Committed to Giving Back
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.
Talk Fusion Founder & CEO Bob Reina has outdone himself in his ongoing commitment to the causes of ending pet homelessness and eradicating companion animal euthanasia by pledging ONE MILLION DOLLARS to The Humane Society of Tampa Bay. This is the largest single donation ever made in the organization’s 100-year history and will be used to build the Talk Fusion Animal Health Center, a new facility providing low-cost full-service healthcare for the community’s pets, as well as the animals sheltered at the Humane Society itself.
The Talk Fusion Animal Health Center is dedicated in loving memory of two of Bob Reina’s own late dogs, Thunder and Shadow. It opens in Fall 2012.
On Monday, December 12th,
Reina, Talk Fusion VP of Training
& Development Allison Roberts, Humane Society Executive Director Sherry Silk and the rest of the Board of Directors were joined by community leaders, Humane Society staff, media and the Talk Fusion Executive Team for the Center’s groundbreaking ceremony. Silk and President of the Board of Directors Connie Johnson both praised Reina and Talk Fusion for making this longtime dream a reality, and the entire Board – on which Reina and Roberts both sit – broke ground using the traditional golden shovels. It was an inspiring moment, and one that spotlighted Talk Fusion’s dedication to speaking for those who can’t speak for themselves.
Dodger was a very sick puppy when he came to Second Chance Boxer Rescue [SCBR] in Lee County. With a torn ACL, a possible viral disease, a very bad skin infection, a horrible Kennel Cough, and two hip joints in need of major surgery, giving Dodger a pain-free life wasn’t even on anyone’s mind; we were just hoping he would live another day. Thanks to the work of SCBR, Dodger is now on his way to becoming healthy! But his hips are still his biggest problem and are a major cost. So, Bob Reina, Talk Fusion Founder & CEO, has offered to donate the cost to pay for Dodger’s surgery after hearing his story. Dodger will be seeing a specialist soon, playing and running around pain-free in no time!
Visit SaveABoxer.org for more
information on Dodger!
In keeping with the company's dedication to both speaking for those who can't speak for themselves and helping to change lives around the world, Talk Fusion has made it possible for Florida's Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office to add another smart, young dog to its K-9 Unit. Reina "Thunder" Roberts, a German Shorthaired Pointer from Europe, is the latest addition to the unit. She is named after both Talk Fusion Founder & CEO Bob Reina and his late Basset Hound Thunder, who died of cancer at the young age of six, as well as her new handler, Deputy Mike Roberts. She is currently being trained to help keep the community safe by detecting explosives and is at the top of her class!
Talk Fusion has always supported animal causes – Bob Reina and VP of Training & Development Allison Roberts both sit on the Board of Directors of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay – and Bob Reina spent time in public service as a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Deputy himself, so this was a wonderful way for the company to combine its philanthropic passions.
