes.  As Karen said, "It's like Christmas.  You spend months shopping and weeks to get everything ready and then all the gifts are opened and forgotten about within five minutes."



Another great Telethon!  Lots of "good jobs" and "congrats" to go around.  The Rochester community for their support of our animals.  To all the volunteers who poured their time and energy into this effort.  To all the staff that dedicated countless hours during the Telethon and year-round.  It's moments like this that show why Lollypop Farm is such a wonderful and unique place for animals!