This year was a fantastic sucess yet again.  Dr. Van Duin took photos of over 100 animals of all types.  Of course, we saw primarily dogs and cats, but we also enjoyed seeing the hamster and guinea pig, Fluffy and Gus.  Quincy, the rabbit also came for a photo op, for the second… or was it the third year, in a row.  It was wonderful to see how generous people were and how well the pets all cooperated with Santa and the photographer.  We raised about $1300 for our local animal shelters.  Half of the money collected was donated to the Richmond Animal Protection Society (RAPS) and the other half was donated to our local branch of the SPCA.

Yet again, one of these lovely souls will have their photo chosen for the front of our IVH Christmas card.  It’s so hard to decide because we have so many beautiful photos!

We would like to thank ALL who participated in this event and EVERYONE for their generosity.  A big thanks goes out to Steve Van Duin, who kindly donated many, many hours of his time.  We couldn’t have done it without him.

Have a wonderful 2010!