About Greg
A Cruelty-Free Thanksgiving
The Economist has dubbed 2019 The Year of the Vegan — and this Thanksgiving season, the Greg Fund’s favorite partners are busy making it so. Saturday November 23 Poolesville MD: Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary hosts its annual Thanksgiving with the Turkeys, a vegan potluck that typically draws 1,000 people. Grass Valley CA: Animal Place hosts a Pigs, Pumpkin Spice & Cider autumn tour. Thanksgiving Day Thursday November 28Washington DC: I’ll have…
Read MoreYou Have Always Been My Inspiration
On this fourth anniversary of Greg’s death, I came to Glasgow to visit the Linda McCartney Retrospective photo exhibition. I came to be freshly inspired by this memorial to one of the best-known modern animal rights activists — and to be inspired by the heart behind the memorial, her surviving husband Sir Paul McCartney, who…
Read MoreUnder New Management!
I am pleased to announce that effective today, the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund is being managed by The Community Foundation of Frederick County, Maryland where I live. The Community Foundation manages over 700 funds for Frederick County, MD citizens — helping each fund founder to realize their unique vision, and making grants to qualified 501c3 organizations nationwide.…
Read MoreRemember Greg Reiter on his 56th Birthday
June 6, 2019 will be my late husband Greg’s 56th birthday. I hope you will consider a donation to the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund as a birthday present in his honor. Greg spent most of his free time helping animals. Hence this Fund, which partners with the animal protection causes Greg and I supported together during his life. Just a few highlights…
Read MoreI’ll never leave you, either
Greg and I met on October 24, 1991–and believing that date to be magical, we chose October 24, 1992 as our wedding day. Between those two dates, we were separated for some months by my work assignment in China. Those being pre-Internet days, we spent thousands of dollars on international phone calls, and sent each…
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