Please visit our sponsors and tell them how much you appreciate their support of The Humane Race.
Title Sponsor
We are proud to announce that Hill's Pet Nutrition (makers of Hill's
Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet pet foods) is joining The Humane Race as our title
sponsor once again in 2008. This is especially fitting, given that dogs at the Berkshire Humane Society shelter are fed
exclusively with Hill's Dog Foods. Thanks to everyone at Hill's Pet Nutrition for supporting the race and the BHS.
Platinum Sponsors
The Mt. Greylock Regional School District has generously allowed The Humane Race to
be run over their cross-country trails, as well as providing all the essential infrastructure for the
race (tables, chairs, restrooms, etc.). The personnel and students at MGR High School have been so supportive
and helpful that we are truly in their debt.
Williams College has been extremely generous to The Humane Race, providing food,
beverages, logistical help, and, most of all, a team of wonderful, caring, and dedicated students from the
Lehman Community Service Council, without
whom we could not put on the race. A big thank-you to everyone at Williams!
Continuing as a Platinum sponsor for 2008 are our wonderful friends at Greylock
Animal Hospital. The team at Greylock Animal Hospital provide high quality and caring health care for all your pets.
Please thank them for their support of The Humane Race next time you bring your
pet in for preventative care, medicine, or surgery.
The fine people at The North Adams Transcript have joined
us this year for the third time as Platinum Sponsors. They have already been enormously helpful with
logistical and advertising support, and we look forward to a long a happy relationship. Read the Transcript!
We would like to welcome back The Advocate for their
fifth year as a Platinum Sponsor. The Advocate is everyone's favorite source
for News, Arts, and Events in Berkshire County and Southern Vermont. Thanks to The Advocate for their generous
support of The Humane Race and the needy animals of Berkshire County and beyond.
Returning sponsors, theBrowns, have increased their support this year to the Platinum Level. Thanks so much! Tom & Mikki Brown bring you over 40 men's and women's
collections at theBrowns, leading Elle Decor magazine to declare it "the Berkshires' most urbane boutique yet". Thanks again
for your generous support of The Humane Race!
We are thrilled to welcome first-time sponsors iBerkshires.com to The Humane Race. Bringing you coverage
of all the News, Sports, Arts & Entertainment, Events, School information, Travel, and Real Estate news, iBerkshires.com is truly "Your Berkshire
County Guide to the Community". Welcome and thank you for your generous support.
The Williamstown Film Festival, celebrating their 10th Anniversary season, is back again this year as a major sponsor of
The Humane Race. Every October, the Film Festival brings us the best new films and their creators in every format: drama, comedy, documentary, animation, short and long.
For two weekends in the fall, Williamstown is Hollywood East, thanks to the Williamstown Film Festival.
Gold Sponsors
Thanks to the generous and talented folks at Williamstown Physical Therapy for their sponsorship of The
Humane Race! They're geniuses at helping people feel better (as your Race Director and webmaster can both attest from
personal experience!) and their support is helping a lot of animals to feel better, too.
Residents of the Northern Berkshires know how community-minded the fine folks at
Williamstown Savings Bank are. Every year they donate to many worthy causes and we're proud
to say that again this year they are supporting The Humane Race. Thanks to everyone at Williamstown
Savings!
The wonderful people at West Oil don't just warm our homes, they warm our hearts with their sponsorship of The
Humane Race. When we asked them what advertising message they'd like us to convey
to readers of our website, they said, "Just ask them to 'Please support The Berkshire Humane Society'."
We couldn't have said it better ourselves!
A hearty thank-you to all our friends at Alton & Westall Real Estate for their generous support of The Humane Race.
They are back again this year at the Gold Sponsorship level. Thanks to Donnie, Cheryl, and the gang!
Orthopedic Associates of Northern Berkshire
A sincere thanks and welcome to back to our second-year supporters, again at the Gold Sponsor level, Orthopedic Associates of Northern Berkshire. When asked what message they'd like to convey
on this website, Dr. Jonathan Cluett replied: "To help with canine and feline owners' bones & joints, the physicians of Orthopedic Associates of
Northern Berkshire can be reached at 413-664-6111, with offices in the Ambulatory Care Center on the campus of
North Adams Regional Hospital (Suite 107)." Thanks to Jon and all the fine doctors at OANB.
