GIVE THEM SANCTUARY WAS INSPIRED BY LAURA ALLARD AND HER DESIRE TO HELP ABUSED ANIMALS AND PROVIDE A SAFE HAVEN. WHILE SHE HAD THE INSPIRATION, HER HUSBAND, JEFF, WAS LEFT WITH THE LEG WORK. AND SO BEGINS THE SAGA.
STILL RELATIVELY YOUNG, WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED QUITE A BIT ALREADY. JEFF IS RENTING TIMESHARE PROPERTIES AND DONATING ALL THE PROCEEDS TO GIVE THEM SANCTUARY AND BUSINESS IS BOOMING SO WE DO HAVE FUNDS. TWO PARCELS OF LAND HAVE ALSO BEEN DONATED BY JEFF, LAURA, AND MANOMENDNET INC. WE'VE GONE THRU MUCH OF THE REGULATORY HOOPLA AND ARE WELL ESTABLISHED AND RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDS AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REMAINS A CHALLENGE AND INDEED PRESENTS A MAJOR HURDLE WITH REGARD TO OUR CONTINUED OPERATION IN THE TOWN OF MONSON.
ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, WE HAVE CLEANED THE PROPERTIES OF GARBAGE AND MOST INVASIVE SPECIES. THE LAND IS CURRENTLY POSTED SO THE HISTORICAL DUMPING AND HUNTING WILL CEASE. TRAILS AND PUBLIC ACCESS IS PLANNED FOR THE RURAL LAND HOLDING AND A DOG SHELTER AND CHARITABLE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS MIGHT IN THE FAR FUTURE BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE COMMERCIAL LAND.
DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF OUR CONTINUED EXISTENCE IN THE TOWN OF MONSON, WE REMAIN IN LIMBO AS TO PUBLIC RECRUITMENT AND MORE AGGRESSIVE SOLICITATION OF FUNDS. WE ARE PERSUING AN APPEAL AND THE RESULTS WILL BE KNOWN SOON.
