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A few words of thanks from Race Director Alix Cabral:
May 2, 2004 Welcome to the 2nd Annual Humane Race! Hi, my name is Alix Cabral. Thank you all so much for being here today to support the Berkshire Humane Society. I hope you’ve had a chance to visit with the John Perreault over at the Berkshire Humane Society tent. He is here to tell you all about the incredible services the BHS provides to communities throughout the Berkshires, as well as many in neighboring areas of New York, Connecticut and Vermont. Many of you may know that we’ve recently built a state of the art new shelter in Pittsfield. In the old shelter, we had room for only 20 animals, now we can accommodate 75! That’s a huge increase in the number of animals we are able to help. But we still have a long way to go in paying for the new shelter. People have been very generous, so far we’ve raised $2.5 million, but we still have $1.5 million to raise in order to pay off our loans, so any additional support you can give would be greatly appreciated! And please keep in mind, the shelter is not just about helping animals, it’s also about helping people! For example, where would the older person who can no longer care for their beloved lap dog, or the distraught family who cannot find housing that will accept their cat, or the battered woman who will only leave her abusive spouse if she finds refuge for her animals, where would these people go if it wasn’t for the safe haven that the Berkshire Humane Society provides? Since I started volunteering at the shelter I learned a shocking statistic. Did you know that over 5,000,000 animals a year are surrendered to shelters in the US alone? Imagine all these animals put out on the street with nowhere to go – our neighborhoods would look a lot different, don’t you think? So please remember that the BHS and shelters like ours are the reason that you don’t have numbers of diseased and starving animals outside your front door, and please do what you can to help us keep it that way! Okay, I’ve got some great prizes to give away donated by many generous local merchants, but before it do I want take just a minute to thank our incredible sponsors. Obviously, Mt. Greylock High School and Sweetwood Continuing Care for inviting us back for a second year, as well as:
Lastly, I want to thank our group of incredible volunteers. Elizabeth Hewett and Justin Lavner, both sophomores at Williams College have planned and executed this event with me every step of the way for which I am truly grateful. Carl Kubler and Leo Pucklis have been our liaisons here at Mt. Greylock High School and they’ve done a great job in the short period of time that they’ve been involved, so thank you to them! And tremendous thanks to all of the other selfless volunteers who have helped make this day so special, and who have made it all work so seamlessly. You cannot imagine how much I appreciate your efforts. Finally, I would like to thank our webmaster, graphic designer and all around support person, my husband Brian Cabral. Okay, thank you for listening and now what do you say if I give out some prizes? The Berkshire Humane Society has earned Four Stars for four years running from Charity Navigator (the leading on-line charity evaluator). Only 4% of all the charities reviewed by Charity Navigator have managed this feat. 
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