Animal Rescue
Food for Thought – Year in Review
One of the two biggest initiatives of the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund this year was working with Food for Thought – A Program of Animal Place to develop a new program arm focused on helping wildlife and environmental organizations to adopt animal-friendly event menu policies. The Food for Thought program Year in Review was just released, outlining everything Animal Place and…
Read MoreThank you, MSN Sports and PETA!
This Christmas season, I received the most beautiful gift imaginable: a short video produced by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), featuring my rescued racehorse Charlie and me. This video gift became even more special when MSN Sports produced their own news feature about it! In spring 2014, my late husband Greg made the courageous and…
Read MoreSometimes life gets a little brighter
Greg and I rescued almost 20 animals during our life together. For most of this time, we stuck to cats and dogs – but in 2014, we took the leap of adopting Henry and Caroline, two abused horses rescued by PETA. This adoption left me with some of my proudest recollections of the courageous and…
Read MoreSweet Wells are the Soonest Exhausted
One year ago, on Sunday, December 6, 2015, I bid my ceremonial farewell to Greg through a celebration of his life at the Salamander Resort near our Middleburg, Virginia home. The memorial ceremony brought together well over 100 friends and colleagues from across the country and from all phases of Greg’s and my life. …
Read MoreThank you, donors – Dr. Hanh Chau, Middleburg Animal Hospital – and many more
In this season of Thanksgiving, I would like to express gratitude to all the friends and colleagues who have donated to the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund and have thereby contributed to keeping Greg’s radiant spirit alive. I established this Fund on April 22, 2016 (Earth Day), with proceeds from selling Greg’s vintage car collection. Since then, a…
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