A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
JAN 2008- GIVE THEM SANCTUARY FILED WITH THE STATE CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS AND APPLIED FOR 501(c)3 CERTIFICATION FROM THE IRS.
SUMMER 2008 TO NOW- ONGOING HABITAT CREATION AND RESTORATION. BAT HOUSES PLACED. STONE WALL HABITATS RESORED. BRUSH PILES CREATED. RUBBISH REMOVED. INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVED. NATIVE OVERGROWTH THINNED AND TRAILS CLEARED. NATIVES PLANTED. WILLOWS PLACED ALONG RIVER BANK FOR EROSION CONTROL.
JAN 2008 THRU APRIL 2009- ONGOING AND EXTENSIVE CORRESPONDENCE WITH IRS TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION THAT WAS FINALLY GRANTED.
APRIL 2009- 16 ACRE PARCEL DONATED BY MANOMENDET INC. TO GIVE THEM SANCTUARY.
NOVEMBER 2009- 4 ACRE PARCEL ON BOSTON ROAD DONATED TO GIVE THEM SANCTUARY BY JEFF AND LAURA ALLARD.
FEBRUARY 2010- BOARD OF ASSESSORS IN MONSON DENIES TAX EXEMPTION FOR CONSERVATION LAND.
DECEMBER 2010-BOARD OF ASSESSORS IN MONSON AGAIN DENIES TAX EXEMPTION.
FEBRUARY 2011- GIVE THEM SANCTUARY APPEALS DECISION BY THE TOWN OF MONSON.
OCT 2011- THE HOLLOWEEN STORM WRECKED HAVOC WITH TREES ON ALL PROPERTIES, ESPECIALLY OAKS WHICH WERE FRAIL AND LEAF BURDENED WHEN WET SNOW CASED THEM AND OTHERS TO BREAK. THE STATE, IN CLEARING THE BOSTON ROAD PROPERTY, DESTROYED ALL SIGNAGE.
MARCH 2012- HEARING ON TAX EXEMPTION. ALTHOUGH OLD PRIVATE PROPERTY SIGNS HAD BEEN REPLACED. THE TOWN DEMONSTRATED BY PHOTO THAT ON JAN 1, 2011, ONE WAS REMAINING ON THE PERIMETER. ON THIS BASIS THE APPEAL FAILED. PROPERTIES IN MONSON LISTED FOR SALE AS MORE APPEALING LAND IDENTIFIED IN OTHER CITIES AND SWAP ANTICIPATED.
SUMMER 2012- PARNERSHIP WITH CAMELOT KENNELS, KARMA RESCUE, AND ISLA ANIMALS CONTINUED WITH GRANTS OF $8000.
NOV 2012- RECEIVED DONATION OF 12 ACRES OF LAND ON BENNET RD IN WILBRAHAM.
2014- PURCHASED "WHITE HOUSE" AT CORNER OF BOSTON ROAD AND SILVER ST. THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1700, MAKING IT THE OLDEST BYU FAR IN WILBRAHAM. MAJOR REHAB NEEDED. THIS LAND ABUTS COMMERCIAL LAND ON BOSTON ROAD, GIVING US MAJOR FRONTAGE ON A MAJOR ROAD FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
JULY 2015- PURCHASED A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AT 20 EDY ST IN WARE WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RESOLD TO A LOW-INCOME WORKING CLASS FAMILY
SEPTEMBER 2015- 1 CANAL ST IN WARE AFTER HAVING UNDERGONE A COMPLETE RENOVATION IS GETTTING READY TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR LOCAL WOMEN IN NEED.
