Animal Rescue
PETA’s 5th Annual Greg Award to Julia Novak
Congratulations to Julia Novak, winner of PETA’s 5th annual Gregory J. Reiter Animal Rescue Award! I am proud to share this PETA blog post and video of our June 2020 virtual award presentation. Greg and I met Julia on August 16, 2013 — I vividly recall that day. We had decided to adopt Itchy, a…
Read MoreA Gift of Health on Greg’s 57th Birthday
June 6, 2020 will be my late husband Greg’s 57th birthday. If you are able, I hope you will consider a gift to the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund — which, in turn, can help give the gift of health to people around the world. The Fund has responded to COVID-19 with a focus this quarter on sponsoring daily health…
Read MoreVirtual 5k for Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary
Back in June 2010, Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary co-founder Dave Hoerauf took time from his demanding work to give my late husband Greg and me a private tour of his Poolesville, Maryland refuge for more than 200 farm animals. Greg and I became supporters that day, and attended as many events and volunteer days as…
Read MoreEarth Day 4th Anniversary — Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
Photo: Greg at Zion National Park, Utah, spring 2012. This week, I am proud to mark the 4-year anniversary of the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund. Since the Fund’s establishment on Earth Day, April 22, 2016, it has distributed a total of $417,085 in grants to 30 organizations and individuals (see Honor Roll below) working to end…
Read MoreCharlie’s 11th Birthday – COVID-19 Racetrack Update
Top photo: Charlie’s Quest running at Parx Racing, Pennsylvania, in 2012. Bottom: Now simply Charlie, running free with his friends Henry and Caroline, at my Frederick County, Maryland farm earlier this week. ***** Today is Charlie’s 11th birthday — and I’m doing something different to mark the occasion this year: a COVID-19 status update on…
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