10/01/2024
Second year in Springfield for the New England Grooming Show, and this time we got some sun! It was great to see everyone who came out. We've got a great new board member, and some great new members in general!
This year the animal charity we raised money for was Hilltop Humane Society, a 501 c (3) non-profit no kill cat shelter and rescue organization in Massachusetts.
We'd like to thank the following donors for their support towards our fundraising raffle and the door prizes for our Meet and Greet:
Gwen Shelley from Barkleigh
Steve from Electric Cleaner Co https://electriccleaner.com/
Elena from PetStore Direct
Olga Zabelinskaya from Zolitta https://www.Zolitta.com
Matt from Groomer's Best Friend
Asim of Bbold Shears
Bob from Aussie Dog Shears (http://www.aussiedogshears.com/)
Abbe from Evolution Shears
Dave Campanella from Best Shot Pet Products International
Elli from Retro Stylist Wear
Amanda at Celtic K9
Love Groomers
Julia from Chris Christensen Systems
earthbath
Soos Pets
Nexderma
Please show these vendors some love, because they’re always so generous with donations!
An additional thanks to Gwen Shelley, who also made a very generous donation of goods specifically for Hilltop Humane Society to do their own additional fundraiser.
We’d also like to call out The WPGA - The Whole Pet Grooming Academy who ran a trivia wheel out of our booth with fabulous candy prizes! They’ve also generously donated a beautiful new website for the NEPGP - we’ll be debuting it soon. We’ll let you know as soon as it’s up!
This year, we held our Meet and Greet at the Red Rose Pizzeria just a block down the street from the convention center, and we had a great time! So glad so many folks could come out for dinner with us. We’re hoping to bring even more people next year, so put it on your calendar for Saturday night!
We’re looking to sponsor one or more PetTech First Aid classes this year, so if you have shop space and would like to host one, please get in touch! We’re also looking for speaker suggestions for our webinar series - if there’s someone you’d love to see, please tell us!
Your NEPGP Board for 2024/2025 is Mary Seymour Fleischer, Susan Pratt, Caitlin Bright, Joyce Kahakalau, Ev Moustakas, Vanessa Siegel, Tonya Kalesnik, and Katie Parisi. We hope to see you at our events, and at other shows!
