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Thursday, December 20, 2012  The Priscilla Mahar Animal Welfare Foundation will take the ice between periods at the Syracuse Crunch hockey game Friday night to make another $10,000 in donations to a dozen CNY animal rescues and welfares.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  The Priscilla Mahar Animal Welfare Foundation put big smiles on the faces of ten central NY animal welfares and rescues on Monday, donating $1,000 to each.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  The Priscilla Mahar Animal Welfare Foundation held it's third annual Canine Carnival at Long Branch Park in Liverpool, NY Saturday August 4th, and despite temperatures in the 90s, it was record breaker with more than 8000 people attending and 50 animal rescues from as far away as New York City and New Jersey.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  Canine Carnival 2012 is on the way with even more animals and fun things to do including a live concert. The date is Saturday August 4th from 10am – 4pm at a new location, Long Branch Park in Liverpool.

Friday, December 16, 2011  The Priscilla Mahar Animal Welfare Foundation is announced that nearly $8000 was handed out to animal rescue organizations on Thursday.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011  The Priscilla Mahar Animal Welfare Foundation had it's second annual Canine Carnival at the Wegmans Good Dog Park in Liverpool, NY this past Saturday August 6th, and it was a huge success!

Saturday, August 06, 2011  Thousands of people and many furry friends attended the 2nd annual Canine Carnival on Saturday at the Wegmans Good Dog Park in Liverpool.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011  If you love animals like I do then you’ll want to attend the second annual Canine Carnival at the Wegmans Good Dog Park in Liverpool.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011  The Facebook Charity Challenge pays off for the Shamrock Animal Fund and the Priscilla Mahar Animal Welfare Foundation.

Friday, May 27, 2011  We want you to share your Memorial Day plans with us by uploading your photos on the CNY Central Facebook page.

Friday, May 27, 2011  We have exciting news to report about our month-long Facebook Charity Challenge. This morning, we surpassed our goal of reaching 15,000 Facebook fans by the end of May.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011  We have some exciting news to report about becoming your number one source for news and interaction on Facebook in Central New York.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011  Lack of money had kept the Standos from bringing their beloved dog to the veterinarian for care, but Ruby Tuesday's mass could no longer be ignored.

Thursday, May 05, 2011  A couple of days ago, CNY Central President & CEO Chris Geiger came up with the idea of making a substantial donation to both of our organizations IF we can help the CNY Central Facebook site to reach 15,000 “fans” by the end of May.

Wednesday, May 04, 2011  CNY Central is challenging its viewers, readers and followers to click ‘LIKE’ to benefit two wonderful charities that benefit the animals of Central New York.