Committed to Giving Back
Ribbon Cutting Success
Featured on FOX 13 News!
Last Thursday, Fox 13 “Charley’s World” Reporter Charley Belcher
spent the morning broadcasting LIVE from the Humane Society
of Tampa Bay Animal Health Center to celebrate the grand opening. Sponsored by Talk Fusion, the Center is dedicated
in loving memory of Founder & CEO Bob Reina’s late,
beloved dogs Shadow and Thunder.
Charley interviewed a number of Humane Society staff members,
including Marketing Coordinator Nash McCutcheon, Veterinarian Dr.
Karla Bard, Director of Medical Operations Adam Lamb, and
Talk Fusion VP of Training & Development Allison Roberts,
who also sits on the HSTB Board of Directors!
Watch the inspiring video!
Allison took the opportunity to introduce the Animal Health Center’s new Wendy Albano Feral Cat Patio, and let the community know about the countless lives it will save!
We’re Speaking for Those Who Cannot Speak for Themselves
Thank You for Helping Make It Possible!
Ribbon Cutting Was
A Huge Success!
On Thursday, September 6, 2012, Founder & CEO Bob Reina and VP of Training & Development Allison Roberts cut the ribbon to officially open the Humane Society of Tampa Bay’s new Animal Health Center.
The Grand Opening Ceremony was attended by City Council and County Commission members, a wide variety of news media, Royal Blue Diamonds Minh & Julie Ho, Grand Blue Diamonds Rob & Stephney Roder, Blue Diamond Leslie Brown and the entire Talk Fusion Executive Team, along with Humane Society Board Members, Staff Members and Volunteers, hundreds of supporters and other local luminaries.
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Attendees may have expected the requisite “donor” speech from the honored guest, Founder & CEO of Talk Fusion Bob Reina, who gave the Society $1 million to
fund the building of the Animal Health Center. But they
were soon riveted when he humbly and graciously presented a $75,000 check to HSTB Executive Director Sherry Silk and the Albano Family to be used for naming the feral cat patio “Wendy’s Kitty Camp” at the Animal Health Center, in honor of the late Wendy Albano.
OUR $1 MILLION DONATION
MADE IT POSSIBLE!
Some of Talk Fusion’s Top Leaders helped make the dream
come true by giving generously themselves.
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Making Headlines!
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It’s All Part of Our Commitment to
Speaking for Those Who Cannot Speak for Themselves
Thank You!
Thanks also to the vendors that helped make this event so special:
Olympia Catering • Events in Bloom • Free Press
Breezin’ Entertainment • Krista Sparkman Photography
Photos by Ali • Mouse House Concierge
When Bob Reina saw Monster outside the
Talk Fusion Corporate Headquarters, he
immediately climbed down, rescued him from
the drainage area where he was trapped and
took him to a veterinary specialist.
After weeks of expensive treatment, Monster was reunited
with the Anderson family, who had desperately been
looking for him, and nearly given up hope. When Bob
discovered that Mr. Anderson was a disabled
veteran, he personally paid Monster’s $5000
in medical bills for the family.
The Humane Society of Tampa Bay has helped
control the feral cat population by spaying and neutering
more than 30,000 cats during the past 5 years with its
Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate & Return program.
We are circulating a petition in support of TNVR
in Hillsborough County and beyond.
You Can Save Lives & Educate Our Community –
No Matter Where You Live!
THANK YOU!
It’s All Part of Our Commitment to
Speaking for Those Who Cannot Speak for Themselves
At this year’s annual Tuxes & Tails Benefit for the
Humane Society of Tampa Bay – for which
Talk Fusion served as the “Best in Show” Sponsor for the
Fourth Consecutive Year—Bob Reina followed up his
History-Making Donation of $1 MILLION for the
Humane Society’s Animal Health Center with a surprise gift of
That’s $1,000 for each of the Humane Society’s
100 Years of Saving Lives!
Talk Fusion Founder & CEO Bob Reina, Humane Society Executive Director
Sherry Silk and Talk Fusion VP of Training & Development Allison Roberts
on the set of “Positively Tampa Bay” with host Lissette Campos and the rest
of the ABC Action News team.
Bob Reina is Also Featured for
Making a Difference
in the Lives of Animals in the
June 2012 Issue of
Florida Trend Magazine.
“Floridians with
Animal Instincts”
Just two weeks after raising more than $40,000 from generous Associates at our NOW! Corporate Event, Talk Fusion was proud to play the role of “Best in Show” Sponsor for the Humane Society of Tampa Bay’s 2012 Tuxes & Tails fundraiser—for the fourth year in a row!
This year, we helped raise more than $268,000 in a single evening, including a $100,000 donation from Talk Fusion Founder & CEO Bob Reina and a $10,000 gift from Grand Blue Diamond Associates Rob & Stephney Roder of Clearwater, Florida! We are proud to have been a part of such a wonderful evening as part of our ongoing commitment to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.
