News Release

February 9, 2005
Contact: Abigail Smith
Dir. of Development & Marketing
Phone: (603) 772-2921 ext. 106

For Immediate Release

KEY FLORAL AND SEACOAST HOME SHOW TEAM UP FOR THE COCHECO VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY AND THE NHSPCA

Dickson & McGonigle Inc., producers of the Seacoast Home, Garden & Flower Show Society, have teamed up with Key Floral to provide beautiful bouquets of cut flowers to two non-profit organizations: the Cocheco Valley Humane Society of Dover and the New Hampshire Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NHSPCA) in Stratham. The non-profits will sell the flowers at the Seacoast Show with all of the proceeds going to their organizations.

Key Floral is a wholesale flower company owned by Lou and Maria Chaves. Their mission is to "procure and deliver the highest quality, freshest cut flowers and plants" to their customers. The Chaves family supplies flowers to many Maine and New Hampshire businesses, most notably Hannaford supermarkets. This is the second year that Key Floral has partnered with Dickson & McGonigle to help non-profits raise much needed funds.

Cynthia (Dickson) O'Connor and Karla (McGonigle) Ficker, co-owners of Dickson & McGonigle Inc., have purchased the flowers at a generous discount from Key Floral. "This is our way of showing appreciation for the good deeds carried out by these organizations," states Ficker. "Key Floral gives us an unbelievably great deal and in turn, we give Cocheco and the NHSPCA the flowers and space at the Show. The organizations sell the flowers and the money they raise gives our animal friends shelter and care. Everyone wins."

Cocecho Valley Humane Society opened in 1984 and cares for more than 3,000 animals each year. As part of the Society's mission to educate educating the community about humane care and treatment and advocating animal welfare, educational programs brought to public schools and community organizations. The Society also uses shelter dogs as companion therapy dogs in local convalescent and rehabilitation organizations.

The NHSPCA serves 121 communities of the New Hampshire Seacoast, southern Maine, and northern Massachusetts. The organization relies solely on community donations and memberships to support their operations, programs, and care for the animals that come to them. The organization also relies heavily on the support of more than 200 volunteers who give generously of their time and talents. More than 4,000 animals are taken in by the Society annually, and the NHSPCA also serves as a transfer station for injured or orphaned wildlife which are cared for until they are placed into a rehabilitation site.
Each organization maintains a web site where visitors can learn about their programs and their operations. Visitors to the web sites can print special coupons for a dollar off the admission price to the Seacoast Show, courtesy of Dickson & McGonigle. The coupons can be printed from www.cvhsonline.org and www.nhspca.org.

The Seacoast Home, Garden & Flower Show runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 1-3, at the UNH Whittemore Center in Durham For more information about the Seacoast Show, visit www.dicksonandmcgonigle.com. Dickson & McGonigle can also be contacted at 1-800-359-2033 or 207-935-2845, or by email to info@dicksonandmcgonigle.com. Download discount coupon

For more information on Key Floral, email maria@keyfloral.com or call 866-837-4239. Key Floral's web site is www.keyfloral.com.

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