Thanks so much to The Red Lion Inn, fourth-time sponsors of The Humane Race this year,
for coming up with a great idea for one of the finest prizes we'll be offering our winners:
a free night at The Red Lion Inn, complete with feline companionship! To quote from a recent press release:
"Travelers with a longing for some feline companionship with their cozy New England accommodations can take advantage of The Red Lion Inn’s new “Cat Suite”.
The suite’s main attraction is "Necco," an affectionate black and white cat who has taken up part-time residency at the inn. Necco is on-hand to greet guests when they check into the Wilder Suite in The Red Lion’s Two Maple Street guest house, adjacent to the main inn. On those occasions when the suite is empty or is occupied by a non cat-person, Necco spends the night with his friend, Nancy Fitzpatrick, The Red Lion’s president.
The fine people at Mahaiwe Tent have supported the Berkshire
Humane Society extremely generously over the years and this year's Humane Race is no exception.
Mahaiwe Tent is donating all the tents we'll be using during the race. Thanks again, guys!
Thanks to first-time sponsors Brainspiral for joining in supporting The Humane Race at the Gold Level.
Please visit Brainspiral for your web advertising & technical computing needs.
Kaivo is donating the web servers on which our website runs. Thanks guys!
Tecado has generously donated their time to create and maintain this website. Thank-you!
Silver Sponsors
We are extremely pleased to welcome back the law firm of Grinnell Smith, LLP this year as
a returning Silver sponsor. Active throughout the community, we are gratified that these wonderful
folks have chosen to extend their generosity to The Humane Race & the Berkshire Humane Society.
Paul Harsch and his team are generously supporting The Humane Race.
Thanks to all our friends at Harsch Associates!
Our friends Dick Lamb and Rob Abel and all the folks at True North Financial Services have been supporters
of The Humane Race for many years! Thanks guys!
We are very gratified to welcome a new Silver Sponsor in 2008, r. k. Miles, providing lumber and hardware solutions at the corner of Cole Avenue and
North Hoosac Road. Welcome aboard and thank you very much.
Thanks to Carol Goodrow and her inspirational website www.kidsrunning.com for your support of The Humane Race.
Positive Momentum Fitness
Williamstown personal trainer Sam Douglas has been one of The Humane Race's biggest boosters for all 6 years. He's on-board this year as a Silver
Sponsor. Thanks Sam!
Thanks to Dick's Sporting Goods for their generous support of The Humane Race this year!
Thanks to Don Dion and all the wonderful people at Dion Money Management for joining
us and sponsoring the 2008 running of The Humane Race. They'll help you
manage your money and they've managed to make us very happy by joining in this wonderful cause.
Parese & Sabin, LLP
The law offices of Parese & Sabin have been loyal supporters of The Humane Race since the beginning and this year they move up to Silver Sponsors. Thanks
so much everyone!
Fitness Recovery
Thanks to first-time sponsor, Ann Margaret McKillop, creator of the "Poo-Chi" dog walking/running system. Welcome aboard!
Countryside Landscape
We are so pleased that Countryside Landscape has joined us again
this year as a supporter, this year moving up to Silver Level. Thanks so much to Gerard and all the hard-working individuals that make Countryside
Landscape such a wonderful organization!
Scarafoni Associates
Thanks to David Carver and everyone at Scarafoni Associates for their very loyal and consistent support
of The Humane Race over the years!
Village Pharmacy
New sponsor Village Pharmacy of Lenox has joined us at the Silver level. We appreciate their support as well as
the lovely samples they provided to all our racers. Thank-you!
The great folks over at Jiminy Peak have provided some fantastic prizes for our race winners! Thanks Jiminy!
Purple Kings Farm
Thanks to the Mason family for not only supporting the Humane Race, but also participating!
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.